SINCE 1828
reinvestigate
verb
re·in·ves·ti·gate
| \ (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
Other Words from reinvestigate
reinvestigation
\ (ˌ)rē-in-ˌve-stə-ˈgā-shən
\
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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