If you describe something as intriguing, you mean that it is interesting or strange. This intriguing book is both thoughtful and informative. = fascinating + intriguingly in·tri·guing·ly the intriguingly-named newspaper Le Canard Enchainé. something that is intriguing is very interesting because it is strange, mysterious, or unexpected
capable of arousing interest or curiosity; "our team came up with some most intriguing finds"