diff --git a/tests/test_tools/test_command_scan.py b/tests/test_tools/test_command_scan.py
index ea8b8e6..2e73d30 100644
--- a/tests/test_tools/test_command_scan.py
+++ b/tests/test_tools/test_command_scan.py
@@ -183,6 +183,33 @@ def test_unwrap_remote_client_alone() -> None:
         assert unwrap_command(argv).remote is None, argv
 
 
+def test_unwrap_reads_options_with_getopt() -> None:
+    """Each wrapper's spec is a ``getopt`` pattern: flags and values are exact.
+
+    ``--`` ends the wrapper's options, jammed values work (``-p2222``), and a
+    launcher's common flags stay flags (``uv run --no-project pytest``).
+    """
+    assert unwrap_command(["sudo", "-u", "root", "--", "rm", "-rf", "/"]).base == "rm"
+    assert unwrap_command(["ssh", "-p2222", "prod", "uptime"]).base == "uptime"
+    assert unwrap_command(["uv", "run", "--no-project", "pytest", "-x"]).base == "pytest"
+    assert unwrap_command(["time", "-f", "%e", "python", "x.py"]).base == "python"
+    assert unwrap_command(["xargs", "-0", "--", "rm"]).base == "rm"
+
+
+def test_an_unknown_option_stops_the_unwrap_and_is_reported() -> None:
+    """The program behind an option we cannot read is a guess, so it is reported.
+
+    The wrapper itself stays the command: ``sudo <new flag> rm -rf /`` is still
+    judged as ``sudo`` by the denylist, so nothing hides behind the guess.
+    """
+    scan = unwrap_command(["sudo", "--new-sudo-flag", "rm", "-rf", "/"])
+    assert scan.base == "sudo", scan
+    assert scan.wrappers == ()
+    assert "new-sudo-flag" in scan.unparsed
+    # A known option is read, not reported.
+    assert unwrap_command(["sudo", "-E", "rm", "-rf", "/"]).unparsed == ""
+
+
 def test_unwrap_remote_command_still_reviews_what_runs() -> None:
     """The remote slice is parsed like a local command (code, escalation)."""
     scan = unwrap_command(["ssh", "prod", "bash", "-c", "rm -rf /"])
diff --git a/tests/test_tools/test_danger.py b/tests/test_tools/test_danger.py
index dfe6f47..f06619f 100644
--- a/tests/test_tools/test_danger.py
+++ b/tests/test_tools/test_danger.py
@@ -174,6 +174,16 @@ def test_a_remote_command_is_judged_by_what_runs_there() -> None:
     assert pty is not None and "python3" in pty
 
 
+def test_an_unreadable_option_asks_instead_of_guessing() -> None:
+    """An option the spec does not know makes the wrapped program a guess."""
+    reason = _reason("run_argv", {"argv": ["sudo", "--new-sudo-flag", "uptime"]})
+    assert reason is not None
+    assert "options not understood" in reason
+    assert "new-sudo-flag" in reason
+    # A known option is read: no review for a harmless wrapped program.
+    assert _reason("run_argv", {"argv": ["sudo", "-E", "uptime"]}) is None
+
+
 def test_a_remote_shell_is_announced() -> None:
     """``ssh host`` runs nothing this scan can see, so the human is told first."""
     reason = _reason("open_pty", {"command": ["ssh", "prod"]})