also enquire
(~s, inquiring, ~d)
1.
If you ~ about something, you ask for information about it. (FORMAL)
‘Is something wrong?’ he enquired...
‘Who are you?’ he enquired of the first man...
I rang up to ~ about train times...
He ~d whether there had been any messages for him...
He was so impressed that he ~d the young shepherd’s name.
VERB: V with quote, V of n with quote, V about n, V wh, V n, also V for n, V of n wh, V
2.
If you ~ into something, you investigate it carefully.
Inspectors were appointed to ~ into the affairs of the company.
VERB: V into n/wh