Synonyms of dug up

dug up

verb

past tense of dig up

as in found

to come upon after searching, study, or effort

she tried to dig up any information she could for the report on sharks

Synonyms & Similar Words

• found
• learned
• discovered
• located
• dug out
• got
• found out
• hit (on or upon)
• turned up
• dredged (up)
• hunted (down or up)
• detected
• determined
• ran down
• ascertained
• tracked (down)
• rooted (out)
• routed (out)
• scouted (up)
• rummaged
• scared up
• nosed out
• ferreted (out)
• descried
• spotted
• searched (for or out)
• sighted
• sought
• looked for
• espied

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• passed over
• missed
• overlooked
• lost
• misplaced
• mislaid
• misset

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of dug up

Authorities determined Pacheco was soliciting bribes and dug up $62,000 buried in his backyard in a search early in the case, marking the beginning of a sprawling corruption scandal that has spread through several communities. — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026

The dead from Srebrenica were bulldozed into mass graves over four days in July 1995, some of them dug up and relocated to remote mountains so as to hide evidence of the killings. — Ivana Sekularac, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026

Participants dug up the first pair of underpants and associated tea bags after 30 days and the second after 60 days, documenting the condition of the items and mailing all the materials to the scientists for analysis. — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026

After blooming is done and the warmest days of the year are behind us, certain plants can be dug up, separated into smaller clumps, and replanted with minimal stress. — Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 21 Aug. 2026

They were not fished out of a sewage outflow or dug up from a soil sample, which is where such things normally come from. — Elie Dolgin, IEEE Spectrum, 13 Aug. 2026

Her team has dug up living anthrax samples that may have been dormant for 80 years in previous research. — Rj MacKenzie, Popular Science, 5 Aug. 2026

His yard was one of thousands that the federal government had dug up and replaced since cleanup began in 1999. — Chris Bowling, ProPublica, 5 Aug. 2026

Five women in green uniforms and rain boots dug up weeds and planted new vegetables as Malonga talked about the soil, the project’s foundation. — Alicia Erickson, Travel + Leisure, 4 Aug. 2026