diff --git a/activesupport/CHANGELOG.md b/activesupport/CHANGELOG.md
index 50045a8c17b652b4ca64186214913057a4149cc6..7eaad6340f064f69cbb522d6ad76ad87bb9e232b 100644
--- a/activesupport/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/activesupport/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-*   Added `ActiveSupport::ArrayInquirer`.
+*   Added `ActiveSupport::ArrayInquirer` and `Array#inquiry`.
 
     Wrapping an array in an `ArrayInquirer` gives a friendlier way to check its
     contents:
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
         variants.any?(:phone, :desktop)  # => true
         variants.any?(:desktop, :watch)  # => false
 
+    `Array#inquiry` is a shortcut for wrapping the receiving array in an
+    `ArrayInquirer`.
+
     *George Claghorn*
 
 *   Deprecate `alias_method_chain` in favour of `Module#prepend` introduced in Ruby 2.0
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/array.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/array.rb
index 7d0c1e4c8d5c9d00325ea4151de8b7fa23f7aa59..7551551bd73216a0adf5238ed58651b56f84efc3 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/array.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/array.rb
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@
 require 'active_support/core_ext/array/extract_options'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/array/grouping'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/array/prepend_and_append'
+require 'active_support/core_ext/array/inquiry'
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/array/inquiry.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/array/inquiry.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..de623c466cb8df86d6d99fc087744b59943f2d39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/array/inquiry.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+class Array
+  # Wraps the array in an +ArrayInquirer+ object, which gives a friendlier way
+  # to check its string-like contents.
+  #
+  #   pets = [:cat, :dog].inquiry
+  #
+  #   pets.cat?     # => true
+  #   pets.ferret?  # => false
+  #
+  #   pets.any?(:cat, :ferret)  # => true
+  #   pets.any?(:ferret, :alligator)  # => false
+  def inquiry
+    ActiveSupport::ArrayInquirer.new(self)
+  end
+end
diff --git a/activesupport/test/array_inquirer_test.rb b/activesupport/test/array_inquirer_test.rb
index 97adea85e63584758507f6e050cca3505c1364d5..488e0d34a9e5cb10b6f6ee7243f118a028f78e99 100644
--- a/activesupport/test/array_inquirer_test.rb
+++ b/activesupport/test/array_inquirer_test.rb
@@ -25,4 +25,11 @@ def test_any_with_block
   def test_respond_to
     assert_respond_to @array_inquirer, :development?
   end
+
+  def test_inquiry
+    result = [:mobile, :tablet].inquiry
+
+    assert_instance_of ActiveSupport::ArrayInquirer, result
+    assert_equal @array_inquirer, result
+  end
 end