(When there is an inquest the coroner will issue an interim certificate when the inquest is opened. An interim death certificate is necessary to enable the body to be released for a funeral to be held and for the administrative procedures that follow a death-see â Practical matters â).f they determine that itâs a suicide or there is nothing suspicious there doesnât need to be an inquest. And I think that should be adopted in this country. I know thereâs been a recent commission on it. We have enough agony to live through without having to go through that as well.