unpick

un-pick

verb

To carefully analyse or dismantle a complex idea, argument, or situation.

"The team needed to unpick the complex legal argument."

verb

To carefully remove stitches from something knitted or sewn.

"She had to unpick the entire seam carefully."

Thesaurus

Synonyms: unscramble, unravel, unknot, untangle

Antonyms: knot, ravel, tangle