exhumes
Digs up bodies
Exhumes means to dig up something buried, especially a corpse: The body was exhumed for a second autopsy.
The word extends to bringing forgotten things back to attention: The biographer exhumed letters that had been hidden for decades.
What gets exhumed has typically been deliberately buried or suppressed.
Unbury the dead
- remainsContinues in place
- autopsyMedical examination after death
- coronerPublic death investigator
- investigationFormal examination of facts
cadaver · coffin · grave · morgue · pathologist · evidence · skeletal · decomposition
Remove earth systematically
- tombUnderground chamber for remains
- burialPlacing deceased underground
- artifactsHuman-made historical objects
- mummyEmbalmed, wrapped ancient body
sarcophagus · relics · dig · preservation · ancient · pharaoh · crypt · catacomb
Restores vigor or consciousness
- resurfacesAppears again after absence
- dredges upRetrieves from below
- brings to lightReveals previously hidden information
- uncoversReveals something hidden
reveals · retrieves · rediscovers · revisits · resurrects · recalls · discloses · exposes
disinter
Unbury the dead
investigation · cadaver · coffin · grave · morgue · pathologist · evidence · skeletal · decomposition · reburial
excavate
Remove earth systematically
- tombUnderground chamber for remains
- burialPlacing deceased underground
- artifactsHuman-made historical objects
mummy · sarcophagus · relics · dig · preservation · ancient · pharaoh · crypt · catacomb · ossuary
revives
Restores vigor or consciousness
- resurfacesAppears again after absence
- dredges upRetrieves from below
- brings to lightReveals previously hidden information
uncovers · reveals · retrieves · rediscovers · revisits · resurrects · recalls · discloses · exposes · recollects
exhumesburies
Places beneath the ground
inters · entombs · lays to rest · sepulchers · reburies