The phrase "a heated question" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a question that provokes strong emotions or intense debate, often in a controversial context.
Example: "During the meeting, she raised a heated question about the company's future direction that sparked a lively discussion among the team."
Alternatives: "a contentious question" or "a provocative question".
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The interpretation of Transylvanian history is a battleground for the age-old rivalry between Hungarians and Romanians, starting with the heated question of which group settled here first.
Instead of asking Congress the politically heated question of whether it can secure more funding for the program, the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve have designed all sorts of lending and guarantee programs meant to kick start the credit markets.
During a vigorous and heated question-and-answer session yesterday on the floor of the House of Commons, Mr. Blair acknowledged having received the pigs from Mr. Clinton to settle a "friendly" bet made last fall, when the outcome of the U.S. Presidential election was still the subject of a court battle in Florida.
Mika Brzezinski asked Spitzer a series of heated questions, including how he has personally changed over the past five years.
New York City's sanitation commissioner, facing sometimes heated questions at a City Council budget hearing yesterday, said that cutting the recycling program in half and transferring garbage from one borough to another for cheaper disposal were the least painful ways to keep his department's budget solvent through the city's financial crisis.
There is no guarantee against being offended in this world, especially not in a place like Swarthmore which purports to engage and debate some of life's most heated questions in a rigorous academic setting.
In the courtroom, she was no less outraged at the argument in a case concerning prison conditions in California, peppering a lawyer for the state with heated questions.
Before the year ended, Ms. Kaptur introduced legislation to get one, starting a process that would stumble along for years over heated questions about the site, design and scope.
