inquirer
One seeking answers
An inquirer is someone who asks questions or seeks information.
The term suggests genuine curiosity or investigation rather than casual questioning: The inquirer wanted to know more about the company's hiring practices.
In journalism, inquirer appears in newspaper names, evoking persistent investigation—though the *National Enquirer* trades more in tabloid scandal than serious inquiry.
One who poses questions
- examinerOne who evaluates officially
- interrogatorOne who questions formally
- pollsterOne who measures opinion
- surveyorOne who measures land
cross-examiner · quizmaster · skeptic · doubter · prober · challenger · asker · catechist
Professional crime investigator
- sleuthPrivate investigator
- investigatorOne who examines evidence
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- cluesHints toward answers
mystery · case · interrogation · forensics · deduction · analysis · suspect · witness
One who gathers news
- correspondentJournalist covering distant events
- journalistNews profession practitioner
- columnistRecurring newspaper feature writer
- newsroomMedia gathering hub
interview · source · press · coverage · scoop · byline · headline · article
One who looks
- wonderAmazement or curiosity
- discoveryAct of finding something
- explorationTraveling through unknown regions
- inquisitivenessEager desire to learn
interest · fascination · learning · knowledge · understanding · insight · contemplation · pondering
American supermarket tabloid
- tabloidSensationalist newspaper format
- broadsheetLarge-format serious newspaper
- mastheadNewspaper's ownership box
- circulationMovement through a system
subscriber · readership · edition · print
interviewer
One who poses questions
- examinerOne who evaluates officially
- interrogatorOne who questions formally
- pollsterOne who measures opinion
surveyor · cross-examiner · quizmaster · skeptic · doubter · prober · challenger · asker · catechist · disciple
detective
Professional crime investigator
- sleuthPrivate investigator
- investigatorOne who examines evidence
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
clues · mystery · case · interrogation · forensics · deduction · analysis · suspect · witness · testimony
reporter
One who gathers news
- correspondentJournalist covering distant events
- journalistNews profession practitioner
- columnistRecurring newspaper feature writer
newsroom · interview · source · press · coverage · scoop · byline · headline · article · editorial
seeker
One who looks
- wonderAmazement or curiosity
- discoveryAct of finding something
- explorationTraveling through unknown regions
inquisitiveness · interest · fascination · learning · knowledge · understanding · insight · contemplation · pondering · reflection
National Enquirer
American supermarket tabloid
- tabloidSensationalist newspaper format
- broadsheetLarge-format serious newspaper
- mastheadNewspaper's ownership box
circulation · subscriber · readership · edition · print
- examinersinspectors, examiner, reviewers, inspector, auditors
- evangelismgospel outreach, evangelize, evangelist, born again, evangelizing
- requestersrequester, asker, askers, seeker, seekers
- religious conversionconvert, baptism, christening, born again, saved
- investigatorsdetective, investigator, inspector, sleuth, gumshoe
- periodicalsmagazines, magazine, newspaper, journals, periodicals
inquireranswerer
One who responds
respondent · responder · replier · informant · oracle
inquirerdogmatist
One holding fixed beliefs
accepter · believer · conformist · know-it-all · follower
- judicial inquiryCourt-ordered investigation
- letter of inquiry
- impeachment inquiryLegislative misconduct investigation
- police inquiryFormal law enforcement examination
- email inquiryMessage asking for information
- scientific inquirySystematic investigation of phenomena
inquiry, inquiring, inquire, inquired, inquires, inquiringly, inquirers