Enquiring (6)
I believe the answer is:
asking
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">enquiring</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">('ask' can be a synonym of 'enquire')</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for asking that I've seen before include "Posing a question" , "Begging" , "Making enquiries" , "Making request" , "being inquisitive" .)