(n.) The act of inquiring; inquiry; search; examination; inspection; investigation.
(n.) Judicial inquiry; official examination; inquest.
(n.) The finding of a jury, especially such a finding under a writ of inquiry.
(n.) A court or tribunal for the examination and punishment of heretics, fully established by Pope Gregory IX. in 1235. Its operations were chiefly confined to Spain, Portugal, and their dependencies, and a part of Italy.
(v. t.) To make inquisistion concerning; to inquire into.
Example Sentences:
(1) Fifa 15 is on the way; Dragon Age Inquisition and Hardline too.
(2) At the same time, it is important for our enjoyment of Bake Off that the insouciance does not go all the way (the inquisitive camera, for example, captures Ian’s set jaw, betraying his iron will).
(3) There’s also Birdsong, an e-commerce platform selling high-quality products made by women’s charities – and Curiosity Club, an education venture which wants to cultivate an inquisitive nature and passion for learning in children from less privileged socioeconomic backgrounds.
(4) • Gather inquisitive and reflective people around you.
(5) But in the media storm that followed it was not the inflammatory preachers but the programme-makers who found themselves subject to an inquisition.
(6) It puts you into an inquisitive, exploratory frame of mind.
(7) James Murdoch and the Guardian article in 2009 Ofcom again raps Murdoch for not being more inquisitive, as it believes a responsible chief executive faced with serious allegations should have done.
(8) He remains available for the occasional newspaper interview with a friendly proprietor and, at conference time, finds time for a 20-minute breakfast inquisition.
(9) A lot of students thought of this as a new inquisition, a witch hunt,” Deleon recalls.
(10) Clinical pathology officially began when inquisitive physicians in the nineteenth century sought explanations for the diseases they observed in their patients.
(11) The prosecution played the inquisition; the judge played its enthusiastic helper; the defence attorneys played the fool; and only the defendants themselves played it straight, giving pointed political speeches at the end of their ridiculous ordeal.
(12) Then maybe you might even avoid being called by the Inquisition for an 'assessment' of whether you have the Devil's mark or a third nipple or any other sign that you are a heretical 'scrounger'.
(13) "Nobody expected the Spanish Inquisition" says Palin, ever the showman.
(14) He went to Spain, where he served as personal physician to Emperor Charles V. After almost 20 years in Spain, he became involved in an unfortunate incident that incurred the condemnation of the Inquisition.
(15) But once the barriers come down, they can be warm, helpful and, eventually, very inquisitive.
(16) He is the American cardinal who marched in San Francisco protesting against gay marriage and was accused of turning a blind eye to paedophile priests before he took over the Vatican's doctrinal office, the modern version of the Inquisition.
(17) Galileo spent the latter part of his life under house arrest courtesy of the Vatican's inquisition for his heresy in insisting the Earth revolved around the sun.
(18) So perhaps it's less about being a woman and more about being (I hope) an inquisitive journalist, who funnily enough likes talking to people, asking questions and listening to the answers.
(19) Monitoring how these are promoted in individual schools must be done with common sense and sensitivity.” Examining the DfE’s response to the affair, the report said there was a proven “ lack of inquisitiveness ” within the department prior to the Trojan horse letter, which could be partially explained by the general level of awareness of such issues at that time.
(20) It's a civilising voice and it makes us inquisitive.
Inquisitor
Definition:
(n.) An inquisitive person; one fond of asking questions.
(n.) One whose official duty it is to examine and inquire, as coroners, sheriffs, etc.
(n.) A member of the Court of Inquisition.
Example Sentences:
(1) The dramatic rise in profile of the committee system in recent times has too often laid bare the disappointing calibre of MP inquisitors, with the spy chiefs' appearance before the intelligence and security committee this week being a case in point.
(2) Though the party has done the running, his teenage inquisitor has a point: the most recent poll, by Populus, puts the Lib Dems on 18%.
(3) His inquisitors tried to eke out what Cain would have done had he been in the White House but to little avail.
(4) It was Dimbleby, though, who became Griffin's chief inquisitor, holding him to account on the detail of his past.
(5) He craved a smile as assiduously as he would avoid a left hook, and so natural was he in front of a microphone that he often reduced his inquisitors to silent witnesses, most famously Michael Parkinson, whose interviews with Ali are the stuff of legend.
(6) General elections, however, were the time when all the grand inquisitor's talents as cross-examiner came on full display, when the televsion public saw "the scowling, frowning, glowering" Robin Day "with those cruel glasses" (Frankie Howerd's description), as well as the relieving shafts of humour.
(7) Photograph: Farmers Daily China “Dostoyevsky wrote in The Grand Inquisitor about ruling with magic, mystery and the sword.
(8) She highlighted a number of “missed opportunities” by HMRC inquisitors to examine a list of 6,800 UK-related accounts provided in 2010 by French authorities.
(9) It now transpired that a security system operated by DPS was trained on the office of one of its chief inquisitors and that disciplinary action (proposed dismissal) was being taken against an informant, ostensibly on another basis.
(10) But now, with Frosty dead, and the great inquisitors – Paxo, Humphrys – nearing retirement?
(11) Earlier in the evening arch rival Channel 4 News, which appeared to revel in the great Newsnight inquisitor’s farewell by sending Jon Snow to interview Paxman and posting a YouTube video with its own long-serving anchor singing “Paxo, please don’t go!” , drew 500,000 viewers and a 2.6% share from 7pm.
(12) Cruddas dismisses journalists' boasts about the ruthlessness of television's inquisitors as so much wind.
(13) They will face a tag-team of inquisitors: Field’s work and pensions select committee, and the business, innovation and skills (BIS) committee chaired by Iain “Leading” Wright.
(14) I am the one who has been there in the international summits, he told his inquisitor.
(15) Having regard to his current position, the political sensitivity of these investigations are self-evident, and they underscore the particular importance of the perceived political impartiality of the inquisitor,” the AWU’s lawyers wrote.
(16) But the Commons defence committee concludes: "We regard parliament's role as one of a strategic inquisitor on military deployments … We conclude that, wherever possible, parliament should be consulted prior to the commencement of military action but recognise that this will not always be possible such as when urgent action is required."
(17) It is no secret that some of his US inquisitors see the hearings in Washington on Wednesday as an opportunity to subject Toyoda to a dressing down in the full glare of the world's media.
(18) They did not much feel like talking and many of their inquisitors did not much feel like asking.
(19) How on earth do you interview Jeremy Paxman , the grand inquisitor, the most-feared interrogator of the age, once voted the fourth scariest person on television?
(20) Watch the compilation of Paxo's greatest hits and they consist chiefly of the grand inquisitor shredding politicians.