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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His towering physical description and even that of his unique car had been given to police years earlier, but were never investigated until a task force was formed in 2023 by new leadership in the Suffolk County Police Department to reexamine the case.
—Hunter Ingram, Variety, 31 Mar. 2025
Last August, the trial was rescheduled to give Lake County Coroner’s Office forensic pathologist Dr. Zhou Wang time to reexamine his findings.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
But as countries reexamine their commitment to foreign aid, the sudden withdrawal of financial support is already putting more children in harm's way.
—Sarah Ferguson, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
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—Nicola Dall'asen, Allure, 18 Mar. 2025
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Hunter Ingram, Variety, 31 Mar. 2025
Last August, the trial was rescheduled to give Lake County Coroner’s Office forensic pathologist Dr. Zhou Wang time to reexamine his findings.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
But as countries reexamine their commitment to foreign aid, the sudden withdrawal of financial support is already putting more children in harm's way.
—Sarah Ferguson, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
It’s forced me to reexamine my relationship with injectables, which, despite being somewhat casual, had the potential to snowball into something toxic.
—Nicola Dall'asen, Allure, 18 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for reexamine
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“Reexamine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reexamine. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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