inquisition

LONDON—The death of a former University of Cambridge professor has triggered a moment of introspection about whether he was the victim of a racially charged public inquisition or a system designed to promote diversity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

Writing in Spanish daily publication El Mundo in 2024, Shakira, 49, compared the tax office investigations into her affairs to an "inquisition trial".

From BBC ● May 18, 2026

England will face an inquisition when they get home with coach Brendon McCullum's job in the spotlight.

From Barron's ● Jan. 8, 2026

Rather than serve as an inquisition of Ohtani as a two-way player, this World Series against the Toronto Blue Jays is shaping into a celebration of the most singular act in modern baseball.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2025

Francis Bacon, when he writes about experiments, uses the phrases ‘the inquisition of nature’ and ‘nature vexed’.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

The Council of Swedish Jewish Communities deplored the police decision to allow the protest, saying, “our tragic European history links the burning of Jewish books with pogroms, expulsions, inquisitions and the Holocaust.”

From Washington Times ● Jul. 14, 2023

In turn the kids make her feel small with their inquisitions: "Is this what you always wanted to do?"

From Salon ● Dec. 26, 2021

It contained uncanny, elevated descriptions of sound and performance, offered grounded philosophical inquisitions and sprinkled in wink-nudge personal asides.

From New York Times ● Dec. 8, 2021

If other interview programs could resemble beds of nails, with “gotcha” inquisitions of newsmakers, Mr. King’s show was a plush chaise longue.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 23, 2021

Unfortunately, nothing would have survived from such an encounter except, at best, a few fossilised bones and a handful of stone tools that remain mute under the most intense scholarly inquisitions.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari