"prompt inquiry" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to refer to the act of quickly seeking information or inquiring about something. For example, "After hearing the reports of a possible malfunction, the manager made a prompt inquiry into the issue."
PAGE A9 Hussein Photographs in Tabloids Prompt Inquiry by U.S. The publication of photographs of Saddam Hussein wearing only underwear in his cell in Iraq led the Bush administration to open an investigation into how they made their way into newspapers in London and New York, apparently supplied by someone in the American military.
As Mr. Chief Justice Burger wrote for the Court in Dickey v. Florida: 'Although a great many accused persons seek to put off the confrontation as long as possible, the right to a prompt inquiry into criminal charges is fundamental and the duty of the charging authority is to provide a prompt trial.' 398 U.S. 30, 3738, 90 S.Ct.
7 Although a great many accused persons seek to put off the confrontation as long as possible, the right to a prompt inquiry into criminal charges is fundamental and the duty of the charging authority is to provide a prompt trial.
It is only by alertness to proper occasions for prompt inquiries and investigations that effective prevention of crime and enforcement of law is possible.
Archives|Malarial Treatment for Chinese AIDS Patients Prompts Inquiry in U.S. Malarial Treatment for Chinese AIDS Patients Prompts Inquiry in U.S. The University of California at Los Angeles is investigating whether two of its researchers aided experiments in China in which H.I.V. patients were deliberately injected with malaria in an effort to kill the AIDS virus.
The results of this study indicate that the high level inquiry group performed not only more metacognitive actions of monitoring and evaluating, but also performed them in different sequences than the less successful students (the middle and low level inquiry groups) during the prompted inquiry tasks.
A3 Fire in Paris Prompts Inquiry After a fire in Paris killed 14 children and 3 adults in an apartment building packed with African immigrants, French officials promised a systematic investigation of similar temporary housing complexes.
A1 Criticism Prompts Inquiry The World Bank is conducting a disciplinary investigation of one of its senior economists, William Easterly, who published criticism of the bank's record on fighting poverty.
Essentially, the theory applies whenever one has a question that prompts inquiry, a number of candidate answers, and some evidence for deciding among the answers.
These observations prompted inquiry about the mechanism of necklace formation.
Similarly, demonstration that ecosystems exhibit collective adaptive behaviours without being units of selection prompts inquiry as to whether these systems are capable of more complex computational tasks.
