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• n  the act of digging something out of the ground (especially a corpse) where it has been buried

• This disinterment of an author whom liberals thought they had buried is another illustration of a certain sprightliness in conservative thought these days.
• The current off-Broadway effort by the Phoenix Theater's repertory company is not so much a revival as a disinterment.
• The spadework has been ruthless, the disinterment squads never tire.

• exhumation
• digging up

News & Articles

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• Canadian couple find 400-year-old female skeleton in their back yard
  SARNIA, Ontario, June 16 (UPI) -- A Canadian couple who found a skeleton in their back yard said an Ontario law required them to pay $5,000 for archaeological disinterment and other treatments.
  June 16, 2013 - UPI
• Canadian couple finds 400-year-old female skeleton in their backyard
  SARNIA, Ontario, June 16 (UPI) -- A Canadian couple who found a skeleton in their backyard said an Ontario law required them to pay $5,000 for archaeological disinterment and other treatments.
  June 16, 2013 - UPI