reinvestigate

verb

Definition of reinvestigatenext
1
as in to reassess

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2
as in to investigate

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Recent Examples of reinvestigate Last month, an Alameda County judge threw out involuntary manslaughter charges against two of three officers accused in the death of Mario Gonzalez in 2021, the only other case of the six that has been reinvestigated. — Caelyn Pender, The Mercury News, 4 Nov. 2024 That evidence first came to light when the Nashville district attorney’s office, through its conviction-review unit, began reinvestigating the case in 2023. — Pamela Colloff, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2024 But Pip is convinced Sal didn’t commit the crime and partners up with Sal’s younger brother Ravi (Zain Iqbal) to reinvestigate it (which also doubles as her school capstone project), leading the pair to both answers and the darkness lurking in their quaint British village. — Kerensa Cadenas, IndieWire, 2 Aug. 2024 Thirty-six years later, in 2021, Lt. Andrew Vitalis and Polk County Investigations Liaison Deputy Mark Biller started to reinvestigate the cold case with new interviews with witnesses. — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 3 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for reinvestigate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reinvestigate
  1. investigate
  2. reappraise
  3. explore
  4. reconceptualize
  5. reimagine
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  • Reporter Rosemary Coulter and retired Mountie Bill Avery teamed up once again to investigate a train robbery, while Governor Lucas Bouchard and Mayor Lee Coulter quite literally found common ground.
    — Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Eleven former youth counselors have been arrested since the attorney general's office began investigating the facility in 2019, though charges against one were dropped, another was found incompetent to stand trial and a third died awaiting trial.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2025
Definition of investigate
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  • In February, state Rep. Chris Turner, an Arlington Democrat, filed a bill that would undo TAD’s decision to reappraise every other year.
    — Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Microsoft recently slashed some of its leases for data centers , walking away from its most ambitious expansion plans and signaling that the company backing OpenAI may be reappraising the future growth of generative AI.
    — Brian Evans, CNBC, 4 Mar. 2025
Definition of reappraise
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  • From vineyard tours in Georgia’s wine country to exploring Lithuania’s heritage through contemporary design, each destination below strives to immerse visitors in their unique cultures.
    — Stephan Rabimov, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Lawler acknowledged the problems with mold but said Westchester County had offered alternative space to keep the office open and claimed that SSA refused to explore alternatives offered by a bipartisan group of lawmakers.
    — Samantha-Jo Roth, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Mar. 2025
Definition of explore
Verb
  • What gives me pause is the question of why Brooker would radically reconceptualize a series whose premise has exceeded its expiration date, instead of just moving on to a fresh idea.
    — Time, Time, 16 June 2023
  • In a sense, Black people, whose past has been deliberately erased, are embracing Afrofuturism as a means to reconceptualize their history and a tool for speculating on a more fruitful future.
    — Shantay Robinson, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 May 2023
Definition of reconceptualize
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  • The space is lined in sandy wood and onyx marble and tucked behind a wall of 60 vinyl covers by label icons like Lamar, Eminem, and Tupac, reimagined by elite artists like Kehinde Wiley and Takashi Murakami.
    — Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2025
  • The version that will be presented at the London Palladium will be entirely reimagined.
    — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 14 Mar. 2025
Definition of reimagine

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“Reinvestigate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reinvestigate. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.

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