We obtain in exact arithmetic the order 24 linear differential operator $L_{24}$ and right hand side $E^{(5)}$ of the inhomogeneous equation$L_{24}(Phi^{(5)}) = E^{(5)}$, where $Phi^{(5)} =tilde{chi}^{(5)}-tilde{chi}^{(3)}/2+tilde{chi}^{(1)}/120$ is
a linear combination of $n$-particle contributions to the susceptibility of the square lattice Ising model. In Bostan, et al. (J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. {bf 42}, 275209 (2009)) the operator $L_{24}$ (modulo a prime) was shown to factorize into $L_{12}^{(rm left)} cdot L_{12}^{(rm right)}$; here we prove that no further factorization of the order 12 operator $L_{12}^{(rm left)}$ is possible. We use the exact ODE to obtain the behaviour of $tilde{chi}^{(5)}$ at the ferromagnetic critical point and to obtain a limited number of analytic continuations of $tilde{chi}^{(5)}$ beyond the principal disk defined by its high temperature series. Contrary to a speculation in Boukraa, et al (J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. {bf 41} 455202 (2008)), we find that $tilde{chi}^{(5)}$ is singular at $w=1/2$ on an infinite number of branches.
