inquisitorial

By contrast, the European system is described as "inquisitorial."

So Rangel, bereft of that narrative, chose instead to question the intelligence of a pesky, inquisitorial journalist.

But conversation will not bear such inquisitorial pinning down to a particular point.

This was merely a modified form of the inquisitorial principle which reigned more openly in other countries.

But neither Scrooby, nor any other place, was secure from the inquisitorial interference of the high church functionaries.

Casting a quick, inquisitorial glance at Sue, he shrugged his shoulders in token of indifference and said no more.

Fire, not water, became the grand element of inquisitorial purification.