Addressee

The Addressee is most frequently the NP Object of a target verb. However, with the verb inquire, Addressee can only occur as an of-PP and with a noun target, Addressee occurs in a PP Complement or as a possessive : Pat questioned me about where I had been. "Do you often come here?" Kim inquired of the person sitting next to her. My question to you is straightforward. Kim's interrogation by the police was long.