diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3545855977..d491654cb6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 * [#315](https://github.com/rubocop-hq/rubocop-rails/pull/315): Allow to use frozen scope for `Rails/UniqueValidationWithoutIndex`. ([@krim][])
 * [#313](https://github.com/rubocop-hq/rubocop-rails/pull/313): Fix `Rails/ActiveRecordCallbacksOrder` to preserve the original callback execution order. ([@eugeneius][])
+* [#319](https://github.com/rubocop-hq/rubocop-rails/issues/319): Fix a false positive for `Rails/Inquiry` when `#inquiry`'s receiver is a variable. ([@koic][])
 
 ### Changes
 
diff --git a/lib/rubocop/cop/rails/inquiry.rb b/lib/rubocop/cop/rails/inquiry.rb
index 9acefe3f59..f5ea160187 100644
--- a/lib/rubocop/cop/rails/inquiry.rb
+++ b/lib/rubocop/cop/rails/inquiry.rb
@@ -26,7 +26,11 @@ class Inquiry < Cop
         MSG = "Prefer Ruby's comparison operators over Active Support's `inquiry`."
 
         def on_send(node)
-          add_offense(node, location: :selector) if node.method?(:inquiry) && node.arguments.empty?
+          return unless node.method?(:inquiry) && node.arguments.empty?
+          return unless (receiver = node.receiver)
+          return if !receiver.str_type? && !receiver.array_type?
+
+          add_offense(node, location: :selector)
         end
       end
     end
diff --git a/spec/rubocop/cop/rails/inquiry_spec.rb b/spec/rubocop/cop/rails/inquiry_spec.rb
index 54def5ad9e..d6cfa6de3f 100644
--- a/spec/rubocop/cop/rails/inquiry_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/rubocop/cop/rails/inquiry_spec.rb
@@ -3,16 +3,29 @@
 RSpec.describe RuboCop::Cop::Rails::Inquiry do
   subject(:cop) { described_class.new }
 
-  it 'registers an offense when using `#inquiry`' do
+  it 'registers an offense when using `String#inquiry`' do
     expect_offense(<<~RUBY)
       'two'.inquiry
             ^^^^^^^ Prefer Ruby's comparison operators over Active Support's `inquiry`.
     RUBY
   end
 
+  it 'registers an offense when using `Array#inquiry`' do
+    expect_offense(<<~RUBY)
+      [foo, bar].inquiry
+                 ^^^^^^^ Prefer Ruby's comparison operators over Active Support's `inquiry`.
+    RUBY
+  end
+
+  it "does not register an offense when `#inquiry`'s receiver is a variable" do
+    expect_no_offenses(<<~RUBY)
+      foo.inquiry
+    RUBY
+  end
+
   it 'does not register an offense when using `#inquiry` with arguments' do
     expect_no_offenses(<<~RUBY)
-      foo.inquiry(bar)
+      'foo'.inquiry(bar)
     RUBY
   end
 end