| No. | Term | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Analytical | Skilled at examining details. |
| 2. | Anxious to know | Eager for information. |
| 3. | Appetite for learning | Strong desire to learn. |
| 4. | Ardent | Passionately interested. |
| 5. | Attentive | Closely observant and focused. |
| 6. | Awake to | Alert to something. |
| 7. | Cautiously interested | Interested but careful. |
| 8. | Cerebral | Intellectual; mind-focused. |
| 9. | Chin-scratching | Thoughtfully puzzled or intrigued. |
| 10. | Concerned to know | Interested due to worry. |
| 11. | Deep-diving | Exploring something in depth. |
| 12. | Detective-minded | Inclined to investigate clues. |
| 13. | Discerning | Noticing fine distinctions. |
| 14. | Doubtful | Uncertain; questioning. |
| 15. | Driven to learn | Motivated to understand. |
| 16. | Eager | Keenly interested. |
| 17. | Enquiring | Asking questions; inquisitive. |
| 18. | Examining | Looking closely for meaning. |
| 19. | Exploratory | Seeking to discover more. |
| 20. | Fascinated | Strongly interested and absorbed. |
| 21. | Find-out mindset | Focused on learning answers. |
| 22. | Forensic | Methodically investigative. |
| 23. | Game to explore | Willing to try and learn. |
| 24. | Genuinely interested | Sincerely wanting to know. |
| 25. | Googling it | Looking it up online. |
| 26. | Gripped | Completely absorbed. |
| 27. | Hankering to know | Strong craving for information. |
| 28. | Hunting for answers | Actively seeking explanations. |
| 29. | Hypothesis-testing | Checking ideas against evidence. |
| 30. | Imaginative | Open to new possibilities. |
| 31. | In a questioning mood | Ready to ask and probe. |
| 32. | In search of | Seeking something unknown. |
| 33. | Inquiring | Asking for information. |
| 34. | Insatiable | Never satisfied with knowing. |
| 35. | Investigative | Given to inquiry and research. |
| 36. | Itchy to learn | Restless desire to know. |
| 37. | Jabbering questions | Asking many quick questions. |
| 38. | Jealous to know | Wanting knowledge others have. |
| 39. | Jonesing to know | Strongly craving an answer. |
| 40. | Judicious | Careful and thoughtful in inquiry. |
| 41. | Keen | Eagerly interested. |
| 42. | Keen to find out | Eager to learn. |
| 43. | Keen-eyed | Sharp at noticing details. |
| 44. | Knowledge-hungry | Eager for understanding. |
| 45. | Learned | Well-informed; scholarly. |
| 46. | Listening for more | Attentive to further details. |
| 47. | Looking into | Investigating or researching. |
| 48. | Meddlesome | Nosily interested in others’ affairs. |
| 49. | Mindful | Aware and attentive. |
| 50. | Motivated to know | Driven to learn details. |
| 51. | Mystified | Puzzled; wanting clarity. |
| 52. | Need-to-know | Requiring more information. |
| 53. | Nosy | Overly interested in others’ business. |
| 54. | Observant | Quick to notice things. |
| 55. | On the trail | Following leads to learn more. |
| 56. | Open-minded | Willing to consider new ideas. |
| 57. | Peeking behind the curtain | Seeking hidden information. |
| 58. | Perceptive | Quick to understand and notice. |
| 59. | Piqued | Interest suddenly aroused. |
| 60. | Probing | Asking searching questions. |
| 61. | Prying | Intrusively seeking information. |
| 62. | Puzzle-solving | Enjoying figuring things out. |
| 63. | Querying | Seeking information by asking. |
| 64. | Questioning | Doubtful; asking why. |
| 65. | Quizzical | Amusedly puzzled; questioning. |
| 66. | Research-minded | Inclined to study and verify. |
| 67. | Restlessly interested | Unable to stop wondering. |
| 68. | Riveted | Held intensely attentive. |
| 69. | Sceptical | Not easily convinced; questioning. |
| 70. | Searching | Looking for answers. |
| 71. | Seeking | Trying to find out. |
| 72. | Sense-making | Trying to understand meaning. |
| 73. | Snooping | Secretly searching for information. |
| 74. | Speculative | Considering possibilities without certainty. |
| 75. | Studious | Devoted to learning. |
| 76. | Surveying | Looking over carefully. |
| 77. | Suspecting | Thinking something may be true. |
| 78. | Thirsty for knowledge | Eager to learn more. |
| 79. | Tracking down | Trying to locate information. |
| 80. | Truth-seeking | Aiming to discover what’s real. |
| 81. | Trying to figure out | Working to understand. |
| 82. | Uncertain | Not sure; wanting confirmation. |
| 83. | Undaunted by questions | Not afraid to ask. |
| 84. | Under-inquiring | Not asking enough questions. |
| 85. | Up for discovery | Ready to explore. |
| 86. | Vigilant | Watchful and alert. |
| 87. | Voicing questions | Expressing what you want to know. |
| 88. | Voracious | Eagerly consuming information. |
| 89. | Wanting to know | Interested in learning details. |
| 90. | Watching closely | Observing with attention. |
| 91. | Wondering | Thinking about unknowns. |
| 92. | X-ray minded | Seeing beneath the surface. |
| 93. | Xenophilic | Interested in foreign peoples. |
| 94. | Xenophilous | Attracted to the unfamiliar. |
| 95. | Xenotropic | Drawn to what’s different. |
| 96. | Yearning to know | Strong desire for answers. |
| 97. | Yen for learning | Strong wish to learn. |
| 98. | Yes-and thinking | Building on ideas inquisitively. |
| 99. | Yielding questions | Letting inquiry guide you. |
| 100. | Yoking ideas | Linking concepts to understand. |
