| inquiring | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. inquiring, questioning | a request for information. |
| ~ asking, request | the verbal act of requesting. |
| ~ challenge | questioning a statement and demanding an explanation.; "his challenge of the assumption that Japan is still our enemy" |
| ~ enquiry, query, question, inquiry, interrogation | an instance of questioning.; "there was a question about my training"; "we made inquiries of all those who were present" |
| ~ interrogatory, examination, interrogation | formal systematic questioning. |
| adj. | 2. inquiring | given to inquiry.; "an inquiring mind" |
| ~ curious | eager to investigate and learn or learn more (sometimes about others' concerns).; "a curious child is a teacher's delight"; "a trap door that made me curious"; "curious investigators"; "traffic was slowed by curious rubberneckers"; "curious about the neighbor's doings" |
| ~ fact-finding, investigative, investigatory | designed to find information or ascertain facts.; "a fact-finding committee"; "investigative reporting" |
| ~ inquisitive | inquiring or appearing to inquire.; "an inquiring look"; "the police are proverbially inquisitive" |
| ~ inquisitorial | having the authority to conduct official investigations.; "the inquisitorial power of the Senate" |
| ~ inquisitorial | marked by inquisitive interest; especially suggestive of an ecclesiastical inquisitor.; "the press was inquisitorial to the point of antagonism"; "a practical police force with true inquisitorial talents" |
| ~ inquisitory, probing, searching | diligent and thorough in inquiry or investigation.; "a probing inquiry"; "a searching investigation of their past dealings" |
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