Synonyms of unearthed

unearthed

verb

past tense of unearth

as in exhumed

to remove from place of burial

unearthed a hoard of treasures from the Egyptian tomb

Synonyms & Similar Words

• exhumed
• disinterred

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• buried
• interred
• entombed
• tombed
• inhumed

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of unearthed

The lawmakers’ request — a moment of bipartisan scrutiny on a controversial federal health care program — comes just one month after a government investigation unearthed a continuing pattern of denials within Medicare Advantage. — Casey Ross, STAT, 15 July 2026

A man of the people, a working-class hero, a diamond in the rough unearthed by political operatives riding the high of Mamdani’s rise—the narrative, in and of itself, was a winning strategy. — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 15 July 2026

Researchers from security firm Socket, for instance, last month unearthed an LLM agent that directed target LLMs to provide instructions for building a nuclear bomb or biological weapons. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 13 July 2026

The remains of a vast Roman summer house dating back to the 2nd century BC, unearthed by Getty along with African and Greek marbles and amphorae, have been kept as private museum in the basement which guests are free to stroll unaccompanied. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 July 2026

Puente ran a boarding house where bodies of former tenants were unearthed in 1988, and she was convicted of killing three people before dying in prison in 2011. — Ruyuan Li. Summary Produced By Ai Assistance, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2026

During the group’s reunion, secrets, scandal and struggles among the group are unearthed. — Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 9 July 2026

The samples remained in storage until the 1990s, when a researcher unearthed them. — News Desk, Artforum, 8 July 2026

Discoveries unearthed in a cave in what’s now Turkey indicate the two groups did not merely cross paths but may have shared some cultural traditions, making similar tools and collecting the same kind of shell. — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 7 July 2026