Inquisitive

a.	1.	Disposed to ask questions, especially in matters which do not concern the inquirer. A wise man is not inquisitive about things impertinent. - Broome.
	2.	Given to examination, investigation, or research; searching; curious. A young, inquisitive, and sprightly genius. - I. Watts. [We] curious are to hear, What happens new. - Milton. This folio of four pages [a newspaper], happy work! Which not even critics criticise; that holds Inquisitive attention, while I read. - Cowper. Nor need we with a prying eye survey The distant skies, to find the Milky Way. - Creech.
n.	1.	A person who is inquisitive; one curious in research.

Adj.	1.	inquisitive - showing curiosity; "if someone saw a man climbing a light post they might get inquisitive"; "raised a speculative eyebrow" Synonyms: wondering, questioning, speculative
	2.	inquisitive - inquiring or appearing to inquire; "an inquiring look"; "the police are proverbially inquisitive"

agape, agog, all agog, analytical, burning with curiosity, busy, busybody, consumed with curiosity, curious, exploring, forward, ghoulish, gossipy, impertinent, inquisitorial, interested, intrusive, investigative, itchy, meddlesome, morbid, morbidly curious, officious, open-eyed, openmouthed, overcurious, presumptuous, probing, prurient, pushing, pushy, questioning, quizzical, scopophiliac, self-appointed, snooping, supercurious, voyeuristic

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