Synonyms of exhume

exhume

verb

ig-ˈzüm 

as in to unearth

to remove from place of burial

the remains of John Paul Jones were exhumed in Paris and transported with great ceremony to the U.S. Naval Academy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• unearth
• disinter

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• bury
• tomb
• inter
• entomb
• inhume

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of exhume

On July 9, 1850, President Zachary Taylor became the second president to die in the White House, and the only president to have been exhumed for investigation more than a century after his death. — Sophie Clausen, PEOPLE, 17 Aug. 2026

Investigators revisited the case in November 2024 by exhuming the remains for additional forensic testing. — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 16 July 2026

Five-year-old Tina Carter waited patiently with her mother Diana in a long line to carefully print her first name on a timecapsule scroll to be exhumed in 2076. — Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 July 2026

The eight-part series, led by Charlie Hunnam, tapped into the serial killer who killed at least two women and exhumed several bodies for his heinous purposes in the 1950s. — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 28 May 2026