Enquire about a non-starter said to be in the soup (5)
I believe the answer is:
snoop
'enquire' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with communicating as well as being verbs in their base form.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
I don't understand the rest of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for snoop that I've seen before include "-- Dogg, US rapper; spy" , "Be nosy" , "Informally, pry inquisitively" , "Stick one's nose in" , "Furtively look around" .)