examine vs inquire

examine and inquire both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
examine	No	No	Yes	No
inquire	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, inquire is a hyponym of examine; that is, inquire is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than examine:

Other hyponyms of examine include enquire, investigate, re-examine, hear, try.

examine (verb)	inquire (verb)
consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning	have a wish or desire to know something
question closely	address a question to and expect an answer from
question or examine thoroughly and closely	conduct an inquiry or investigation of
observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect
put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to