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reinvestigate

/ ˌriːɪnˈvɛstɪˌɡeɪt /

verb

  1. to investigate (a crime, murder, problem, etc) again
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌreinˌvestiˈgation, noun
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Example Sentences

The role of boards is ministerial; they are there to certify elections, not to reinvestigate their details.

From Slate

The Metropolitan Police says it will partly reinvestigate what made it decide to charge TV presenter Caroline Flack as "new witness evidence may be available".

From BBC

“Now that we know it was a thinner shark, we need to reinvestigate its lifestyle, how it really lived, and what caused it to die,” Sternes said.

Then, 37 years after the killing, police were instructed to reinvestigate in 2015.

From BBC

So, she and her team set out to reinvestigate both the system’s stars and its gas, using what Murray calls the “latest and greatest” instruments available.

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