Synonyms of exhume

exhume

verb

ig-ˈzüm 

as in to unearth

to remove from place of burial

the remains of John Paul Jones were exhumed in Paris and transported with great ceremony to the U.S. Naval Academy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• unearth
• disinter

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• bury
• tomb
• inter
• entomb
• inhume

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of exhume

Rescuers already racing to exhume bodies from earlier bombardments face dwindling fuel and equipment. — Jehad Alshrafi, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Investigators then exhumed the gravesite and compared the DNA to that on the skull and bones found in Sellers Park in 2011. — Joe Brandt, CBS News, 6 Sep. 2026

Bodies identified after a mass burial could be exhumed and handed over to the families, officials say. — Andrew Jones, NBC news, 3 Sep. 2026

On July 9, 1850, President Zachary Taylor became the second president to die in the White House, and the only president to have been exhumed for investigation more than a century after his death. — Sophie Clausen, PEOPLE, 17 Aug. 2026