This has to be one of the most clear cases of this phenomenon I've seen. Inflation is rising prices [1]. There is no requirement in the definition of inflation that it just be ambiently "happening" for no reason. Inflation always has some reason or other. That doesn't mean it's not happening. If the prices are going up because of government insolvency, it's inflation. If prices are going up because aliens are ordering all stores at raygunpoint to raise prices, it's inflation. If there's a global pandemic and everyone response with massive economic interventions and the result is rising prices, it's inflation. If prices rise this month, but we think that the reasons are probably transitory and they'll go back down next month, that's still inflation, simply followed by deflation next month. If prices rise because of second-order effects of interest rates being dropped to zero by the central bank, that's inflation. If the prices rise because the moon is in the seventh house and Jupiter has aligned with Mars, that's inflation.
It's fine and valuable to ask about the reasons why inflation is occurring, but the answer does not add or diminish it in the slightest.
They're not waiting for the "shock to pass", they're trying to make sure you don't find out something that you are going to use to decide they're not doing a good job. This is purely political, not economic.
[1]: And whatever other details you like. I'm not too worried about exactly which definition you plug into this post, it holds regardless for any sensible definition.