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

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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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inquests
  1. investigations
  2. inquiries
  3. examinations
  4. explorations
  5. studies
Noun
  • Countless vigilantes have taken to the roadways armed with trash bags, spray paint, laser pointers, and power drills to render the surveillance poles useless, resulting in arrests and investigations by police.
    — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 30 July 2026
  • Other chains are also feeling some impact from the outbreak even though they haven’t been named in government investigations.
    — Dee-Ann Durbin, Fortune, 30 July 2026
Definition of investigations
Noun
  • Ein said more than 80% of inquiries that the tournament’s ticketing team received in the lead up to the event were asking when Eala would be playing.
    — Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The base fire department referred inquiries to the MCAS public affairs office, which had no updates on the size of the blaze or when it was knocked down.
    — Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 31 July 2026
Definition of inquiries
Noun
  • Their demonstrations against malpractice and mismanagement in national college-level qualifying examinations ultimately led to the resignation of the union education minister and sparked hopes of wider reforms in education.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026
  • The legislation now before Parliament amends a law passed in that same period, intended to deter organized malpractice and protect the credibility of public examinations.
    — Penny Abeywardena, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of examinations
Noun
  • Lee says Carl Jung’s explorations of a person’s darker urges, hidden side and projection directly influenced the writing, especially when confronting those aspects in Lee himself.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026
  • His explorations of being poor, marginal, and stereotyped took many forms, including drawing and painting, which are the focuses of a posthumous exhibition of his work at the Drawing Center.
    — Coco Fusco, The New York Review of Books, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of explorations
Noun
  • Rubiano, who will be the biennial’s curator of public programs and outreach, is the director of humanities and literary studies at Jorge Tadeo Lozano University.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 3 Aug. 2026
  • She was born and raised in Rockland County, New York, and graduated from Binghamton University with a double major in comparative literature and Judaic studies.
    — Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of studies

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