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Definition of unearth : To drive or draw from the earth; hence, to uncover; to bring out from concealment; to bring to light; to disclose; as, to unearth a secret.

Synonyms:

uncover, excavate, map, come on, trace, gather, dig, dig out, get, hollow, exhume, ascertain, learn, turn up, stumble across, track down, show, find out, run across, come across, read up on

disinter, find, realize, determine, expose, unriddle, reveal, dig up, detect, identify, unravel, disclose, educe, breakthrough, discover, solve, recognize, unmask, fathom, elicit

place, spot, establish, position, post, locate, station, pinpoint, situate, put, set, lay

Usage examples:

• The committee hesitated, and then one by one came after us, more anxious, I think, to complete the fiasco than to unearth facts. - "Caves of Terror", Talbot Mundy.
• I don't want you and Letitia to think that I was just making catspaws of you both, and forcing you without knowing, to help me unearth him in his lair. - "The Princess Virginia", C. N. Williamson A. M. Williamson.
• He also inspected the crypts of churches, to unearth traces of the priests' lubricity. - "The Aspirations of Jean Servien", Anatole France.