LWD formation tester with retractable latch for wireline

A method comprising:

• drilling, with a drill string, a well comprising an uncased wellbore intersecting a subsurface zone of interest below a surface, wherein the drill string comprises a conveyance and a bottom hole assembly (BHA) coupled to the conveyance, wherein the conveyance and the BHA each have an interior flow bore and together provide the drill string with an interior flow bore extending from the surface to a drill bit, and wherein the drilling comprises drilling with the drill bit while circulating a drilling fluid downhole through the interior flow bore of the drill string, through ports in the drill bit, and uphole through an annulus between the drill string and walls of the uncased wellbore;
• discontinuing drilling of the well by ceasing the drilling with the drill bit;
• without removing the BHA from the uncased wellbore, extending, into the interior flow bore of the BHA, a first component of a wet latch assembly to provide an extended first component of the wet latch assembly;
• conveying downhole via a wireline cable, from the surface through the interior flow bore provided by the drill string, a second component of the wet latch assembly, and forming an assembled wet latch assembly by coupling the second component of the wet latch assembly with the extended first component of the wet latch assembly to establish an electrical connection between the first component and the second component and between the BHA and the surface via the wireline cable;
• and testing a formation with a formation tester operable for performing the testing of the formation, wherein testing the formation comprises providing power and/or telemetry to the formation tester from the surface via the assembled wet latch assembly and the wireline cable.