The phrase "basis for inquiry" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to show that there is something that needs to be researched or examined in more detail. For example, "The account discrepancies provided a basis for an inquiry into the accuracy of the bookkeeping."
"I am now able to tell you that, in general terms, the view of the director of public prosecutions is that two of the letters you forwarded could form the basis for inquiries by the police and they are now being passed to the appropriate authorities.
Anthropology, however, can be the vehicle of a new "democratic humanism," broadening traditional frameworks that have restricted cross-cultural understandings of the human condition, and providing a basis for inquiries into what other civilizations, such as those of Asia, can teach.
A letter from Leon Brittan to Mr Dickens, dated March 1984, says: "In general terms, the view of the director of public prosecutions is that two of the letters you forwarded could form the basis for inquiries by the police and they are now being passed to the appropriate authorities".
They asked for three or four days to call witnesses and raise questions about the legal and constitutional basis for the inquiry.
However, the FA will not be seeking to convene similar hearings to those conducted by the Premier League and will instead use that body's findings as the basis for its inquiry.
But that is the sort of thing that happens in any field, and the principle that I personally am always right isn't a good basis for intellectual inquiry.
In most countries, though, an independent commission would be doing the investigating, says Eduardo Bohórquez, head of Transparencia Mexicana, an NGO.To complicate matters, the regulation of conflicts of interest is murky in Mexico, which means that the legal basis for the inquiry is unclear.
He added: "Idle gossip is not a basis for any inquiry at all and my basic point is not a single story emerged - not even a rumour emerged - about him misbehaving as an MP.
And he had to apologize to Republicans after his top aide resigned for his role in editing tapes of jailhouse conversations used as the basis for an inquiry into former President Bill Clinton's 1996 campaign finance practices.
