inquire within

inquire within

An instruction that one should ask for more information about something inside a particular place. Typically written on signs posted outside of businesses. Help wanted, inquire within. Hey, the sign outside said, "Inquire within," so here I am! Can I get an application for the job?
See also: inquire, within
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

inquire within

to ask questions of a person inside [some place, such as a store or office]. (Formula. On a sign posted outside.) "Help wanted. Inquire within," read the sign on the door. If you want to apply, you must inquire within.
See also: inquire, within
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • any (one) worth (one's) salt
  • on your mark(s), get set, go
  • on your mark, get set, go
  • on your marks, get set, go!
  • ready, set, go
  • ready, steady, go
  • ready, steady, go!
  • bear in mind (that)
  • bear in mind that
  • fold, spindle, or mutilate
References in classic literature
'General Agency Office; for places and situations of all kinds inquire within.' It was a shop-front, fitted up with a gauze blind and an inner door; and in the window hung a long and tempting array of written placards, announcing vacant places of every grade, from a secretary's to a foot-boy's.
Signs that say "help wanted," "now hiring" and "inquire within," that's progress.
I'm also hoping that 2015 is my year to get a bite on my Library Inventory Robot idea (if interested, inquire within).
A BARBER who counts Premier League footballers among his customers has had to shell out PS240 after he put joke signs on drain covers saying "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles now hiring, inquire within".
Crimper Patrick placed three signs on drain covers saying the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were hiring and to "inquire within."
Please inquire within for more information at 1-888-758-CFLA (2352).
In a moment of doubt and humorous self-recrimination, Potter begins to notice "Signs." In her favorite bookstore she is mesmerized by one that says "Help Wanted: Inquire Within." Looking closely, as if to find a hidden message, these words literally sparks an epiphany and she sees clearly that not all things are as they appear to be.
Inquire within. Meditation is crucial in this "tuning within" process, says Andrea Kay, a Cincinnati-based career consultant.