reinvestigate
verb [ I or T ] (also re-investigate) uk/ˌriː.ɪnˈves.tɪ.ɡeɪt/ us/ˌriː.ɪnˈves.tə.ɡeɪt/
重新调查
to examine a crime, problem, statement, etc. carefully again, especially in order to discover the truth
Police have been asked to reinvestigate the death of a young woman in a Boston hotel. 警方已被要求重新调查一名年轻女子在波士顿一家酒店的死亡事件。
We originally thought it was an accident but now we are re-investigating.
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- Several other deaths in the nursing home are now being reinvestigated.
- The incident was reinvestigated after new witnesses came forward.
- Any lump which changes shape or size should be reinvestigated.