exhuming

Verb

exhume (third-person singular simple present exhumes, present participle exhuming, simple past and past participle exhumed)

1. (transitive) To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter.
   • The archeologist exhumed artifacts from the ground with a shovel.
2. (figuratively, transitive) To uncover; to bring to light.
   • Long dead traditions are exhumed just for the tourists.