Noun
the act of digging something up out of the ground (especially a corpse) where it has been buried
Source: WordNetJoseph Stalin, in the name of evolution and to help purify the Russian race, was responsible for killing sixty million of his own people during his reign of terror. We are still digging up mass graves of people that were slaughtered by Stalin. Kent Hovind
I may be biased, but I think jackals are cute and cuddly, even if they were known for digging up graves in Ancient Egypt. Rick Riordan
There's great value to knitting or digging up your garden or chopping up vegetables for soup, because you're taking some time away from turning the pages, answering your emails, talking to people on the phone, and you're letting your brain process whatever is stuck up in there. Chellie Pingree
RECONCILIATION, n. A suspension of hostilities. An armed truce for the purpose of digging up the dead. Ambrose Bierce
I think that one's art is a growth inside one. I do not think one can explain growth. It is silent and subtle. One does not keep digging up a plant to see how it grows. Emily Carr
As an undergraduate, I had an opportunity to go on a number of archeological digs. So I had experience excavating, digging up remains of ancient Indian villages in the Midwest and in the Southwest. Donald Johanson