diff --git a/src/detect-dns-response.c b/src/detect-dns-response.c
index 961a738e20..6483f1be48 100644
--- a/src/detect-dns-response.c
+++ b/src/detect-dns-response.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2025 Open Information Security Foundation
+/* Copyright (C) 2025-2026 Open Information Security Foundation
  *
  * You can copy, redistribute or modify this Program under the terms of
  * the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ static InspectionBuffer *GetBuffer(DetectEngineThreadCtx *det_ctx, uint8_t flags
     }
 
     InspectionBufferSetupMulti(det_ctx, buffer, transforms, data, data_len);
-    buffer->flags = DETECT_CI_FLAGS_SINGLE;
+    buffer->flags |= DETECT_CI_FLAGS_SINGLE;
     return buffer;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/detect-engine.c b/src/detect-engine.c
index f8ce5d9cf3..c066aa8477 100644
--- a/src/detect-engine.c
+++ b/src/detect-engine.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2007-2022 Open Information Security Foundation
+/* Copyright (C) 2007-2026 Open Information Security Foundation
  *
  * You can copy, redistribute or modify this Program under the terms of
  * the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free
@@ -2373,7 +2373,7 @@ InspectionBuffer *DetectGetMultiData(struct DetectEngineThreadCtx_ *det_ctx,
         return NULL;
     }
     InspectionBufferSetupMulti(det_ctx, buffer, transforms, data, data_len);
-    buffer->flags = DETECT_CI_FLAGS_SINGLE;
+    buffer->flags |= DETECT_CI_FLAGS_SINGLE;
     return buffer;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/detect-file-data.c b/src/detect-file-data.c
index 293b826c73..43fbab0a27 100644
--- a/src/detect-file-data.c
+++ b/src/detect-file-data.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2007-2022 Open Information Security Foundation
+/* Copyright (C) 2007-2026 Open Information Security Foundation
  *
  * You can copy, redistribute or modify this Program under the terms of
  * the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free
@@ -517,6 +517,7 @@ uint8_t DetectEngineInspectFiledata(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, DetectEngineThreadC
         uint8_t ciflags = file_done ? DETECT_CI_FLAGS_END : 0;
         if (buffer->inspect_offset == 0)
             ciflags |= DETECT_CI_FLAGS_START;
+        ciflags |= buffer->flags;
 
         const bool match = DetectEngineContentInspection(de_ctx, det_ctx, s, engine->smd, NULL, f,
                 buffer->inspect, buffer->inspect_len, buffer->inspect_offset, ciflags,
diff --git a/src/detect-filemagic.c b/src/detect-filemagic.c
index 336edc9204..806aecb641 100644
--- a/src/detect-filemagic.c
+++ b/src/detect-filemagic.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2007-2023 Open Information Security Foundation
+/* Copyright (C) 2007-2026 Open Information Security Foundation
  *
  * You can copy, redistribute or modify this Program under the terms of
  * the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free
@@ -330,9 +330,11 @@ static uint8_t DetectEngineInspectFilemagic(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, DetectEngin
             continue;
         }
 
+        uint8_t ciflags = DETECT_CI_FLAGS_SINGLE;
+        ciflags |= buffer->flags;
         const bool match = DetectEngineContentInspection(de_ctx, det_ctx, s, engine->smd, NULL, f,
-                buffer->inspect, buffer->inspect_len, buffer->inspect_offset,
-                DETECT_CI_FLAGS_SINGLE, DETECT_ENGINE_CONTENT_INSPECTION_MODE_STATE);
+                buffer->inspect, buffer->inspect_len, buffer->inspect_offset, ciflags,
+                DETECT_ENGINE_CONTENT_INSPECTION_MODE_STATE);
         if (match) {
             return DETECT_ENGINE_INSPECT_SIG_MATCH;
         } else {
diff --git a/src/detect-filename.c b/src/detect-filename.c
index ad5484b641..cf22d6d77b 100644
--- a/src/detect-filename.c
+++ b/src/detect-filename.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2007-2022 Open Information Security Foundation
+/* Copyright (C) 2007-2026 Open Information Security Foundation
  *
  * You can copy, redistribute or modify this Program under the terms of
  * the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free
@@ -265,9 +265,11 @@ static uint8_t DetectEngineInspectFilename(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, DetectEngine
             continue;
         }
 
+        uint8_t ciflags = DETECT_CI_FLAGS_SINGLE;
+        ciflags |= buffer->flags;
         const bool match = DetectEngineContentInspection(de_ctx, det_ctx, s, engine->smd, NULL, f,
-                buffer->inspect, buffer->inspect_len, buffer->inspect_offset,
-                DETECT_CI_FLAGS_SINGLE, DETECT_ENGINE_CONTENT_INSPECTION_MODE_STATE);
+                buffer->inspect, buffer->inspect_len, buffer->inspect_offset, ciflags,
+                DETECT_ENGINE_CONTENT_INSPECTION_MODE_STATE);
         if (match) {
             return DETECT_ENGINE_INSPECT_SIG_MATCH;
         } else {