Reinvestigation
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 An act or process of reinvestigating: a repeat of an earlier investigation countable, uncountable
"In 2002, in spectacular fashion, his office recommended dismissing the convictions of five men in the attack on a jogger in Central Park, after its reinvestigation showed that another man had acted alone."
Example
More examples"In 2002, in spectacular fashion, his office recommended dismissing the convictions of five men in the attack on a jogger in Central Park, after its reinvestigation showed that another man had acted alone."
Etymology
From re- + investigation.
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