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Common collocations with inquiry in American Collocation

inquiry noun

US /ɪnˈkwaɪri/

done first or later

further
initial
preliminary
subsequent
urgent

He is now on police bail pending further inquiries.

Preliminary inquiries into their finances have begun.

We shall be carrying out further inquiries.

Our initial inquiries have not come up with any answers.

general/specific

general
routine
specific

Please do not address routine inquiries to the Emergency Service.

If you have a specific inquiry, please complete this online form.

urgent

urgent

If your inquiry is urgent, you may prefer to phone the help line.

asking carefully

confidential
discreet
tentative

I started making a few tentative inquiries.

using a particular form of communication

house-to-house
postal
written

Police carried out house-to-house inquiries.

email
media
press
telephone

We were instructed not to respond to media inquiries.

make inquiries

carry out
make

To make inquiries about meetings, please contact the Administrator.

send an inquiry to someone

address to
direct to
email
send
submit

Any inquiries relating to this should be addressed to Computing Services.

welcome an inquiry

welcome

The library welcomes inquiries by phone, email or letter.

receive an inquiry

get
receive

We received a huge number of inquiries.

have a lot of inquiries

be inundated with

After the programme the BBC was inundated with inquiries about the case.

deal with an inquiry

answer
deal with
field
handle
reply to
respond to

The Council has not responded to our inquiry concerning planning permission.