Antonyms for inquest
ˈɪn kwɛstin·quest

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1. inquestnoun

   Synonyms:
   inquisition

2. inquestnoun

   A formal investigation, often held before a jury, especially one into the cause of a death.

   Synonyms:
   inquisition

3. inquestnoun

   The jury hearing such an enquiry, and the result of the enquiry.

   Synonyms:
   inquisition

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1. • Inquiry

Princeton's WordNet

1. inquestnoun

   an inquiry into the cause of an unexpected death

How to use inquest in a sentence?

1. Miles Goslett:

   A coroner is independent of the government, a coroner’s inquest goes into an investigation with an open mind, they don’t go into it to prove a thesis. A public inquiry into this man’s death was to prove a thesis, that he killed himself. It was a whitewash, a travesty.

2. William Congreve:

   They come together like the Coroner's Inquest, to sit upon the murdered reputations of the week.

3. Trevor Botting:

   In the Turks and Caicos Islands, as in the United Kingdom, it is customary and best practice for an inquest to be held either at the conclusion of a murder investigation, or where an investigation has exhausted all the avenues of inquiry or any related criminal court proceedings have concluded, otherwise, any police investigation or a fair criminal trial is in danger of being compromised by a premature inquest, thereby potentially denying justice for the deceased and their loved ones.

4. Justice Robert H. Jackson:

   Our forefathers found the evils of free thinking more to be endured than the evils of inquest or suppression. This is because thoughtful, bold and independent minds are essential to the wise and considered self-government.

5. Karen Koehler:

   Charleena Lyles ' family rejects the ultimate findings from the inquest jury today, the process focused only on the officers' states of mind. Not on Charleena Lyles '.

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