diff --git a/syft/internal/fileresolver/container_image_model_test.go b/syft/internal/fileresolver/container_image_model_test.go
index 0a4d39732..d4a2084b5 100644
--- a/syft/internal/fileresolver/container_image_model_test.go
+++ b/syft/internal/fileresolver/container_image_model_test.go
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ func TestOCIModelResolver_FilesByMediaType(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			resolver := NewContainerImageModel(tempDir, test.layerFiles, "")
+			ref := ""
+			resolver := NewContainerImageModel(tempDir, test.layerFiles, ref)
 
 			locations, err := resolver.FilesByMediaType(test.patterns...)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -81,7 +82,8 @@ func TestOCIModelResolver_FileContentsByLocation(t *testing.T) {
 		digest: {TempPath: tempFile, MediaType: ggufLayerMediaType},
 	}
 
-	resolver := NewContainerImageModel(tempDir, layerFiles, "")
+	ref := ""
+	resolver := NewContainerImageModel(tempDir, layerFiles, ref)
 
 	tests := []struct {
 		name      string
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/ai/identity_dir.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/ai/identity_dir.go
index 09635f18a..eaa0d1efa 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/ai/identity_dir.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/ai/identity_dir.go
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/pkg"
 )
 
-// resolveSafeTensorsDirIdentity handles the directory-scan case: look for a
-// config.json beside the model files (walking up parent directories to the
+// resolveSafeTensorsDirIdentity handles the directory-scan case for safe tensors
+// find config.json beside the model files (walking up parent directories to the
 // scanned source root if no sibling exists) and a sibling README.md. It returns
 // the group's name candidates, resolved licenses, and supporting evidence.
 func resolveSafeTensorsDirIdentity(ctx context.Context, resolver file.Resolver, dir string, md *pkg.SafeTensorsModelInfo) safeTensorsIdentity {
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/ai/identity_oci.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/ai/identity_oci.go
index 1b168d7e0..6209a3f8b 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/ai/identity_oci.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/ai/identity_oci.go
@@ -16,10 +16,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/pkg/cataloger/internal/licenses"
 )
 
-// resolveSafeTensorsOCIIdentity handles the OCI-artifact case: the model's
-// naming and license signals arrive as sibling layers (model.file companions
-// carrying config.json / README, and dedicated license layers). It returns the
-// group's name candidates, resolved licenses, and supporting evidence.
+// resolveSafeTensorsOCIIdentity handles the OCI-artifact case
 func resolveSafeTensorsOCIIdentity(ctx context.Context, resolver file.Resolver, md *pkg.SafeTensorsModelInfo) safeTensorsIdentity {
 	ociResolver, ok := resolver.(file.OCIMediaTypeResolver)
 	if !ok {
@@ -68,8 +65,7 @@ func resolveSafeTensorsOCIIdentity(ctx context.Context, resolver file.Resolver,
 	}
 
 	// License precedence: a dedicated vnd.docker.ai.license layer is a
-	// producer-curated signal and outranks the free-text license field in a model
-	// card's README frontmatter.
+	// outranks the free-text license field in a model card's README frontmatter.
 	licLocs, err := ociResolver.FilesByMediaType(dockerAILicenseMediaType)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Debugf("failed to list docker AI license layers: %v", err)
@@ -142,8 +138,7 @@ func classifyOCIModelFileLayer(resolver file.Resolver, loc file.Location) (*hfCo
 	return nil, nil
 }
 
-// identifyLicenseLayers turns Docker AI license-layer locations into
-// pkg.License values.
+// identifyLicenseLayers turns Docker AI license-layer locations into pkg.License values.
 func identifyLicenseLayers(ctx context.Context, resolver file.Resolver, locs []file.Location) []pkg.License {
 	var out []pkg.License
 	var scanFallback []file.Location