inscrutable

Staying a little mysterious, a little enigmatic, and a little inscrutable.

The wide brim hid the famously inscrutable first lady's eyes, putting literal distance between her and other attendees, including her husband.

“Severance” amplifies its intrigue without falling into the second-season trap of making key enigmas inscrutable or boring, a trap too many puzzle-box shows tumble into when challenged to top their triumphant first seasons.

The Czech entrepreneur has been described as a "quiet sphinx" for his inscrutable style.

Rather too much time is spent repeating staged close-ups of a left hand sketching in ink or applying paint, or else executing inscrutable mirror-writing on parchment — Leonardo’s secretive signature method — coupled with explanatory voice-over.