From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishinquire after somebody/something phrasal verb formalASK A QUESTIONto ask about someone’s health, what they are doing etc He called me aside to inquire after my daughter. → inquire→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
inquire after • I never inquired after Jean-Claude and I never heard from him.• Finally, Miranda inquired after Scott.• During the hearings political protests, as such, were most gentle: one patriot inquiring after the patriotism of another.• He was for ever putting his arm round surly Arthur and inquiring after the score with a beam on his face.• Muriel inquired after their day and received polite but monosyllabic replies from each of them. 