exhuming

present participle of exhume
as in unearthing
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

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unearthing
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  • After months of researching public records, unearthing decades-old war documents and interviewing people linked to the safe deposit boxes, the Tribune succeeded in 10 of the 11 cases on the treasurer’s public list — including that of Grabowski.
    Christy Gutowski, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
  • The most successful professionals operating in this world of corporate enabling functions are masters at unearthing information—connecting the dots between seemingly disparate events and concepts and finding relationships and risks that matter to the business.
    Laura Clayton McDonnell, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
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“Exhuming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exhuming. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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