reinvestigate

verb

re·in·ves·ti·gate | \ (ˌ)rē-in-ˈve-stə-ˌgāt

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reinvestigated; reinvestigating

Definition of reinvestigate

transitive verb

: to investigate (something) again … decided to use modern police methods to reinvestigate the case.— Robert Wainwright

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reinvestigation \ (ˌ)rē-in-ˌve-stə-ˈgā-shən

\ noun, plural reinvestigations

During the past 30 years, new discoveries and reinvestigations of long-forgotten specimens have coalesced into a flood of transitional fossils. — Maureen Greenbaum

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