reexamine
verb
re·ex·am·ine
(ˌ)rē-ig-ˈza-mən 
variants
or re-examine
reexamined or re-examined; reexamining or re-examining
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
Majorie IngallThe great expense is in part also a political choice that should be re-examined.—Mary Graham
Mary Graham2
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
R. M. JacksonSynonyms
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
Prosecutors reexamined their cases after The Salt Lake Tribune published an investigative report about their claims.
—Erin Alberty, Axios, 11 Sep. 2024
Now, 35 years after the killings, Murphy’s new Netflix series will reexamine the self-defense theory that was put forth by the defense team of the Menendez brothers, who were convicted in 1996 for the murders of their parents.
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Sep. 2024
The county’s cold case unit was reexamining the 1977 killings and had started uploading evidence to a massive DNA database used by homicide detectives across the nation.
—Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2024
In short, right-thinking liberals wanted an emissary from the heartland to assure them that Trump did not oblige them to change their lives or reexamine their politics.
—Becca Rothfeld, Washington Post, 23 July 2024
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Erin Alberty, Axios, 11 Sep. 2024
Now, 35 years after the killings, Murphy’s new Netflix series will reexamine the self-defense theory that was put forth by the defense team of the Menendez brothers, who were convicted in 1996 for the murders of their parents.
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Sep. 2024
The county’s cold case unit was reexamining the 1977 killings and had started uploading evidence to a massive DNA database used by homicide detectives across the nation.
—Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2024
In short, right-thinking liberals wanted an emissary from the heartland to assure them that Trump did not oblige them to change their lives or reexamine their politics.
—Becca Rothfeld, Washington Post, 23 July 2024
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“Reexamine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reexamine. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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