inquiring

Etymology

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of inquire

noun

  1. inquiry
    What need you trouble with vain inquirings / The surly gods or your own ignorant spirit? 1923, The London Mercury, volume 8, page 468
    […] these are the results of Herodotus' factual inquirings, the accurate information, the right account, which he acquired about some matters of importance to himself and to his audience and about which conflicting accounts have been given. 2003, Gerald A. Press, Development of the Idea of History in Antiquity, page 31

adj

  1. inquisitive

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