I am trying to determine when a certain parametric matrix is inverse-positive (it's actually the one about which I asked in https://mathoverflow.net/questions/95097/explicit-formula-for-cholesky-factorization-in-a-special-case, but the question might have general interest). This matrix is *not* a $Z$-matrix so the whole body of knowledge that had been developed for them is not suitable. What I'd like to find is a simple sufficient condition that I can easily analyze. The best approximation to that that I've found is Peris's criterion using $B$-splittings but it still didn't help me enough. Are you aware of any such results?