How to Use inquest in a Sentence

inquest

noun
  • The court has ordered an inquest into his death.
  • The inquest opened a day and a half later.
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The next inquest will report back in more depth in a few weeks’ time.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 11 Mar. 2025
  • And, if that happens there won’t be any of the great inquests of the past.
    — Martin Rogers, USA TODAY, 18 June 2018
  • Two weeks after the first fire, a coroner’s inquest was held.
    — New York Times, 13 Apr. 2018
  • Steve and his wife will attend each day of the inquest, which is scheduled to last for two weeks.
    — Steve Madeley, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
  • The first two inquests in Scott’s case had each lasted a single day.
    — Eren Orbey, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
  • At the inquest, it was revealed that there were eight vapes located in the room.
    — Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
  • No date has been set, though a pre-inquest review is expected to take place next week.
    — Anna Schaverien, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2020
  • The coroner’s inquest is the first of its kind in nearly 30 years.
    — Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2020
  • Lovern made the same point last year, during an inquest into Williams' death.
    — Gina Barton, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2021
  • Elliot was found naked in bed, propped up against two pillows, a coroner told the inquest.
    — Christie D’zurilla, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2024
  • The inquest panel said her cause of death was hypothermia.
    — Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The inquest is set to continue later this week.
    — Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 16 June 2026
  • O’Riordan’s inquest was held on what would have been her 47th birthday.
    — Fox News, 6 Sep. 2018
  • An inquest into the deaths of the five people killed in the crash also began last week.
    — Rob Tanner, The Athletic, 19 Jan. 2025
  • There was a huge public inquest, and a few months later the murderer was hanged.
    — Dennis Duncan, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2022
  • Robert will be the sorry face of Lumi’s failure for most of the inquest.
    — Nina Li Coomes, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2024
  • The coroner asked for a minute's silence to honor the victims at the start of the inquest.
    — Fox News, 10 Sep. 2018
  • The coroner asked for a minute’s silence to honor the victims at the start of the inquest.
    — Gregory Katz, The Seattle Times, 10 Sep. 2018
  • The coroner ruled his death an accident at the inquest, per the outlets.
    — Escher Walcott, People.com, 3 Aug. 2025
  • Until last year, the coroner’s office had not performed an inquest in more than three decades.
    — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2021
  • The inquest into Fields’ flaws, of course, was a natural part of the draft process.
    — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 2 May 2021
  • The hearing has been adjourned until Apr 3, when a full inquest will be set.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 19 Jan. 2018
  • The deaths of the fans are ruled accidental by a jury during an inquest.
    — CNN, 31 Mar. 2022
  • An inquest into The Vivienne’s death will take place in June.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 17 Mar. 2025
  • An inquest concluded that Lucan had killed the maid, but there wasn’t any proper court case.
    — Sam Roberts, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2017
  • The inquest into his death has been adjourned until March 26.
    — Tabitha Parent, People.com, 1 Jan. 2025
  • Once the results of the autopsy are known, the coroner’s court will decide if an inquest is needed.
    — Catherine Nicholls, CNN, 27 July 2023
  • An attorney retained by her family said she was shocked when police told her an inquest wouldn’t be held.
    — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2025

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