reexamine
verb
re·ex·am·ine
(ˌ)rē-ig-ˈza-mən 
variants
or re-examine
reexamined or re-examined; reexamining or re-examining
1
: to examine (someone or something) again especially from a different point of view
reexamine the patient/evidence
reexamining our assumptions
It's healthy, I think, to reexamine old institutions and futz with them rather than throw them out entirely.—
Majorie Ingall
Majorie IngallThe great expense is in part also a political choice that should be re-examined.—Mary Graham
Mary Graham2
law
: to question (a witness) again in a legal proceeding
Each witness is first questioned by the prosecution …, then 'cross-examined' by the defence, and then sometimes 're-examined' by the prosecution.—R. M. Jackson
R. M. JacksonExamples of reexamine in a Sentence
in light of your broken leg, we should reexamine our decision to go on a hiking vacation this summer
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With affordable housing still being a great need, Hanchett decided to reexamine the issue.
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Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 19 May 2025
What Hnath did in picking up and reexamining this source material, Harner says, was a remarkable act of harnessing that complexity.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
Harvard Business Review agrees: diverse teams are smarter, more innovative, and better at reexamining facts.
—Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
The Tylenol Murders is part of the Cold Case franchise, which Netflix launched last year with Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey, which reexamined the killing of the six year old from Colorado.
—Peter White, Deadline, 21 Apr. 2025
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“Reexamine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reexamine. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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