asking, request - the verbal act of requesting

challenge - questioning a statement and demanding an explanation; "his challenge of the assumption that Japan is still our enemy"

enquiry, query, question, inquiry, interrogation - an instance of questioning; "there was a question about my training"; "we made inquiries of all those who were present"

interrogatory, examination, interrogation - formal systematic questioning

perplexed - full or difficulty or confusion or bewilderment; "perplexed language"; "perplexed state of the world"

distrustful - having or showing distrust; "a man of distrustful nature"; "my experience...in other fields of law has made me distrustful of rules of thumb generally"- B.N.Cardozo; "vigilant and distrustful superintendence"- Thomas Jefferson

curious - eager to investigate and learn or learn more (sometimes about others' concerns); "a curious child is a teacher's delight"; "a trap door that made me curious"; "curious investigators"; "traffic was slowed by curious rubberneckers"; "curious about the neighbor's doings"