Synonyms of inquests

inquests

noun

plural of inquest

as in investigations

a systematic search for the truth or facts about something

the police conducted an inquest into the case

Synonyms & Similar Words

• investigations
• inquiries
• examinations
• explorations
• studies
• probings
• probes
• inquisitions
• researches
• inspections
• disquisitions
• probations
• hearings
• questionnaires
• surveys
• audits
• interrogations
• examens
• trials
• quests
• diagnoses
• questions
• polls
• cross-examinations
• queries
• checkups
• rehearings
• reinvestigations
• challenges
• checks
• questionaries
• quizzes
• feelers
• soul-searchings
• self-reflections
• self-examinations
• goings-over
• self-questionings
• self-scrutinies
• self-explorations

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of inquests

The lack of rights owed to victims in particular has been repeatedly condemned by international commissions and inquests into clergy abuse that have found that the church’s judicial procedures retraumatize victims through their secrecy and opacity. — ABC News, 22 July 2026

Stiles is among a number of high-profile cases, including ex-England international Jeff Astle and former Scotland centre-half Gordon McQueen, whose deaths have led to inquests directly linking their CTE to repeatedly heading a ball. — Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 15 July 2026

The first two inquests in Scott’s case had each lasted a single day. — Eren Orbey, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025