This study noted that the actual mechanism of N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) photodecomposition in the presence of H₂O₂ is missing from the previous works. This study investigated a key unknown reactive species (URS) enhanced by the addition of H₂O₂ during the photolysis of NDMA with H₂O₂, not hydroxyl radicals. In order to provide experimental evidences in support of URS formation, we have mainly used p-nitrosodimethylaniline, methanol, and benzoic acid as well-known probes of .OH in this study. Both loss of PNDA and formation of hydroxybenzoic acids were dependent on NDMA concentrations during the photolysis in a constant concentration of H₂O₂. In particular, competition kinetics showed that the relative reactivity of an URS was at least identical with .OH-like reactivity. In addition, the decay of NDMA was estimated to be about 65% by the direct UV light and about 35% by the reactive species or URS generated through the photolysis of NDMA and H₂O₂. Therefore, our data suggest that a highly oxidizing URS is formed in the photolysis of NDMA with H₂O₂, which could be peroxynitrite (ONOO-) as a potent oxidant by itself as well as a source of .OH.