Questioning Techniques

verb A word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence. In this case, 'inquiring' is a verb form of the base verb 'inquire'.

• The inquiring minds of the researchers led to groundbreaking discoveries.
• She's always inquiring about everyone's business.
• Stop inquiring, it's none of your business!
• His inquiring gaze seemed to penetrate deep into my soul.

noun a person who asks a question

• The questioner posed a series of thought-provoking inquiries during the seminar.
• The questioner kept asking about the project deadline in the meeting.
• The questioner was grilling the witness in the courtroom.
• The questioner's curiosity was like a relentless detective searching for clues.

adjective describing a question or request that has not been posed or made

• She offered her opinion even though it was unasked for.
• He gave me unasked advice on how to fix my car.
• She just started sharing unasked gossip about our coworker.
• The unasked question lingered in the air, creating tension between them.

noun a question word used to ask for a reason or explanation

adverb used to ask for what reason or purpose

• Can you explain why this decision was made?
• Do you know why she's always late?
• Why the heck did you do that?
• Sometimes we have to ask ourselves why we keep repeating the same mistakes.