diff --git a/internal/file/tar_file_traversal.go b/internal/file/tar_file_traversal.go
index 91278ac27..13bd95c04 100644
--- a/internal/file/tar_file_traversal.go
+++ b/internal/file/tar_file_traversal.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func ExtractGlobsFromTarToUniqueTempFile(ctx context.Context, archivePath, dir s
 		return results, nil
 	}
 
-	visitor := func(ctx context.Context, file archives.FileInfo) error {
+	visitor := func(_ context.Context, file archives.FileInfo) error {
 		// ignore directories
 		if file.IsDir() {
 			return nil
diff --git a/internal/file/zip_file_manifest.go b/internal/file/zip_file_manifest.go
index ef0cf0ede..5e8685e19 100644
--- a/internal/file/zip_file_manifest.go
+++ b/internal/file/zip_file_manifest.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ func NewZipFileManifest(ctx context.Context, archivePath string) (ZipFileManifes
 		}
 	}()
 
-	err = archives.Zip{}.Extract(ctx, zipReader, func(ctx context.Context, file archives.FileInfo) error {
+	err = archives.Zip{}.Extract(ctx, zipReader, func(_ context.Context, file archives.FileInfo) error {
 		manifest.Add(file.NameInArchive, file.FileInfo)
 		return nil
 	})
diff --git a/internal/file/zip_file_traversal.go b/internal/file/zip_file_traversal.go
index d5b019b81..5c38d959e 100644
--- a/internal/file/zip_file_traversal.go
+++ b/internal/file/zip_file_traversal.go
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ func ExtractFromZipToUniqueTempFile(ctx context.Context, archivePath, dir string
 		return results, nil
 	}
 
-	visitor := func(ctx context.Context, file archives.FileInfo) error {
+	visitor := func(_ context.Context, file archives.FileInfo) error {
 		tempfilePrefix := filepath.Base(filepath.Clean(file.NameInArchive)) + "-"
 		tempFile, err := os.CreateTemp(dir, tempfilePrefix)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ func ContentsFromZip(ctx context.Context, archivePath string, paths ...string) (
 		return results, nil
 	}
 
-	visitor := func(ctx context.Context, file archives.FileInfo) error {
+	visitor := func(_ context.Context, file archives.FileInfo) error {
 		zippedFile, err := file.Open()
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("unable to read file=%q from zip=%q: %w", file.NameInArchive, archivePath, err)
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ func ContentsFromZip(ctx context.Context, archivePath string, paths ...string) (
 
 // UnzipToDir extracts a zip archive to a target directory.
 func UnzipToDir(ctx context.Context, archivePath, targetDir string) error {
-	visitor := func(ctx context.Context, file archives.FileInfo) error {
+	visitor := func(_ context.Context, file archives.FileInfo) error {
 		joinedPath, err := safeJoin(targetDir, file.NameInArchive)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
diff --git a/syft/source/filesource/file_source.go b/syft/source/filesource/file_source.go
index ea7d44a0a..07ff6f329 100644
--- a/syft/source/filesource/file_source.go
+++ b/syft/source/filesource/file_source.go
@@ -251,18 +251,19 @@ func digestOfFileContents(path string) string {
 }
 
 func unarchiveToTmp(path string, unarchiver archives.Extractor) (string, func() error, error) {
+	var cleanupFn = func() error { return nil }
 	archive, err := os.Open(path)
 	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Errorf("unable to open archive: %v", err)
+		return "", cleanupFn, fmt.Errorf("unable to open archive: %v", err)
 	}
 	defer archive.Close()
 
 	tempDir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "syft-archive-contents-")
 	if err != nil {
-		return "", func() error { return nil }, fmt.Errorf("unable to create tempdir for archive processing: %w", err)
+		return "", cleanupFn, fmt.Errorf("unable to create tempdir for archive processing: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	visitor := func(ctx context.Context, file archives.FileInfo) error {
+	visitor := func(_ context.Context, file archives.FileInfo) error {
 		destPath := filepath.Join(tempDir, file.NameInArchive)
 		if file.IsDir() {
 			return os.MkdirAll(destPath, file.Mode())