exhume
verb
ex·hume
ig-ˈzüm 
igz-ˈyüm,
iks-ˈ(h)yüm
exhumed; exhuming
1
: disinter
exhume a body
2
: to bring back from neglect or obscurity
exhumed a great deal of information from the archives
Examples of exhume in a Sentence
the remains of John Paul Jones were exhumed in Paris and transported with great ceremony to the U.S. Naval Academy
Recent Examples on the Web
In October 2023, her remains were exhumed, and anthropology faculty and students with Southeast Missouri State University did a dental analysis that showed the woman was actually a teenager at the time of her death, deputies said.
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Paloma Chavez, Kansas City Star, 2 Apr. 2024
In a news release, the DPAA said that in 2018, military officials exhumed the unidentified remains of 25 people who were from Walker's battleship, the USS California, and buried in Honolulu.
—Juliana Kim, NPR, 30 Mar. 2024
Now, more than 56 years later, a tip to investigators led them to exhume Pusser’s body, the TBI announced.
—Olivia Lloyd, Charlotte Observer, 8 Feb. 2024
Early Friday, Gretchen Hankins stepped onto the pauper’s field, on the grounds of the county jail’s work farm, for the first time, to witness her son being exhumed so that his body could be prepared for a proper funeral.
—Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 3 Feb. 2024
To confirm Elliott was the suspect in the cold case killings, though, police said detectives had to exhume Elliott’s body, which was buried in a Nevada cemetery.
—Daniella Segura, Sacramento Bee, 1 Feb. 2024
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump told reporters Monday that the family had agreed with Hinds County to be present at 11:30 a.m. for the exhumation, but that the body was exhumed at 8 a.m. instead.
—Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 17 Nov. 2023
In another attempt to identify the victims, the DPAA in 2015 exhumed the unidentified remains of the Oklahoma
crew from the Punchbowl.
—Simrin Singh, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2024
The German war graves commission exhumed an unknown number of bodies after the war, and according to Mr. James, Alderney still has two mass gravesites.
—Claire Moses, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2024
Paloma Chavez, Kansas City Star, 2 Apr. 2024
In a news release, the DPAA said that in 2018, military officials exhumed the unidentified remains of 25 people who were from Walker's battleship, the USS California, and buried in Honolulu.
—Juliana Kim, NPR, 30 Mar. 2024
Now, more than 56 years later, a tip to investigators led them to exhume Pusser’s body, the TBI announced.
—Olivia Lloyd, Charlotte Observer, 8 Feb. 2024
Early Friday, Gretchen Hankins stepped onto the pauper’s field, on the grounds of the county jail’s work farm, for the first time, to witness her son being exhumed so that his body could be prepared for a proper funeral.
—Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 3 Feb. 2024
To confirm Elliott was the suspect in the cold case killings, though, police said detectives had to exhume Elliott’s body, which was buried in a Nevada cemetery.
—Daniella Segura, Sacramento Bee, 1 Feb. 2024
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump told reporters Monday that the family had agreed with Hinds County to be present at 11:30 a.m. for the exhumation, but that the body was exhumed at 8 a.m. instead.
—Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 17 Nov. 2023
In another attempt to identify the victims, the DPAA in 2015 exhumed the unidentified remains of the Oklahoma
crew from the Punchbowl.
—Simrin Singh, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2024
The German war graves commission exhumed an unknown number of bodies after the war, and according to Mr. James, Alderney still has two mass gravesites.
—Claire Moses, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2024
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exhume
transitive verb
ex·hume
igz-ˈ(y)üm
iks-ˈ(h)yüm
iks-ˈ(h)yüm
exhumed; exhuming
: disinter
the body was exhumed for an autopsy
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