exhumers
/ɪɡˈzumərz/
noun
- 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.
- 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.