unearthing

Synonyms for unearthing

verb dig up

noun. discovery

noun. site of digging; digging

noun. location

"to dig up," mid-15c., from un- (2) + earth (v.) "to bury in the ground" (see earth). Related: Unearthed; unearthing.

It is quite exquisite, the hunt after and the unearthing of the residual cause.

If they approved, he was to cooperate in unearthing the ring-leaders.

It is quite exquisite, the hunt after and the unearthing of "the residual cause."

The Carcajieu had potent grounds for persevering in unearthing his secret.

But after all, there is little to be gained by unearthing these plagiarisms.

The hills are full of them, Gaddis said, and unearthing them has become an industry.

She had been unearthing clothes for the little heathen, and Bud helped to put them on.

And what success and what defeat have you had in unearthing and casting out that enemy?

He dismounted, unearthing from his scanty breech-clout a greasy, grimy letter, and tendered it to Sargent.

You are the young man, I believe, who made me miserable the other day, by unearthing the fact that there never was a William Tell.