reinvestigate

verb

re·​in·​ves·​ti·​gate (ˌ)rē-in-ˈve-stə-ˌgāt How to pronounce reinvestigate (audio)
reinvestigated; reinvestigating

transitive verb

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

Examples of reinvestigate in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web That evidence first came to light when the Nashville district attorney’s office, through its conviction-review unit, began reinvestigating the case in 2023. Pamela Colloff, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2024 But Pip is convinced Sal didn’t commit the crime and partners up with Sal’s younger brother Ravi (Zain Iqbal) to reinvestigate it (which also doubles as her school capstone project), leading the pair to both answers and the darkness lurking in their quaint British village. Kerensa Cadenas, IndieWire, 2 Aug. 2024 Thirty-six years later, in 2021, Lt. Andrew Vitalis and Polk County Investigations Liaison Deputy Mark Biller started to reinvestigate the cold case with new interviews with witnesses. Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 3 July 2024 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 See all Example Sentences for reinvestigate 

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Word History

First Known Use

1802, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of reinvestigate was in 1802

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“Reinvestigate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reinvestigate. Accessed 8 Oct. 2024.

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