Inquiry vs. Investigation

Inquirynoun

The act of inquiring; a seeking of information by asking questions; interrogation; a question or questioning.

Inquirynoun

Search for truth, information, or knowledge; examination of facts or principles; research; investigation

Inquirynoun

The act of inquiring; a seeking for information by asking questions; interrogation; a question or questioning.

Inquirynoun

Search for truth, information, or knowledge; examination into facts or principles; research; investigation; as, physical inquiries.

Inquirynoun

a search for knowledge;

Inquirynoun

an instance of questioning;

Inquirynoun

a systematic investigation of a matter of public interest

Inquiry

An inquiry (also spelled as enquiry in British English) is any process that has the aim of augmenting knowledge, resolving doubt, or solving a problem. A theory of inquiry is an account of the various types of inquiry and a treatment of the ways that each type of inquiry achieves its aim.

Investigationnoun

The act of investigating; the process of inquiring into or following up; research, especially patient or thorough inquiry or examination

Investigationnoun

The act of investigating; the process of inquiring into or following up; research; study; inquiry, esp. patient or thorough inquiry or examination; as, the investigations of the philosopher and the mathematician; the investigations of the judge, the moralist.

Investigationnoun

an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities;

Investigationnoun

the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically

Investigationnoun

the action of investigating something or someone; formal or systematic examination or research

Investigationnoun

a formal inquiry or systematic study