Synonyms of exhumed

exhumed

verb

past tense of exhume

as in unearthed

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

• unearthed
• disinterred

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• buried
• interred
• entombed
• tombed
• inhumed

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of exhumed

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

Five-year-old Tina Carter waited patiently with her mother Diana in a long line to carefully print her first name on a timecapsule scroll to be exhumed in 2076. — Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 July 2026

The eight-part series, led by Charlie Hunnam, tapped into the serial killer who killed at least two women and exhumed several bodies for his heinous purposes in the 1950s. — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 28 May 2026

Lee joins a growing list of celebrities both dead and still living, including Judy Garland, Burt Reynolds, Albert Einstein, Michael Caine and David Hasselhoff, who have been exhumed and reanimated through the dark magic of LLMs. — Rob Salkowitz, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026

In 2022, authorities exhumed McBride’s body for additional DNA testing, a step New Jersey State Police said was critical to isolating an unknown male DNA profile from earlier evidence. — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026

Graves lie empty, with large rectangular holes where the dead have been exhumed. — ABC News, 18 Apr. 2026