INQUEST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does inquest mean? 

• INQUEST (noun)
  The noun INQUEST has 1 sense:

1. an inquiry into the cause of an unexpected death

  Familiarity information: INQUEST used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INQUEST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An inquiry into the cause of an unexpected death

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("inquest" is a kind of...):

enquiry; inquiry (a systematic investigation of a matter of public interest)

 Context examples 

That’s the window, Mr. Holmes, which gave us one of the few bits of positive evidence that came out at the inquest.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

There are one or two minor points which were brought out in the inquest, and which are worth considering.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

No. The body was shipped East after the inquest.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

“There has been an inquest,” said I, “and a good many fresh facts have come out. Looked at more closely, I should certainly say that it was a curious case.”

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

If we do not act properly and wisely, there may be an inquest, and that paper would have to be produced.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

The inquest is just over.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I rang the bell and called for the weekly county paper, which contained a verbatim account of the inquest.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

So much for his recent history as it came out at the inquest.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I am in hopes that we need have no inquest, for if we had it would surely kill poor Lucy, if nothing else did.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

The inquest is to-morrow.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)