diff --git a/evaluations/evaluations/capability_runner.py b/evaluations/evaluations/capability_runner.py
index cccf2c1d..9c0488a5 100644
--- a/evaluations/evaluations/capability_runner.py
+++ b/evaluations/evaluations/capability_runner.py
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ class CapabilityRunResult:
     answer: str
     cited_uris: list[str] = field(default_factory=list)
     cited_chunk_ids: list[str] = field(default_factory=list)
+    # The database each cited chunk came from, in the order they were cited, so a
+    # run over several databases records which one grounded the answer. Empty
+    # strings where the database is unnamed, since one database names nothing.
+    cited_sources: list[str] = field(default_factory=list)
     searched_uris: list[str] = field(default_factory=list)
     n_searches: int = 0
     n_executions: int = 0
@@ -244,10 +248,12 @@ def _result_from_run(
     cited_chunk_ids: list[str] = list(typed.citations)
     seen_cited: set[str] = set()
     cited_uris: list[str] = []
+    cited_sources: list[str] = []
     for chunk_id in cited_chunk_ids:
         citation = typed.citation_index.get(chunk_id)
         if citation is None:
             continue
+        cited_sources.append(citation.source or "")
         if citation.document_uri not in seen_cited:
             seen_cited.add(citation.document_uri)
             cited_uris.append(citation.document_uri)
@@ -275,6 +281,7 @@ def _result_from_run(
         answer=answer,
         cited_uris=cited_uris,
         cited_chunk_ids=cited_chunk_ids,
+        cited_sources=cited_sources,
         searched_uris=searched_uris,
         # Distinct search keys, not searches. Analysis files every in-code
         # `search()` under one "_sandbox" key, so twenty sandbox searches read
diff --git a/evaluations/evaluations/qa.py b/evaluations/evaluations/qa.py
index bb8082e9..e420d8b8 100644
--- a/evaluations/evaluations/qa.py
+++ b/evaluations/evaluations/qa.py
@@ -351,6 +351,7 @@ async def run_qa_benchmark(
         )
         set_eval_attribute("cited_uris", result.cited_uris)
         set_eval_attribute("cited_chunk_ids", result.cited_chunk_ids)
+        set_eval_attribute("cited_sources", result.cited_sources)
         set_eval_attribute("searched_uris", result.searched_uris)
         set_eval_attribute("n_searches", result.n_searches)
         set_eval_attribute("n_search_calls", result.n_search_calls)
diff --git a/evaluations/tests/test_capability_runner.py b/evaluations/tests/test_capability_runner.py
index d7adeba5..d14e7824 100644
--- a/evaluations/tests/test_capability_runner.py
+++ b/evaluations/tests/test_capability_runner.py
@@ -452,3 +452,62 @@ async def test_gold_prefix_run_answers_with_history(tmp_path):
     )
 
     assert result.answer == "success (no tool calls)"
+
+
+def test_records_the_database_each_citation_came_from():
+    """A run over several databases has to record which one grounded the answer:
+    the distribution cannot be recovered from the report afterwards."""
+    from haiku.rag.capabilities._base import EvidenceState
+    from haiku.rag.capabilities.ledger import CapabilityEvidenceRecord
+    from haiku.rag.store.models.citation import Citation
+
+    from evaluations.capability_runner import ToolTraffic, _result_from_run
+
+    def cited(chunk_id: str, source: str | None) -> Citation:
+        return Citation(
+            chunk_id=chunk_id,
+            document_id=f"doc-{chunk_id}",
+            document_uri=f"test://{chunk_id}",
+            content="body",
+            source=source,
+        )
+
+    state = EvidenceState(
+        citations=["a1", "b1", "a2"],
+        citation_index={
+            "a1": cited("a1", "alpha"),
+            "b1": cited("b1", "beta"),
+            "a2": cited("a2", "alpha"),
+        },
+        evidence=CapabilityEvidenceRecord(question=1),
+    )
+
+    result = _result_from_run("answer", state, ToolTraffic(0, 0, 0, 0))
+
+    assert result.cited_sources == ["alpha", "beta", "alpha"]
+
+
+def test_an_unnamed_database_records_no_source():
+    """One database names nothing, so the field stays empty rather than absent."""
+    from haiku.rag.capabilities._base import EvidenceState
+    from haiku.rag.capabilities.ledger import CapabilityEvidenceRecord
+    from haiku.rag.store.models.citation import Citation
+
+    from evaluations.capability_runner import ToolTraffic, _result_from_run
+
+    state = EvidenceState(
+        citations=["c1"],
+        citation_index={
+            "c1": Citation(
+                chunk_id="c1",
+                document_id="d1",
+                document_uri="test://one",
+                content="body",
+            )
+        },
+        evidence=CapabilityEvidenceRecord(question=1),
+    )
+
+    result = _result_from_run("answer", state, ToolTraffic(0, 0, 0, 0))
+
+    assert result.cited_sources == [""]