reinvestigate

verb

re·​in·​ves·​ti·​gate (ˌ)rē-in-ˈve-stə-ˌgāt 

reinvestigated; reinvestigating

transitive verb

: to investigate (something) again

… decided to use modern police methods to reinvestigate the case.

—Robert Wainwright

reinvestigation

(ˌ)rē-in-ˌve-stə-ˈgā-shən 

noun

plural reinvestigations

During the past 30 years, new discoveries and reinvestigations of long-forgotten specimens have coalesced into a flood of transitional fossils.

—Maureen Greenbaum

Examples of reinvestigate in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The documentary, directed by Rachel Mason, focuses on Hutchins' life and career rather than reinvestigating the case, offering insight into the emotional toll the incident took on those involved, including Hutchins' widower, Matt, and their young son, Andros. —Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025

Researchers reached these conclusions after reinvestigating an archaeological site in Anyama, a city in Ivory Coast. —Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Mar. 2025

The cause of death of Philadelphia school teacher Ellen Greenberg, who was found brutally stabbed in 2011, will be reinvestigated after a pathologist who previously ruled her death a suicide reversed course last week. —Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 5 Feb. 2025

John has continually called for local police to reinvestigate the case and find his daughter’s killer. —Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1802, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for reinvestigate

• borosilicate
• decontaminate
• deoxycholate
• deteriorate
• differentiate
• diisocyanate
• dinoflagellate
• excommunicate
• incapacitate
• insubordinate
• intercorporate
• interpenetrate