reinvestigation
Fresh look back
Reinvestigation is investigating something again, typically because new evidence has emerged, the original inquiry was flawed, or circumstances have changed: The DNA evidence prompted a reinvestigation of the case.
The word appears most often in legal, journalistic, and bureaucratic contexts.
Inspecting something once more
- reopeningBeginning operations again
- reviewCritical written assessment
- reanalysisStudying something again
- reassessmentRenewed evaluation of something
fresh look · second look · follow-up · revisitation · reappraisal · reconsideration · re-evaluation
Scientific crime-scene analysis
- detectiveProfessional crime investigator
- probeThorough examination or tool
- examinationMethodical assessment or review
- analysisMethodical study of parts
sleuthing · case review · crime scene · ballistics · chain of custody · evidence tampering · wrongful conviction · exoneration
Request for information
- auditFormal accounts examination
- hearingPerceiving sound waves
- inquestFormal death cause inquiry
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
committee · tribunal · commission · fact-finding · whistleblower · accountability · transparency · subpoena
Facts supporting truth
- cluesHints toward answers
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- uncoverReveal what's hidden
- revealMake something visible
findings · unearth · missed connections · fresh evidence · witness accounts · cold trail · smoking gun · revelation
reexamination
Inspecting something once more
- reopeningBeginning operations again
- reviewCritical written assessment
- reanalysisStudying something again
reassessment · fresh look · second look · follow-up · revisitation · reappraisal · reconsideration · re-evaluation
forensics
Scientific crime-scene analysis
- detectiveProfessional crime investigator
- probeThorough examination or tool
- examinationMethodical assessment or review
analysis · sleuthing · case review · crime scene · ballistics · chain of custody · evidence tampering · wrongful conviction · exoneration · innocence project
inquiry
Request for information
oversight · committee · tribunal · commission · fact-finding · whistleblower · accountability · transparency · subpoena · testimony
evidence
Facts supporting truth
- cluesHints toward answers
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- uncoverReveal what's hidden
reveal · findings · unearth · missed connections · fresh evidence · witness accounts · cold trail · smoking gun · revelation
- examinationsexam, examination, checkup, reexamination, recheck
- Security Clearancessecret, top secret, confidential, classified, public trust
reinvestigationclosure
Sense of emotional resolution
dismissal · final verdict · settlement · case closed · adjudication