SINCE 1828
reinvestigate
verb
re·in·ves·ti·gate
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(ˌ)rē-in-ˈve-stə-ˌgāt
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reinvestigated;
reinvestigating
Definition of reinvestigate
: 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
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noun
plural reinvestigations
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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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