Covers both "do X and then ask" — 전화해서 물어보다 "call and ask", 가서 물어보다 "go over and ask" — and "ask because of X": 진짜 궁금해서 물어봐요 "I'm asking because I'm genuinely curious", 너무 놀라서 물어봤어 "I was so startled that I asked". The reason version is the polite way to soften a question that might sound nosy. 물어보다 rather than the plain 묻다 is what people actually say out loud.