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Inquest synonyms
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investigation
A careful search or examination; systematic inquiry
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  1. A careful search or examination; systematic inquiry
  2. A careful examination or search in order to discover facts or gain information.
  3. The act or process of investigating:
hearing
In legislation, a session at which legislators hear witnesses on the advisability or efficacy of proposed legislation.
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  1. In legislation, a session at which legislators hear witnesses on the advisability or efficacy of proposed legislation.
  2. (Countable, law) A legal procedure done before a judge, without a jury, as with an evidentiary hearing.
  3. (Law) A legal proceeding in which evidence is taken and arguments are given as the basis for a decision to be issued, either on some preliminary matter or on the merits of the case.
inquiry
A close examination of a matter:
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  1. A close examination of a matter:
  2. The act of inquiring:
  3. An investigation or examination
inquiry
A close examination of a matter:
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  1. A close examination of a matter:
  2. The act of inquiring:
  3. An investigation or examination
inquisition
The act of inquiring into a matter; an investigation.
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  1. The act of inquiring into a matter; an investigation.
  2. The written finding of such an inquiry
  3. An investigation that violates the privacy or rights of individuals, especially through rigorous or harsh interrogation.
investigation
A careful search or examination; systematic inquiry
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  1. A careful search or examination; systematic inquiry
  2. The act or process of investigating:
  3. A careful examination or search in order to discover facts or gain information.
probe
A slender flexible surgical instrument with a blunt bulbous tip, used to explore a wound or body cavity.
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  1. A slender flexible surgical instrument with a blunt bulbous tip, used to explore a wound or body cavity.
  2. An exploratory action or expedition, especially one designed to investigate and obtain information on a remote or unknown region:
  3. An instrumented spacecraft for exploring the upper atmosphere, space, or a celestial body in order to get information about the environment, physical properties, etc.
research
(Uncountable) Diligent inquiry or examination to seek or revise facts, principles, theories, applications, etc.; laborious or continued search after truth.
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  1. (Uncountable) Diligent inquiry or examination to seek or revise facts, principles, theories, applications, etc.; laborious or continued search after truth.
  2. Careful, systematic, patient study and investigation in some field of knowledge, undertaken to discover or establish facts or principles
  3. (Countable) A particular instance or piece of research.
Find another word for inquest. In this page you can discover 11 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for inquest, like: investigation, hearing, inquiry, examination, trial, inquiry, inquisition, investigation, probe, research and investigate.

Sentence Examples

  • He waved a hand as if to brush her inquest off.

  • In every case of death from disease or unknown causes sorcery was suspected and an inquest held, at which the corpse was asked by each relative in succession the name of the murderer.

  • The two shire-courts sat together for the Domesday Inquest, and the counties were united under one sheriff until the time of Elizabeth.

  • The inquest system of Henry II., the law of wreck, and the institution of coroners, measures of Richard and his ministers, come under review as well as the Provisions of Oxford and the Statute of Marlborough."

  • Ballard, The Domesday Boroughs (1904) and The Domesday Inquest (1906), an excellent summary; W.

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