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The search for missing American mom Lynette Hooker is set to restart after Bahamian authorities approved a request to comb new areas in the sea, reports said.

The move comes after GPS data on a marine navigation app used by her husband Brian Hooker’s cellphone appeared to contradict what he first told cops about how his wife went overboard on the way to their yacht, the Soulmate, on April 4, sources close to the probe told Fox News.

A source said Bahamian authorities have granted permission that will allow a team of divers to be dispatched.

They are set to focus on an area within the Sea of Abaco, which is around 25 feet deep.

Data from the GPS suggest Hooker’s cellphone was in areas that have not yet been searched.

Hooker’s lawyer Terrel Butler refused to comment on the development when approached by NBC, but Lynette’s daughter, Karli Aylesworth, said she provided DNA to Coast Guard officials.

The FBI reportedly is processing evidence at a lab in Quantico, Virginia, one official said, without sharing any further details.

The major development comes almost a month after the US Coast Guard appealed for information about Michigan mom Lynette’s disappearance.

The Coast Guard said it was looking for the owner of a sailboat moored near the Hookers’ yacht.

Brian returned to the US on April 15, more than a week after Lynette vanished — and he fled even though he had said his sole focus was to find his wife of 25 years.

The Hookers left Hope Town around 7:30 p.m. April 4, traveling through rough waters near Elbow Cay off the Abacos.

Brian claimed his wife fell overboard with the boat’s keys, cutting off the engine. He said he paddled to Marsh Harbour, arriving around 4 a.m. the next day.

The Hookers left Hope Town around 7:30 p.m. April 4, traveling through rough waters near Elbow Cay off the Abacos.

He turned up at the Marsh Harbour Boatyards and encountered security guard Edward Smith, who told Fox News Digital he was “exhausted” and was “asking for water.”

Brian then told the guard what allegedly happened.

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“He said he was on a cay, like at a bar, having something to eat or drink, and they came out to go to another place or back to their boat, but somehow they got out in the rough weather, and they had that incident, the lady [went] overboard,” Smith recalled.