1. people who conduct official investigations or inquiries, especially harsh or intensive ones
2. officials of the Spanish Inquisition or similar religious tribunals who investigated heresy
Usage: historical

Examples

• The congressional inquisitors questioned the witness for hours.
• Medieval inquisitors used various methods to extract confessions.
• The journalists acted like inquisitors, demanding answers to every question.
• Spanish inquisitors were feared throughout the kingdom.
• The committee’s inquisitors showed no mercy during the hearing.
• Historical records describe the methods used by religious inquisitors.
• The corporate inquisitors investigated every aspect of the scandal.