inquiry

Inquiry is a specific kind of practice — a structured, systematic practice of investigation. A competent speaker would call inquiry 'a practice' (Law 9). The sense is the accepted definition: inquiry as a human-made systematic practice of investigation. Not DEPENDS_ON (inquiry is a type, not a consumer) and not DERIVED_FROM (this is kind-of, not historical).

Per Law 9, qualitative research is a specific kind of inquiry — a systematic investigation using interpretive approaches. A competent speaker calls it 'a form of inquiry.'

Action-research needs inquiry to operate: remove inquiry and action-research becomes mere activism or practice without the systematic investigation component. The removal test passes — action-research as a methodology collapses without inquiry.

Interview is a specific kind of inquiry — a structured conversation for gathering information. Clean specific→general per Law 9. A competent speaker would call an interview 'a kind of inquiry'.

A research question is a specific kind of inquiry question used in systematic research. Direction: research-question → inquiry (specific to general). Valid INSTANCE_OF.

Interrogation IS a specific kind of inquiry — the systematic questioning to obtain information. Competent speakers say interrogation is a type of inquiry. Nearest kind is inquiry.

Examination IS a specific kind of inquiry: a structured process of questioning and investigating to establish facts or knowledge. A competent speaker calls an examination 'a form of inquiry.' Nearest kind: inquiry.

A research-question is built and maintained for the sake of inquiry — its designed purpose is to direct and structure the inquiry process, serving inquiry's operation.