reinvestigation

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Middle English investigacioun English investigation English reinvestigation From re- + investigation.

1. An act or process of reinvestigating: a repeat of an earlier investigation

   “In 2002, in spectacular fashion, his office recommended dismissing the convictions of five men in the attack on a jogger in Central Park, after its reinvestigation showed that another man had acted alone.”