exhume
Unearth a corpse
To exhume is to dig up something buried, especially a corpse: The body was exhumed for a second autopsy.
The word extends to retrieving anything long buried or forgotten: Researchers exhumed documents from the archives, The scandal exhumed memories she'd rather forget.
The opposite of inter or bury.
Reveal what's hidden
- revealMake something visible
- resurfaceAppear again after absence
- reviveRestore consciousness or vigor
- retrieveGet something back
rediscover · resurrect · disinter · unearth · expose · revisit · reopen · recover
Serious and worrying
- coffinBurial container for remains
- corpseDeceased human body
- cemeteryPlace for interring remains
- burialPlacing deceased underground
reburial · casket · remains · cadaver · forensics · autopsy · decomposition · mortician
Act of unearthing
- digUnearth by shoveling
- artifactsHuman-made historical objects
- siteDesignated location
- stratigraphyStudy of rock layers
fossils · trench · sediment · trowel · grid · paleontology · anthropology · prehistoric
Medical examination after death
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- investigationFormal examination of facts
- coronerPublic death investigator
- toxicologyScience of poisons
DNA · identification · crime · detective · inquiry · analysis · pathologist · specimen
Trial venue or sports surface
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- subpoenaWrit requiring testimony
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
- prosecutionPursuing legal charges
trial · verdict · attorney · jurisdiction · petition · permit · consent · litigation
uncover
Reveal what's hidden
retrieve · rediscover · resurrect · disinter · unearth · expose · revisit · reopen · recover · reclaim
grave
Serious and worrying
burial · reburial · casket · remains · cadaver · forensics · autopsy · decomposition · mortician · gravedigger
excavation
Act of unearthing
stratigraphy · fossils · trench · sediment · trowel · grid · paleontology · anthropology · prehistoric · fieldwork
autopsy
Medical examination after death
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- investigationFormal examination of facts
- coronerPublic death investigator
toxicology · DNA · identification · crime · detective · inquiry · analysis · pathologist · specimen · examination
court
Trial venue or sports surface
prosecution · trial · verdict · attorney · jurisdiction · petition · permit · consent · litigation · discovery
- excavationdig, excavation, excavating, excavator, digging
- pullingpull, tug, yank, drag, haul
- DIG synonymsexcavate, burrow, unearth, scoop, drill
- funeral ritesfuneral, bury, burial, funeral mass, burial rites