disinterring
Digging up corpses
Disinterring is digging up something that was buried, especially a corpse: The court ordered disinterring the body for DNA testing.
The word extends to bringing forgotten things back to light: disinterring old grievances, disinterring documents from the archives.
The opposite of interring.
Serious and worrying
- coffinBurial container for remains
- cemeteryPlace for interring remains
- remainsContinues in place
- corpseDeceased human body
cadaver · burial · tombstone · casket · crypt · mausoleum · sepulcher · reburial
Medical examination after death
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- coronerPublic death investigator
- investigationFormal examination of facts
- identificationEstablishing who someone is
DNA · crime · pathology · osteology · decomposition · postmortem · morgue · toxicology
Act of unearthing
- tombUnderground chamber for remains
- artifactsHuman-made historical objects
- siteDesignated location
- digUnearth by shoveling
sarcophagus · ruins · stratigraphy · trowel · prehistoric · neolithic · barrow · cairn
Revealing something hidden
- secretsConcealed information
- pastTime already gone
- truthAccordance with reality
- hiddenKept out of sight
forgotten · discovery · exposing · revelations · scandal · cover-up · buried · suppressed
Stored past experiences
- historyRecord of past events
- archivesStored historical documents
- recordsStored data or albums
- documentsFormal written records
evidence · files · manuscripts · letters · photographs · artifacts · correspondence · papers
grave
Serious and worrying
corpse · cadaver · burial · tombstone · casket · crypt · mausoleum · sepulcher · reburial · funeral
autopsy
Medical examination after death
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- coronerPublic death investigator
- investigationFormal examination of facts
identification · DNA · crime · pathology · osteology · decomposition · postmortem · morgue · toxicology · anthropology
excavation
Act of unearthing
dig · sarcophagus · ruins · stratigraphy · trowel · prehistoric · neolithic · barrow · cairn · ossuary
uncovering
Revealing something hidden
hidden · forgotten · discovery · exposing · revelations · scandal · cover-up · buried · suppressed · long-lost
memories
Stored past experiences
documents · evidence · files · manuscripts · letters · photographs · artifacts · correspondence · papers · journals
disinterringburying
Covering with earth
interring · entombing · laying to rest · reburying · reinterring
disinterringburying
Covering with earth
concealing · hiding · suppressing · covering up · obscuring
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