Synonyms of exhuming

exhuming

verb

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• unearthing
• disinterring

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• burying
• interring
• entombing
• inhuming
• tombing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of exhuming

Investigators revisited the case in November 2024 by exhuming the remains for additional forensic testing. — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 16 July 2026

His hand dove for his pocket, fishing out his wallet, exhuming cards — credit, debit, whatever — and punching their digits into his favorite betting apps. — Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 10 Apr. 2026

Over the last 56 years, investigators have continued to investigate, including exhuming the body in June 2022 to collect DNA. — Michael Guise, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026

In 2021, Carolyn Dunn Moudy was identified as the woman whose body Davie Police found floating in a canal in 1975 after exhuming her body from Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens cemetery in Davie in 2019. — Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 19 Jan. 2026

Gein admitted to exhuming the corpses and using the skin to recreate and become his mother, who died of a stroke in 1945. — Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025

Work began on exhuming the remains of thousands of Poles killed by Ukrainian nationalists during World War II. — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 29 Apr. 2025