exhumer
/ɪɡˈz(j)umər/
noun
- A person who digs up a dead body from a grave, especially for legal or scientific reasons.
- In the mystery novel, the exhumer was called to retrieve evidence from the old cemetery.
- The forensic team hired an experienced exhumer to assist with the investigation.
- The exhumer carefully removed the soil to avoid damaging the coffin.
- A person who uncovers or brings something hidden or forgotten back to public attention.
- The journalist acted as an exhumer of long-buried political scandals.
- The historian became an exhumer of lost letters from the war era.
- She was an exhumer of forgotten folk songs, recording them for a new generation.
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