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

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

Finally, a deal was struck, and the bottle trees were dug up. — Oren Peleg, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026

When the Trail Blazers were hiring him, a security check dug up his record. — Laurel Donnellan, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

These rivers have not dried up but rather have been buried in concrete, and though Athens is no stranger to its present being dug up and overturned to showcase the past, this burial was a reversal. — Literary Hub, 20 July 2026

The address was once a boarding house run by Dorothea Puente before Sacramento Police dug up bodies of several former tenants in 1988. — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 9 July 2026

Trump is attempting to fire Cook over alleged mortgage fraud, which was dug up by Bill Pulte, the head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, who is now also the acting director of national intelligence. — Garrett Downs, CNBC, 2 July 2026