diff --git a/syft/internal/fileresolver/directory.go b/syft/internal/fileresolver/directory.go
index c517c00f2..36bf3cf90 100644
--- a/syft/internal/fileresolver/directory.go
+++ b/syft/internal/fileresolver/directory.go
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ import (
 type archiveAccessPath struct {
 	realPath        string
 	accessPath      string
-	archiveDepth    int
 	archiveRealPath string
+	archiveDepth    int
 }
 
 const (
@@ -100,7 +100,11 @@ func (r *Directory) buildIndex() error {
 func (r *Directory) buildArchiveIndex(archiveTempDir string, archives []string, maxArchiveIndexDepth int) error {
 	archivesToIndex := make([]archiveAccessPath, len(archives))
 	for i, archive := range archives {
-		archivesToIndex[i] = archiveAccessPath{realPath: archive, accessPath: archive, archiveRealPath: archive}
+		archivesToIndex[i] = archiveAccessPath{
+			realPath:        archive,
+			accessPath:      archive,
+			archiveRealPath: archive,
+		}
 	}
 
 loop:
@@ -119,59 +123,59 @@ loop:
 			continue
 		}
 
-		archivePath, err := os.MkdirTemp(archiveTempDir, archiveContentTempPathPattern)
+		envelopedUnarchiver, err := archiver.ByExtension(currentArchivePath.archiveRealPath)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("could not determine archive envelope type: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		unarchiver, ok := envelopedUnarchiver.(archiver.Unarchiver)
+		if !ok {
+			return fmt.Errorf("unarchiver %T is not an archiver", envelopedUnarchiver)
+		}
+
+		archiveDestinationTempDir, err := os.MkdirTemp(archiveTempDir, archiveContentTempPathPattern)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("unable to create tempdir for archive processing: %w", err)
 		}
 
-		archiveRealPath, err := filepath.EvalSymlinks(archivePath)
+		archiveDestinationPath, err := filepath.EvalSymlinks(archiveDestinationTempDir)
 		if err != nil {
 			var pathErr *os.PathError
 			if errors.As(err, &pathErr) {
 				// we can't index the path, but we shouldn't consider this to be fatal
 				// TODO: known-unknowns
-				log.WithFields("archivePath", archivePath, "error", err).Trace("unable to evaluate symlink while indexing branch")
-				return nil
+				log.WithFields("archivePath", archiveDestinationTempDir, "error", err).Trace("unable to evaluate symlink while indexing branch")
+				continue
 			}
 			return err
 		}
 
-		envelopedUnarchiver, err := archiver.ByExtension(currentArchivePath.archiveRealPath)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
+		if err = unarchiver.Unarchive(currentArchivePath.archiveRealPath, archiveDestinationPath); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("unable to unarchive nested file: %w", err)
 		}
 
-		unarchiver, ok := envelopedUnarchiver.(archiver.Unarchiver)
-		if !ok {
-			return ErrSkipPath
-		}
-
-		if err = unarchiver.Unarchive(currentArchivePath.archiveRealPath, archiveRealPath); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		d, err := newFromDirectoryWithoutIndex(archiveRealPath, "")
+		d, err := newFromDirectoryWithoutIndex(archiveDestinationPath, "")
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 
 		if err = d.buildIndex(); err != nil {
-			return err
+			return fmt.Errorf("unable to build index of archive: %w", err)
 		}
 
 		for _, archive := range d.indexer.archivePaths {
 			archivesToIndex = append(archivesToIndex, archiveAccessPath{
 				realPath:        currentArchivePath.realPath,
-				accessPath:      strings.Replace(archive, archiveRealPath, currentArchivePath.accessPath, 1),
-				archiveDepth:    currentArchivePath.archiveDepth + 1,
+				accessPath:      strings.Replace(archive, archiveDestinationPath, currentArchivePath.accessPath, 1),
 				archiveRealPath: archive,
+				archiveDepth:    currentArchivePath.archiveDepth + 1,
 			})
 		}
 
 		d.chroot = r.chroot
 		d.realPath = currentArchivePath.realPath
 		d.accessPath = currentArchivePath.accessPath
-		d.tempDir = archiveRealPath
+		d.archiveRealPath = archiveDestinationPath
 
 		r.archives = append(r.archives, &d.filetreeResolver)
 	}
diff --git a/syft/internal/fileresolver/filetree_resolver.go b/syft/internal/fileresolver/filetree_resolver.go
index b8126bfd4..57b405955 100644
--- a/syft/internal/fileresolver/filetree_resolver.go
+++ b/syft/internal/fileresolver/filetree_resolver.go
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ type filetreeResolver struct {
 	index         filetree.IndexReader
 	searchContext filetree.Searcher
 
-	realPath   string
-	accessPath string
-	tempDir    string
-	archives   []*filetreeResolver
+	realPath        string
+	accessPath      string
+	archiveRealPath string
+	archives        []*filetreeResolver
 }
 
 func (r *filetreeResolver) requestPath(userPath string) (string, error) {
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ func (r *filetreeResolver) requestPath(userPath string) (string, error) {
 		return "", err
 	}
 
-	if r.accessPath != "" && r.tempDir != "" {
-		return strings.Replace(requestPath, r.accessPath, r.tempDir, 1), nil
+	if r.accessPath != "" && r.archiveRealPath != "" {
+		return strings.Replace(requestPath, r.accessPath, r.archiveRealPath, 1), nil
 	}
 
 	return requestPath, nil
@@ -42,15 +42,19 @@ func (r *filetreeResolver) requestPath(userPath string) (string, error) {
 
 // responsePath takes a path from the underlying fs domain and converts it to a path that is relative to the root of the file resolver.
 func (r filetreeResolver) responsePath(path string) string {
-	if r.tempDir != "" && strings.HasPrefix(path, r.tempDir) {
+	if r.archiveRealPath != "" && strings.HasPrefix(path, r.archiveRealPath) {
 		path = r.realPath
 	}
+
 	return r.chroot.ToChrootPath(path)
 }
 
 func (r filetreeResolver) responseAccessPath(path string) string {
-	responsePath := strings.Replace(path, r.tempDir, r.accessPath, 1)
-	return r.chroot.ToChrootPath(responsePath)
+	if r.accessPath != "" && r.archiveRealPath != "" {
+		path = strings.Replace(path, r.archiveRealPath, r.accessPath, 1)
+	}
+
+	return r.chroot.ToChrootPath(path)
 }
 
 // HasPath indicates if the given path exists in the underlying source.
@@ -138,7 +142,11 @@ func (r filetreeResolver) requestGlob(pattern string) (string, error) {
 		return "", err
 	}
 
-	return strings.Replace(nativeGlob, r.accessPath, r.tempDir, 1), nil
+	if r.accessPath != "" && r.archiveRealPath != "" {
+		return strings.Replace(nativeGlob, r.accessPath, r.archiveRealPath, 1), nil
+	}
+
+	return nativeGlob, nil
 }
 
 // FilesByGlob returns all file.References that match the given path glob pattern from any layer in the image.
diff --git a/syft/internal/fileresolver/filetree_resolver_test.go b/syft/internal/fileresolver/filetree_resolver_test.go
index 97de6d2b5..490f4e88b 100644
--- a/syft/internal/fileresolver/filetree_resolver_test.go
+++ b/syft/internal/fileresolver/filetree_resolver_test.go
@@ -1664,6 +1664,7 @@ func TestFileResolver_AllLocations_errorOnDirRequest(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestFileResolver_AllLocations(t *testing.T) {
+	defer goleak.VerifyNone(t)
 	// Verify both the parent and the file itself are indexed
 	filePath := "./test-fixtures/system_paths/target/home/place"
 	parentPath, err := absoluteSymlinkFreePathToParent(filePath)
@@ -1685,11 +1686,10 @@ func TestFileResolver_AllLocations(t *testing.T) {
 	sort.Strings(pathsList)
 
 	assert.ElementsMatchf(t, expected, pathsList, "expected all paths to be indexed, but found different paths: \n%s", cmp.Diff(expected, paths.List()))
-
-	goleak.VerifyNone(t)
 }
 
 func Test_FileResolver_AllLocationsDoesNotLeakGoRoutine(t *testing.T) {
+	defer goleak.VerifyNone(t)
 	filePath := "./test-fixtures/system_paths/target/home/place"
 	parentPath, err := absoluteSymlinkFreePathToParent(filePath)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -1703,6 +1703,4 @@ func Test_FileResolver_AllLocationsDoesNotLeakGoRoutine(t *testing.T) {
 		break
 	}
 	cancel()
-
-	goleak.VerifyNone(t)
 }