During the inquiry the police exhumed three bodies.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The body was exhumed to confirm the results.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
DNA taken from his exhumedbody matched samples from the crime scene.
The Sun (2010)
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Definition of 'exhume'
exhume
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verb [usually passive]
If a dead person's body is exhumed, it is taken out of the ground where it is buried, especially so that it can be examined in order to find out how the person died.