diff --git a/haiku_rag_slim/haiku/rag/app.py b/haiku_rag_slim/haiku/rag/app.py
index 856745dd..8a73919d 100644
--- a/haiku_rag_slim/haiku/rag/app.py
+++ b/haiku_rag_slim/haiku/rag/app.py
@@ -891,7 +891,7 @@ class HaikuRAGApp:
             f"[repr.attrib_name]chunk_id[/repr.attrib_name]: {result.chunk_id} "
             f"[repr.attrib_name]score[/repr.attrib_name]: {result.score:.4f}"
         )
-        if result.source and len(self.config.lancedb.databases) > 1:
+        if result.source and self.scope.covers_multiple:
             self.console.print(
                 f"[repr.attrib_name]database[/repr.attrib_name]: {result.source}"
             )
diff --git a/tests/test_app.py b/tests/test_app.py
index c366dddd..6714f841 100644
--- a/tests/test_app.py
+++ b/tests/test_app.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ from rich.console import Console
 
 from haiku.rag.app import HaikuRAGApp
 from haiku.rag.client import RebuildMode
+from haiku.rag.client.scope import DatabaseScope
 from haiku.rag.config.models import (
     AppConfig,
     LanceDBConfig,
@@ -200,6 +201,34 @@ async def test_search_prints_results(app, client):
     assert "hit one" in out(app)
 
 
+async def test_a_result_names_its_database_only_across_several(tmp_path):
+    """The label answers what this operation covers, not what is configured:
+    after narrowing to one, the caller has already named it."""
+    config = AppConfig(
+        lancedb=LanceDBConfig(
+            databases={
+                "alpha": str(tmp_path / "a.lancedb"),
+                "beta": str(tmp_path / "b.lancedb"),
+            }
+        )
+    )
+    hit = SearchResult(content="hit", score=0.9, chunk_id="c1", source="alpha")
+
+    covering = HaikuRAGApp(scope=DatabaseScope.resolve(config), config=config)
+    covering.console = Console(record=True, width=200)
+    covering._rich_print_search_result(hit)
+    assert "database: alpha" in covering.console.export_text()
+
+    narrowed = HaikuRAGApp(
+        scope=DatabaseScope.resolve(config, database_name="alpha"), config=config
+    )
+    narrowed.console = Console(record=True, width=200)
+    narrowed._rich_print_search_result(hit)
+    printed = narrowed.console.export_text()
+    assert "hit" in printed
+    assert "database:" not in printed
+
+
 async def test_search_by_image_reads_the_bytes(app, client, tmp_path):
     image = tmp_path / "query.png"
     image.write_bytes(b"pixels")
diff --git a/tests/test_cli.py b/tests/test_cli.py
index d6e9f7cc..ebc13109 100644
--- a/tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -749,12 +749,13 @@ class TestRenderingTheDatabase:
 
     @staticmethod
     def _app(tmp_path, **databases):
+        """An app over the configured set. The scope is what decides the label,
+        so it has to be the one the configuration resolves to."""
         from haiku.rag.app import HaikuRAGApp
+        from haiku.rag.client.scope import DatabaseScope
 
-        return HaikuRAGApp(
-            scope=for_path(tmp_path / "unused"),
-            config=AppConfig(lancedb=LanceDBConfig(databases=databases)),
-        )
+        config = AppConfig(lancedb=LanceDBConfig(databases=databases))
+        return HaikuRAGApp(scope=DatabaseScope.resolve(config), config=config)
 
     @staticmethod
     def _rendered(app, result) -> str: