Inquisitorial /(?)/

In·quis·i·to·ri·al

Inquisitorial

a.
  1. Pertaining to inquisition; making rigorous and unfriendly inquiry; searching; as, inquisitorial power.
    He conferred on it a kind of inquisitorial and censorious power even over the laity, and directed it to inquire into all matters of conscience.
  2. Pertaining to the Court of Inquisition or resembling its practices.