rigorous inquiry
collocation in Englishmeaningsofrigorousandinquiry
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rigorous
adjective
uk/ˈrɪɡ.ər.əs/us/ˈrɪɡ.ɚ.əs/
approving
careful to look at or consider every part of something to make certain it is correct ...
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inquiry
noun
uk/ɪnˈkwaɪə.ri/us/ˈɪŋ.kwɚ.i/
(the process of asking) ...
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(Definition ofrigorousandinquiryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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If that is correct, a mostrigorousinquiry, possibly even a judicial inquiry, should be held into the matter.
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I trust it to carry out arigorousinquiry, free from party interest and founded, for a change, upon a genuine search for the truth.
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That is regarded by the inquiring officer as being arigorousinquiry.
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We were told that the police would be making arigorousinquiryinvolving the lorry driver.
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If an investigation takes time, however, it may mean that a thorough andrigorousinquiryhas been undertaken, as is happening in this instance.
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Thisrigorousinquirywas therefore welcome, however painful it must have been for those involved.
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Those of us who have had the advantage of working with him know that he is a man of the highest principle who will undoubtedly conduct the mostrigorousinquiry.
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It is the methods that systemically advance the teaching, research, and practice of a given scholarly or academic field of study throughrigorousinquiry.
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However, nothing has been said this week that was not said in 1969, when the most rigorous inquiries were made.
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Would he institute the most rigorous inquiries into authorities which do not accept his advice and offers of loan sanctions?
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