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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

The Fredericks family has complained that attorneys for the Police Department and officers involved in Fredericks’ arrest have objected to every effort to reinvestigate his death or bring outside expert testimony into the inquest process.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 24, 2023

Mr. Robeson, in 1870, ... on his own motion, without any act of Congress authorizing it, proceeds to reinvestigate this claim, and without coming to Congress at all pays over to these gentlemen $93,000 more.

From The Life of Lyman Trumbull by White, Horace

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