The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word INQUEST
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result INQUEST
- Coroner’s investigation of death during hunt
- Hearing Italian on vacation before adventure
- Hearing top foreign number, undaunted, Eurovision songstress timidly starts
- We’re told put fluid on bearing for investigation
- Poles separately appearing in quite involved legal event
- An enquiry into cause of being late
- Question about missing ring leads to enquiry
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What does INQUEST mean?
INQUEST noun- A formal investigation, often held before a jury, especially one into the cause of a death
- An inquiry, typically into an undesired outcome
- The jury hearing such an inquiry, and the result of the inquiry
- Enquiry; quest; search