Noun
The act of exhuming that which has been buried; as, the exhumation of a body.
Source: Webster's dictionaryA detailed account of the exhumation appears in the writings of John of Worcester (12th century). Source: Internet
After this exhumation and examination, Boniface's body was moved to the Chapel of Pope Gregory and Andrew. Source: Internet
Following the exhumation of Calvi's body in December 1998, an Italian court commissioned a German forensic scientist to repeat the work produced by Katz and his forensic team. Source: Internet
Calculating the number of victims Photo from 1943 exhumation of mass grave of Polish officers killed by NKVD in Katyń Forest in 1940. Source: Internet
The lack of detail in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle implies that, for its compilers, the main point of interest was not the burial site, but the exhumation of the body. Source: Internet
His son and sister moved to court on behalf of the family, seeking orders to have a postmortem done on the body after exhumation to establish the cause of his death. Source: Internet