Synonyms of unearthing

unearthing 1 of 2

noun

as in discovery

the act or process of sighting or learning the existence of something for the first time

the unearthing of a prehistoric man who had been preserved in an Alpine glacier proved to be a great boon to science

Synonyms & Similar Words

• discovery
• finding
• detection
• exploration
• awareness
• spotting
• uncovering
• revelation
• disclosure
• invention
• creation
• exposure
• unveiling
• notice
• espial
• rediscovery

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• loss
• disappearance
• hiding
• concealment

unearthing

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verb

present participle of unearth

as in exhuming

to remove from place of burial

unearthed a hoard of treasures from the Egyptian tomb

Synonyms & Similar Words

• exhuming
• disinterring

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• burying
• interring
• entombing
• inhuming
• tombing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of unearthing

Noun

That changed with the unearthing at Temple X of what Old Earth scholars are calling the Musk Stone. — Jim Greer, SPIN, 3 Sep. 2026

The writing of the book has been a soulful examination, a symbolic unearthing of certain memories and stories that Mercado might understand as a labor necessary to capture the fullness of a history, the ephemera and evidence of, in this case, a love story. — Literary Hub, 12 May 2026

On Monday, teachers, school board members, city officials, curious residents and even one 1976 student of the school previously known as May Sands School came out to see the unearthing. — Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2026

As part of that unearthing, the company is looking to do sitework and underground utilities for data centers — doing everything from moving the dirt to implementing drainage — to lay the foundation for both dry and wet utilities, Executive Vice President Travis Mross said. — Kelsey Brown, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Jan. 2026

For Ruffier, the hardest part was filming scenes that show her unearthing and reading her old school-time diaries, full of entries about her then-teacher. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 20 Jan. 2026

The murders followed a deadly boat crash that led to the unearthing of multiple scandals involving the wealthy family, one of the state's most formidable legal dynasties. — Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Oct. 2025

Our setting, The Case Is Altered, is named after a 17th-century Ben Jonson play and refers to the unearthing of evidence that completely changes a legal outcome. — Yvonne Zipp, Christian Science Monitor, 17 Sep. 2025

Rochana Redkar, Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Haematology Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, was excited to see the unearthing. — Jennifer Hauser, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025

Verb

Nino accepted the challenge with gusto, unearthing oddities in the basement of the family’s home in the Hudson Valley, and foraging for foliage and flowers in the surrounding forest. — Sam Cochran, Architectural Digest, 27 Oct. 2026

People has retraced the album’s origins, unearthing anecdotes that seem straight out of a teen movie script. — Ilaria Perrotta, Vanity Fair, 24 Oct. 2026

Exactly what public good does unearthing these tweets and reporting them to the Blazers accomplish? — Matt Calkins Outkick, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026

Archival producers Kate Griffiths and Catalina Curbishley were key to unearthing it. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2026

Developing pitchers is an existential concern for the Brewers, who had to replace Peralta and cannot rest on unearthing a surprising contributor like Priester once every couple of years. — Johnny Flores Jr, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Romantic Venus lights your 10th House of Career while unearthing Pluto in your sign, in your 1st House of Identity, demands authenticity in every public move. — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 15 Sep. 2026

That palpable elasticity extended into Curry’s voice work for animation, unearthing another layer of the late actor’s otherworldly talent. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 26 Aug. 2026

The institute Asher works for has used AI to tap into the memories of the oldest living creatures on earth (the giant sea turtle), unearthing testimony of the long history of mankind’s horrors. — John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026