reinvestigatev.
/ˌriːɪnˈvɛstᵻɡeɪt/, U.S. /ˌriᵻnˈvɛstəˌɡeɪt/ transitive. To investigate again.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > re-examination > re-examine [verb (transitive)]
revisit1525
review1576
re-examine1593
resurvey1609
rehearse1700
reinspect1777
reinvestigate1802
to go back of1824
re-run1859
revet1940
recheck1962
1802 C. Coote Hist. Union Great Brit. & Ireland xii. 456 Earl Fitzwilliam then recommended to the peers a longer delay, that the commons might previously re-investigate the subject.
1813 Gen. Hist. in Ann. Reg. 50 They ought as seldom as possible to re-investigate the evidence.
1897 J. Hutchinson in Arch. Surg. 8 240 When I acquainted my friends with these facts he re-investigated the specimen.
1948 Times 17 July 3/4 [He] was cleared yesterday by the American Atomic Energy Commission, which had reinvestigated his case under its security standards.
1999 T. A. H. Wilkinson Early Dynastic Egypt i. 15 He re-investigated the élite cemetery excavated by Montet.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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