unearther
One who excavates
An unearther is someone or something that digs up or brings to light what was hidden or buried.
The term applies literally to excavation—an unearther of ancient ruins—and figuratively to discovery: an unearther of forgotten manuscripts, an unearther of scandals.
The word emphasizes the act of revealing what others missed or concealed.
Sudden important advance
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
- insightDeep perceptive understanding
- epiphanySudden profound insight
- eurekaDiscovery triumph cry
realization · detective · investigator · researcher · sleuth · expose · uncover · truth-seeker
Act of unearthing
- digUnearth by shoveling
- siteDesignated location
- artifactHuman-made historical object
- tombUnderground chamber for remains
stratigraphy · potsherd · fieldwork · relic · antiquity · burial · mound · ruins
breakthrough
Sudden important advance
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
- insightDeep perceptive understanding
- epiphanySudden profound insight
eureka · realization · detective · investigator · researcher · sleuth · expose · uncover · truth-seeker · whistleblower
excavation
Act of unearthing
tomb · stratigraphy · potsherd · fieldwork · relic · antiquity · burial · mound · ruins · sarcophagus
hoard
Hidden accumulated valuables
jewels · relics · booty · loot · fortune · bullion · coinage · trove · cache · buried
expose
Make known publicly
unveil · unmask · surface · exhume · scandal · conspiracy · cover-up · suppressed
uneartherburier
One who entombs
hider · concealer · coverer · grave digger · stasher
uneartherconcealer
Cosmetic for hiding flaws
suppressor · hider · obfuscator · censor · withholder