Definitions of re-examination
(of a lawyer during a trial) the action of asking your witness more questions after cross-examination(=questioning) by the lawyer representing the other side in the case
If the witness has an explanation that she has not yet had the opportunity to give, re-examination provides that opportunity.
the action of looking at something closely after having already looked at it closely at least once
It took another year for the police to submit the video discs for re-examination.