Dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies.

synonym: disinter.

Roget 122: be past etc. adj.; have expired etc. adj., have run its course, have had its day; pass; pass by, go by, pass away, go away, pass off, go off; lapse, blow over.    look back, trace back, cast the eyes back; exhume.    ... show more

Roget 363: inter, bury; lay in the grave, consign to the grave, lay in the tomb, entomb, in tomb; inhume; lay out, perform a funeral, embalm, mummify; toll the knell; put to bed with a shovel; inurn^†.    exhume, disinter, unearth.    ... show more

Dutch: opgraven