disinter

[ dis-in-tur ]

/ ˌdɪs ɪnˈtɜr /

to take out of the place of interment; exhume; unearth.

to bring from obscurity into view: The actor's autobiography disinterred a past era.

Origin of disinter

First recorded in 1605–15; dis-¹ + inter

dis·in·ter·ment, noun

Once disinterred from the parking lot, they became the subject of rival claims.

Three Dicks: Cheney, Nixon, Richard III and the Art of Reputation Rehab |Clive Irving |July 27, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Their bodies were buried for a couple of weeks, and then disinterred and thrown on a road.

Mexico Murders Prompt Asylum Pleas |Terry Greene Sterling |September 30, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
Now it chanced that the first body to be disinterred was that of Lars's own grandfather!

Arne: Early Tales and Sketches |Bjornstjerne Bjornson
An empty square ice cream can, disinterred from its quiet grave of ice, lay upon the ground.

Pee-Wee Harris Adrift |Percy Keese Fitzhugh

His dust has congealed, stiffened into a sort of plaster-of-Paris exterior, and he has what I call a disinterred intelligence!

The Jessica Letters: An Editor's Romance |Paul Elmer More
He disinterred the treasure, and with impetuous liberality made us sharers in his fortune.

Picture and Text |Henry James
It is full time that Fitz should be disinterred, and exhibited to the world as one of the most gifted of Britons.

Two Suffolk Friends |Francis Hindes Groome

disinter

/ (ˌdɪsɪnˈtɜː) /

to remove or dig up; exhume

to bring (a secret, hidden facts, etc) to light; expose

disinterment, noun