exhumer
Grave reversal specialist
An exhumer is someone who digs up what has been buried—literally a corpse from a grave, or figuratively forgotten facts, old scandals, or buried history.
The word applies to forensic investigators, grave robbers, and researchers alike: The exhumer of family secrets made himself unwelcome at reunions.
Medical examination after death
- remainsContinues in place
- cadaverBody for dissection
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- investigationFormal examination of facts
coroner · postmortem · identification · decomposition · pathology · toxicology · crime · morgue
Act of unearthing
- digUnearth by shoveling
- tombUnderground chamber for remains
- burialPlacing deceased underground
- remainsContinues in place
artifacts · ruins · site · skeletons · mummy · sarcophagus · grave · crypt
autopsy
Medical examination after death
investigation · coroner · postmortem · identification · decomposition · pathology · toxicology · crime · morgue · reexamination
excavation
Act of unearthing
remains · artifacts · ruins · site · skeletons · mummy · sarcophagus · grave · crypt · necropolis
uncover
Reveal what's hidden
resurrect · revive · disclose · unearth · rediscover · retrieve · reclaim · forgotten · buried · hidden
gravedigger
One who digs burial plots
backhoe · dig · soil · earth · cemetery · coffin · casket · vault · plot · headstone
exhumerburier
One who entombs
gravedigger · undertaker · mortician · funeral director · pallbearer