unexhumed
Left in ground
Unexhumed describes remains or buried objects that have not been dug up from the earth.
The word typically appears in discussions of graves, archaeological sites, or crime scenes where bodies or artifacts remain in the ground: The unexhumed graves dated back centuries.
It implies that exhumation was possible or expected but has not occurred.
Kept out of sight
- lostUnable to navigate
- unknownNot yet discovered
- concealedMade invisible deliberately
- shroudedCovered and hidden
undetected · unrevealed · unseen · undisclosed · unexplored · unfound · forgotten · dormant
Concealed information
- pastTime already gone
- memoriesStored past experiences
- historyRecord of past events
- truthAccordance with reality
scandal · evidence · documents · records · legacy · forgotten · suppressed · unresolved
Deposited in earth
- entombedSealed in burial chamber
- graveSerious and worrying
- tombUnderground chamber for remains
- cryptSubterranean burial vault
mausoleum · cemetery · sepulcher · coffin · casket · remains · corpse · cadaver
hidden
Kept out of sight
shrouded · undetected · unrevealed · unseen · undisclosed · unexplored · unfound · forgotten · dormant · latent
secrets
Concealed information
truth · scandal · evidence · documents · records · legacy · forgotten · suppressed · unresolved · dormant
interred
Deposited in earth
crypt · mausoleum · cemetery · sepulcher · coffin · casket · remains · corpse · cadaver · embalmed
excavation
Act of unearthing
relic · ruins · antiquity · fossil · stratum · sediment · historical · ancient · prehistoric · monument