the act of inquiring; inquiry; search; examination; inspection; investigation.-judicial inquiry; official examination; inquest.-the finding of a jury, especially such a finding under a writ of inquiry.-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.-to make inquisistion concerning; to inquire into.