disinter
verb
dis·in·ter
ˌdis-in-ˈtər 
disinterred; disinterring; disinters
1
: to take out of the grave or tomb
2
: to bring back into awareness or prominence
also
: to bring to light : unearth
Examples of disinter in a Sentence
The body was disinterred for further study.
the Egyptian mummy was carefully disinterred
Recent Examples on the Web
Finally, in 2018, remains buried at Ardennes American Cemetery were disinterred in and transferred to a military lab at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, for analysis.
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CBS News, 21 Dec. 2023
Who today benefits from disinterring the arms race?
—The Editors, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2023
When the war was over, the American Graves Registration Service, tasked with recovering and identifying casualties in the Pacific theater, disinterred remains from the two cemeteries.
—Giuseppe Ricapito, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2024
In 1947, the Navy disinterred the unidentified remains of the Oklahoma crewmen killed in the attack from two cemeteries in Hawaii, and transferred them to the Central Identification Laboratory at Schofield Barracks for identification, the DPAA said.
—Simrin Singh, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2024
In 2018, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), a military agency that aims to provide a full accounting for American missing personnel, announced a plan to disinter the remains of 652 unidentified service members from the Korean War.
—CBS News, 15 Mar. 2024
Many people were buried temporarily in American cemeteries then and disinterred — sometimes years later — when restrictions loosened, according to Sherry Bensimon, a funeral director at Riverside Memorial Chapel on Manhattan’s Upper West Side.
—Sarah Maslin Nir, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2023
An unknown number of graves were disinterred, while other graves lay forgotten.
—Claire Healy, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2023
Over a decade later, the remains were disinterred and sent to DPAA’s Omaha, NE, lab in June 2022.
—Davi Merchan, ABC News, 7 Dec. 2023
CBS News, 21 Dec. 2023
Who today benefits from disinterring the arms race?
—The Editors, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2023
When the war was over, the American Graves Registration Service, tasked with recovering and identifying casualties in the Pacific theater, disinterred remains from the two cemeteries.
—Giuseppe Ricapito, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2024
In 1947, the Navy disinterred the unidentified remains of the Oklahoma crewmen killed in the attack from two cemeteries in Hawaii, and transferred them to the Central Identification Laboratory at Schofield Barracks for identification, the DPAA said.
—Simrin Singh, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2024
In 2018, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), a military agency that aims to provide a full accounting for American missing personnel, announced a plan to disinter the remains of 652 unidentified service members from the Korean War.
—CBS News, 15 Mar. 2024
Many people were buried temporarily in American cemeteries then and disinterred — sometimes years later — when restrictions loosened, according to Sherry Bensimon, a funeral director at Riverside Memorial Chapel on Manhattan’s Upper West Side.
—Sarah Maslin Nir, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2023
An unknown number of graves were disinterred, while other graves lay forgotten.
—Claire Healy, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2023
Over a decade later, the remains were disinterred and sent to DPAA’s Omaha, NE, lab in June 2022.
—Davi Merchan, ABC News, 7 Dec. 2023
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disinter
verb
dis·in·ter
ˌdis-ᵊn-ˈtər
1
: to take out of the grave or tomb
2
: to bring back into awareness : unearth
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