Exhume (8)
I believe the answer is:
disinter
'exhume' is the definition.
(I know that exhume can be written as disinter)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for disinter that I've seen before include "Dig up a dead body" , "Dig up, say a body" , "Unearth" , "Exhume a body" , "Dig up something buried" .)