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adj. diligent and thorough in inquiry or investigation; "a probing inquiry"; "a searching investigation of their past dealings"

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sharp, acute, keen, piercing, discriminating, incisive, penetrating, penetrative

adj. having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions; "an acute observer of politics and politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike reasoning"; "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang"; "penetrating insight"; "frequent penetrative observations"

sharp, astute, shrewd

adj. marked by practical hardheaded intelligence; "a smart businessman"; "an astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease"; "he was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow"

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fact-finding, investigative, investigatory

adj. designed to find information or ascertain facts; "a fact-finding committee"; "investigative reporting"

inquisitive

adj. inquiring or appearing to inquire; "an inquiring look"; "the police are proverbially inquisitive"

inquisitorial

adj. having the authority to conduct official investigations; "the inquisitorial power of the Senate"

inquisitorial

adj. marked by inquisitive interest; especially suggestive of an ecclesiastical inquisitor; "the press was inquisitorial to the point of antagonism"; "a practical police force with true inquisitorial talents"- Waldo Frank

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inquisitory

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