reinvestigate
verb
re·in·ves·ti·gate
(ˌ)rē-in-ˈve-stə-ˌgāt 
reinvestigated; reinvestigating
: to investigate (something) again
… decided to use modern police methods to reinvestigate the case.—
Robert Wainwright
Robert Wainwright
reinvestigation
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
Maureen Greenbaum
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The cold case into Menke’s death wasn’t reinvestigated until 2021, when a criminal complaint reported the two women were romantically involved with the same man, Jack Owen, at the same time.
—Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 3 July 2024
Listen to this article One of the most important innovations in criminal justice in recent years has been the creation of conviction integrity units to review and, if warranted, reinvestigate the cases of persons who claim to have been wrongfully convicted.
—David R. Cameron, Hartford Courant, 8 Feb. 2024
Her father was gone, too — dead from a heart attack after years of fighting for the police to reinvestigate Debbie’s killing — and her older brother, Ricky, who was once a suspect in the murder, took his own life five years before that.
—Sarah Viren, New York Times, 5 Dec. 2023
After hearing about The Post’s findings, the daughter of one of the men killed with Bishop said the U.S. needs to reinvestigate its role in what happened to the bodies.
—Rennie Svirnovskiy, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2023
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Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 3 July 2024
Listen to this article One of the most important innovations in criminal justice in recent years has been the creation of conviction integrity units to review and, if warranted, reinvestigate the cases of persons who claim to have been wrongfully convicted.
—David R. Cameron, Hartford Courant, 8 Feb. 2024
Her father was gone, too — dead from a heart attack after years of fighting for the police to reinvestigate Debbie’s killing — and her older brother, Ricky, who was once a suspect in the murder, took his own life five years before that.
—Sarah Viren, New York Times, 5 Dec. 2023
After hearing about The Post’s findings, the daughter of one of the men killed with Bishop said the U.S. needs to reinvestigate its role in what happened to the bodies.
—Rennie Svirnovskiy, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2023
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“Reinvestigate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reinvestigate. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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