disinters
Digs up remains
Disinters means digs up something that was buried, especially a corpse: The court ordered the body disinterred for a second autopsy.
Figuratively, to disinter is to bring forgotten things back to light: She disinterred old family scandals from the archives.
Third-person singular present tense of disinter.
Excavates and reveals
- exhumesUnearths buried remains
- digs upExtracts from earth
- coffinBurial container for remains
- graveSerious and worrying
cemetery · remains · corpse · burial · casket · forensic · reburial · bones
Reveals something hidden
- revealsMakes visible or known
- exposesMakes visible or known
- brings to lightReveals previously hidden information
- resurfacesAppears again after absence
rediscovers · retrieves · resurrects · unearths · secrets · hidden · forgotten · archives
unearths
Excavates and reveals
grave · cemetery · remains · corpse · burial · casket · forensic · reburial · bones · morgue
uncovers
Reveals something hidden
- revealsMakes visible or known
- exposesMakes visible or known
- brings to lightReveals previously hidden information
resurfaces · rediscovers · retrieves · resurrects · unearths · secrets · hidden · forgotten · archives · evidence