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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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“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

Then, 37 years after the killing, police were instructed to reinvestigate in 2015.

From BBC • Jan. 18, 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

It is to be hoped these suggestions will be useful to those intending to reinvestigate the problems raised in this chapter.

From The History of the European Fauna by Scharff, Robert Francis

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