diff --git a/strix/safety/evidence.py b/strix/safety/evidence.py
index 67cc897d..7dbc59f3 100644
--- a/strix/safety/evidence.py
+++ b/strix/safety/evidence.py
@@ -34,15 +34,15 @@ _REDIRECT_INPUT_RE = re.compile(
     r"""(?<![<])\d?<(?![<(])\s*(?P<file>"[^"]+"|'[^']+'|[^\s;|&<>()]+)""",
 )
 _SCRIPT_SUFFIXES = (".py", ".sh", ".bash", ".js", ".mjs", ".rb", ".pl")
+# `awk` is intentionally absent: its program is an inline positional argument, not a
+# `-c`/script-file the entrypoint reader can resolve, so it belongs with the data tools.
 _INTERPRETERS = frozenset(
     {
-        "awk",
         "bash",
         "bun",
         "dash",
         "deno",
         "fish",
-        "gawk",
         "ksh",
         "lua",
         "node",
@@ -59,6 +59,54 @@ _INTERPRETERS = frozenset(
         "zsh",
     }
 )
+# Commands that take a file argument as data to read or transform, never as a program to
+# execute. They must not trip the unresolved-execution guard when handed a script-named
+# file (a `.js` asset fetched by curl, a `.py` grepped by rg, a file edited by sed).
+_DATA_COMMANDS = frozenset(
+    {
+        "awk",
+        "base64",
+        "bunzip2",
+        "bzip2",
+        "cmp",
+        "column",
+        "comm",
+        "cp",
+        "csplit",
+        "cut",
+        "dd",
+        "diff",
+        "fmt",
+        "fold",
+        "gawk",
+        "gunzip",
+        "gzip",
+        "jq",
+        "join",
+        "ln",
+        "md5sum",
+        "mv",
+        "nl",
+        "od",
+        "paste",
+        "sed",
+        "sha1sum",
+        "sha256sum",
+        "sort",
+        "split",
+        "strings",
+        "tac",
+        "tar",
+        "tee",
+        "tr",
+        "uniq",
+        "unxz",
+        "xxd",
+        "xz",
+        "yq",
+        "zcat",
+    }
+)
 # Versioned names (`python3.12`, `node20`) are the same interpreters. Matching them here
 # rather than enumerating versions keeps a new point release from silently becoming an
 # unrecognized executable whose script is never inspected.
@@ -613,9 +661,19 @@ def _unresolved_execution(executable: str, args: list[str]) -> str | None:
 
     Without this, an executable outside the interpreter set produces a packet that is
     empty but still stamped complete — the exact shape the reviewer is told it may allow.
+    A file argument only counts as unresolved execution for an *unknown* executable:
+    read, transfer, and text tools take a `.py`/`.js`/`.sh` file as data, not as a program
+    to run, so `curl …/app.js`, `rg pat file.py`, or `sed … file.sh` are not execution.
     """
     if _is_interpreter(executable):
         return f"{executable} was given no script or inline source that can be inspected"
+    if (
+        executable in _KNOWN_READ_COMMANDS
+        or executable in _HTTP_CLIENTS
+        or executable in _DATA_COMMANDS
+        or executable in _DESTRUCTIVE_COMMANDS
+    ):
+        return None
     scripts = [arg for arg in args if arg.endswith(_SCRIPT_SUFFIXES)]
     if scripts:
         return (
diff --git a/tests/test_safety_evidence.py b/tests/test_safety_evidence.py
index 35e9b107..0464bea3 100644
--- a/tests/test_safety_evidence.py
+++ b/tests/test_safety_evidence.py
@@ -898,3 +898,21 @@ async def test_oversize_input_file_is_attached_truncated() -> None:
         assert inp["bytes"] <= settings.max_artifact_bytes
     finally:
         bundle.cleanup()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "command",
+    [
+        "curl -sS https://example.test/js/app.js -o /dev/null",
+        "wget https://example.test/main.bundle.js -O out.js",
+        "rg -n 'pattern' /workspace/app.py",
+        "sed -n '1,20p' /workspace/probe.py",
+        "cat /workspace/onboarding.py",
+        "cp /workspace/a.sh /workspace/b.sh",
+        "awk '{print $1}' /workspace/hosts.py",
+    ],
+)
+def test_data_tools_reading_script_named_files_are_not_execution(command: str) -> None:
+    """A read/transfer/text tool takes a script-named file as data, not as a program to
+    run, so it must not trip the unresolved-execution guard."""
+    assert parse_command(command).parse_error is None