1. digs up or removes (a dead body) from the ground, especially for examination or reburial
2. brings to light or reveals (something long hidden or forgotten)
Usage: figurative

Examples

• The archaeologist exhumes ancient artifacts from the burial site.
• The court ordered them to exhume the body for a new autopsy.
• The investigation exhumes old evidence that had been overlooked for decades.
• Historians exhume forgotten stories from the archives.
• The documentary exhumes painful memories from the war.
• They exhume the time capsule that was buried fifty years ago.