How to Use inquest in a Sentence

inquest

noun

• The court has ordered an inquest into his death.
• And, if that happens there won’t be any of the great inquests of the past.
  — Martin Rogers, USA TODAY, 18 June 2018
• In May 1912, a British inquest cleared Duff Gordon of the charge.
  — People Staff, PEOPLE.com, 15 Apr. 2022
• The shooting led to the first public inquest in 20 years.
  — oregonlive, 15 Aug. 2020
• The coroner’s inquest is the first of its kind in nearly 30 years.
  — Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2020
• 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 asked for a minute's silence to honor the victims at the start of the inquest.
  — Fox News, 10 Sep. 2018
• The inquest into Fields’ flaws, of course, was a natural part of the draft process.
  — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 2 May 2021
• O’Riordan’s inquest was held on what would have been her 47th birthday.
  — Fox News, 6 Sep. 2018
• The film allows the second Mrs. de Winter a more direct role in the inquest.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 22 Oct. 2020
• The purpose of the coroner’s inquest was lost on Hall’s father, who flew in from Texas to attend it.
  — Raheem Hosseini, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 July 2022
• Lovern made the same point last year, during an inquest into Williams' death.
  — Gina Barton, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2021
• The shooting prompted the first inquest in Los Angeles in more than 30 years.
  — Cheri Mossburg, CNN, 2 Nov. 2022
• Last month, the coroner ordered the inquest in Guardado's death -- the first in Los Angeles in more than three decades.
  — Sarah Moon and Cheri Mossburg, CNN, 12 Dec. 2020
• There was a huge public inquest, and a few months later the murderer was hanged.
  — Dennis Duncan, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2022
• 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 deaths of the fans are ruled accidental by a jury during an inquest.
  — CNN, 31 Mar. 2022
• The inquest, which is set to run until Sept. 4, is to involve 64 witnesses.
  — Star Tribune, 24 Aug. 2020
• 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
• 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
• An inquest into the death, found the teenager had taken LSD before falling to his death.
  — Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 May 2022
• The second inquest, in June 2012, returned an open finding.
  — NBC News, 12 May 2020
• Oversights in the system, and Jennifer and Sarah, are to blame for the tragic deaths, Sheriff Allman said after the inquest.
  — Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2023
• At the inquest, a jury of 14 will decide the manner of death for each family member.
  — Lauren Smiley, Glamour, 5 Apr. 2019
• As protests kicked off that summer, Chan took part but remained on the periphery, her mother told the inquest.
  — James Griffiths, CNN, 19 Sep. 2020
• The photo was presented as part of the evidence at an inquest.
  — Mark Peikert, Town & Country, 13 Nov. 2022
• The inquest continued Monday and will eventually be placed in the hands of a Turks and Caicos jury.
  — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 13 June 2022
• Under the order, inquests will still be held in King County courtrooms.
  — Steve Miletich, The Seattle Times, 3 Oct. 2018
• But the coroner’s office launched a rare inquest that found Guardado’s death was a homicide, and the deputy who shot him declined to testify.
  — Julianne McShane, NBC News, 10 Nov. 2022
• Chief Lowe, in a statement last week, stated that the Churna shooting will also be the subject of a coroner’s inquest.
  — Mike Carter, oregonlive, 28 Dec. 2021

Last Updated: 28 May 2024