exhumers

/ɪɡˈzumərz/
noun
  1. People who dig up a dead body from a grave, especially for investigation or reburial.
    • The exhumers carefully removed the coffin from the cemetery at dawn.
    • The exhumers worked quietly to avoid disturbing the nearby graves.
    • Authorities hired professional exhumers to retrieve the remains for DNA testing.
  2. People who bring something hidden or forgotten back to light, such as a secret, idea, or artifact.
    • The researchers became exhumers of forgotten scientific theories from the 19th century.
    • These historians are exhumers of lost traditions from ancient cultures.
    • The journalist and her team acted as exhumers of long-buried government documents.
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