Delphi IDE Editor doesn't show hints anymore

Have you tried to restart the IDE?

If the problem persists, you might have disabled CodeInsight. To turn this on again, go to Tools/Options, select "Editor Options"/"Code Insight" and make sure that the options "Code Completion", "Tooltip Help Insight", "Auto Parenthesis", "Error Insight", "Block Completion", "Code Template Completion", "Code Parameters", "Auto Complete", "Tooltip Expression Evaluation", and "Tooltip Symbol Insight" are all checked.

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I found the setting:
In Option / Editor Options / Source Options, there is a setting named "Use syntax highlight".

The help says: "Enables syntax highlighting. To set highlighting options, use the Color page".

This setting additionally enables / disables

• Hints on identifiers
• the ability to CTRL-click on identifiers
• the context menu entry "Find declaration"

I would have not expected this when reading the help text.

Thanks to all for your suggestions!