reexamine

verb

re·​ex·​am·​ine (ˌ)rē-ig-ˈza-mən 

variants or re-examine

reexamined or re-examined; reexamining or re-examining

transitive verb

1

: to examine (someone or something) again especially from a different point of view

reexamine the patient/evidence

reexamining our assumptions

It's healthy, I think, to reexamine old institutions and futz with them rather than throw them out entirely.

—Majorie Ingall

The great expense is in part also a political choice that should be re-examined.

—Mary Graham

2

law : to question (a witness) again in a legal proceeding

Each witness is first questioned by the prosecution …, then 'cross-examined' by the defence, and then sometimes 're-examined' by the prosecution.

—R. M. Jackson

Synonyms

• readdress
• reanalyze
• reconceive
• reconsider
• redefine
• reevaluate
• reexplore
• rethink
• review
• revisit
• reweigh

Examples of reexamine in a Sentence

in light of your broken leg, we should reexamine our decision to go on a hiking vacation this summer

Recent Examples on the Web

The general counsel’s responsibilities include the authority to have the NLRB reexamine issues and make determinations about legal issues in relation to the National Labor Relations Act. —Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025

There were few signs in 2023 that Joe Gebbia, the cofounder of Airbnb and longtime supporter of Democratic candidates, was reexamining his political allegiances. —John Hyatt, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025

George Gascón hired in 2021 to reexamine a number of controversial police shootings that the district attorney’s office previously declined to prosecute. —James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025

The news compelled other biologists to reexamine their own images of cells. —Veronique Greenwood, Quanta Magazine, 6 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1593, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Legal Definition

reexamine

transitive verb

re·​exam·​ine

ˌrē-ig-ˈza-mən

: to examine again