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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

Other Word Forms

  • reinvestigation noun

Example Sentences

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However, Mr Rainsford appealed to the IOPC, which asked the force to reinvestigate elements of its response to the grieving father.

From BBC • May 8, 2025

“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

“That kind of mythology can take us further and have us reinvestigate all the other 200 bracteate inscriptions that we know,” Imer said.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 8, 2023

His object appears to have been to reinvestigate the case and to settle his own conclusions as to the probable culprit.

From International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 by Various