alarig@irc-clt ~ $ whois blah.dev
getaddrinfo(whois.nic.dev): Name or service not known
alarig@irc-clt ~ $ dig -t NS nic.dev

; <<>> DiG 9.18.31 <<>> -t NS nic.dev
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 16436
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 4, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 1232
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;nic.dev.                       IN      NS

;; ANSWER SECTION:
nic.dev.                86382   IN      NS      ns2.google.com.
nic.dev.                86382   IN      NS      ns3.google.com.
nic.dev.                86382   IN      NS      ns4.google.com.
nic.dev.                86382   IN      NS      ns1.google.com.

;; Query time: 6 msec
;; SERVER: 2a0e:f42:ffff::8#53(2a0e:f42:ffff::8) (UDP)
;; WHEN: Fri Nov 21 00:41:25 CET 2025
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 118
alarig@irc-clt ~ $ dig -t NS whois.nic.dev

; <<>> DiG 9.18.31 <<>> -t NS whois.nic.dev
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 36188
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 1232
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;whois.nic.dev.                 IN      NS

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
nic.dev.                12      IN      SOA     ns1.google.com. dns-admin.google.com. 834641296 900 900 1800 60

;; Query time: 33 msec
;; SERVER: 2a0e:f42:ffff::8#53(2a0e:f42:ffff::8) (UDP)
;; WHEN: Fri Nov 21 00:41:36 CET 2025
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 102

alarig@irc-clt ~ $ dig -t NS whois.nic.dev @ns1.google.com

; <<>> DiG 9.18.31 <<>> -t NS whois.nic.dev @ns1.google.com
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 47934
;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 1
;; WARNING: recursion requested but not available

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 512
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;whois.nic.dev.                 IN      NS

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
nic.dev.                60      IN      SOA     ns1.google.com. dns-admin.google.com. 834641296 900 900 1800 60

;; Query time: 6 msec
;; SERVER: 2001:4860:4802:32::a#53(ns1.google.com) (UDP)
;; WHEN: Fri Nov 21 00:41:42 CET 2025
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 102