Yes, that would help sort out the confusion. I've gotten 5 new cards in past 6 months but only show 2 inquiries on my CreditKarma (i think they use Trans Union) and that's what I had before the 5 cards. (2 were Citi (1 bus), 2 were AmEx (1 bus), and one was Chase). My score is above 750 and I have long histories with these 3.

I generally try to stay within Citi, Chase, AmEx but there's some appealing offers from others lately. But i assume they'd more likely require "hard" hits.

I did get turned down for a 4th Citi recently as I had gotten two new ones in past couple months already. Reason was I "already had an Aadvantage card", which didn't stop me from getting the 2nd & 3rd ones or the 30K bonuses for them. Evidently a 3rd AA within 3 months is a no-no.