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reinvestigate

British  
/ ˌriːɪnˈvɛstɪˌɡeɪt /

verb

  1. to investigate (a crime, murder, problem, etc) again

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The Metropolitan Police says it will partly reinvestigate what made it decide to charge TV presenter Caroline Flack as "new witness evidence may be available".

From BBC Apr. 10, 2024

“Now that we know it was a thinner shark, we need to reinvestigate its lifestyle, how it really lived, and what caused it to die,” Sternes said.

From Science Daily Jan. 21, 2024

So, she and her team set out to reinvestigate both the system’s stars and its gas, using what Murray calls the “latest and greatest” instruments available.

From Science Magazine Dec. 29, 2023

Spokesperson Hector Castro said the new office’s civilian investigators can reinvestigate — and possibly seek criminal charges — if warranted by new evidence.

From Seattle Times Aug. 4, 2023

The great problem presented to it is, to reconstruct the history of early Christianity, to reinvestigate the genesis of the gospel biographies and doctrine.

From History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion by Farrar, Adam Storey

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