postmortem

/pohst-MOR-tum/noun

an examination after death; an analysis of a finished event

The postmortem traced the outage to one expired certificate.
Synonyms
autopsy, review, analysis
Root
mort- (death)
Memory hook
post (after) + mortem (death): the look-back after the end.

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