diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 496423d5a0..2fce4159f3 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ hatch config set 'dirs.env.virtual' '.python'
 Now you can setup you IDE to use a proper Python path:
 
 ```bash
-.python/fdapp/bin/python
+.python/frictionless/bin/python
 ```
 
 Enter the virtual environment before starting the work. It will ensure that all the development dependencies are installed into a virtual environment:
diff --git a/frictionless/resources/__init__.py b/frictionless/resources/__init__.py
index 6c6582a05c..43ac032809 100644
--- a/frictionless/resources/__init__.py
+++ b/frictionless/resources/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from .file import *
+from .inquiry import *
 from .json import *
 from .metadata import *
 from .package import *
diff --git a/frictionless/resources/inquiry.py b/frictionless/resources/inquiry.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f1cd867277
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frictionless/resources/inquiry.py
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Optional
+
+from .. import settings
+from ..exception import FrictionlessException
+from ..inquiry import Inquiry
+from ..report import Report
+from .metadata import MetadataResource
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from .. import types
+    from ..checklist import Checklist
+
+
+class InquiryResource(MetadataResource[Inquiry]):
+    datatype = "inquiry"
+    dataclass = Inquiry
+
+    # Validate
+
+    def validate(
+        self,
+        checklist: Optional[Checklist] = None,
+        *,
+        name: Optional[str] = None,
+        on_row: Optional[types.ICallbackFunction] = None,
+        parallel: bool = False,
+        limit_rows: Optional[int] = None,
+        limit_errors: int = settings.DEFAULT_LIMIT_ERRORS,
+    ) -> Report:
+        try:
+            inquiry = self.read_metadata()
+        except FrictionlessException as exception:
+            return Report.from_validation(errors=exception.to_errors())
+        return inquiry.validate(
+            parallel=parallel,
+        )
diff --git a/frictionless/resources/metadata.py b/frictionless/resources/metadata.py
index aa0483eb13..59e6a9c2ad 100644
--- a/frictionless/resources/metadata.py
+++ b/frictionless/resources/metadata.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 from ..checklist import Checklist
 from ..dialect import Dialect
 from ..exception import FrictionlessException
-from ..inquiry import Inquiry
 from ..metadata import Metadata
 from ..pipeline import Pipeline
 from ..platform import platform
@@ -83,11 +82,6 @@ class PipelineResource(MetadataResource[Pipeline]):
     dataclass = Pipeline
 
 
-class InquiryResource(MetadataResource[Inquiry]):
-    datatype = "inquiry"
-    dataclass = Inquiry
-
-
 class ReportResource(MetadataResource[Report]):
     datatype = "report"
     dataclass = Report
diff --git a/tests/console/commands/test_validate.py b/tests/console/commands/test_validate.py
index f7cb9161db..423e527102 100644
--- a/tests/console/commands/test_validate.py
+++ b/tests/console/commands/test_validate.py
@@ -259,6 +259,13 @@ def test_console_validate_dialect_overrided_issue_1478():
     assert actual.exit_code == 0
 
 
+def test_console_validate_inquiry():
+    actual = runner.invoke(console, "validate data/inquiry.yaml")
+    assert actual.exit_code == 1
+    assert actual.stdout.count("data/capital-valid.csv")
+    assert actual.stdout.count("data/capital-invalid.csv")
+
+
 # Helpers