disinterment
Digging up corpses
Disinterment is the act of digging up something that was buried, especially a corpse.
Authorities order disinterment for autopsies, reburials, or criminal investigations: The disinterment revealed evidence of poisoning.
Figuratively, it means bringing something long buried back to light: the disinterment of forgotten documents.
Discovering something hidden
- excavationAct of unearthing
- diggingRemoving earth below
- coffinBurial container for remains
- casketBurial container
remains · corpse · cadaver · burial · grave · tomb · crypt · sepulcher
Medical examination after death
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- decompositionBreakdown into simpler parts
- toxicologyScience of poisons
- pathologyStudy of disease processes
entomology · DNA · coroner · morgue · crime · identification · odontology · serology
Act of unearthing
- siteDesignated location
- artifactsHuman-made historical objects
- stratigraphyStudy of rock layers
- trowelFlat blade for spreading
trench · sediments · context · survey · fieldwork · mummy · grave-goods · preservation
Official written authorization
- consentVoluntary agreement given
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- repatriationFormal return to homeland
restitution · ethics · protocol · authorization · petition
Second interment of remains
- relocationPermanent change of residence
- reinternmentBurying remains again
- consecrationDedicating to sacred purpose
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
honor · remembrance · restoration · dignity · family · closure · memorial · tribute
unearthing
Discovering something hidden
- excavationAct of unearthing
- diggingRemoving earth below
- coffinBurial container for remains
casket · remains · corpse · cadaver · burial · grave · tomb · crypt · sepulcher · mausoleum
autopsy
Medical examination after death
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- decompositionBreakdown into simpler parts
- toxicologyScience of poisons
pathology · entomology · DNA · coroner · morgue · crime · identification · odontology · serology · postmortem
excavation
Act of unearthing
- siteDesignated location
- artifactsHuman-made historical objects
- stratigraphyStudy of rock layers
trowel · trench · sediments · context · survey · fieldwork · mummy · grave-goods · preservation · dating
permit
Official written authorization
- consentVoluntary agreement given
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
repatriation · restitution · ethics · protocol · authorization · petition
reburial
Second interment of remains
- relocationPermanent change of residence
- reinternmentBurying remains again
- consecrationDedicating to sacred purpose
ceremony · honor · remembrance · restoration · dignity · family · closure · memorial · tribute · procession
- burial lawburial plots, burial grounds, burial records, home burial, burial vaults
- cemeteriescemetery, graves, grave, burial, headstones
- uncoveringunearthing, exposing, revealing, disclosure, unveiling
- war memorialswar memorial, war monuments, war memorials, military cemeteries, veterans memorials
disintermentburial
Placing deceased underground
interment · entombment · inhumation · sepulture · reburial
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