diff --git a/pkg/detectors/postgres/postgres.go b/pkg/detectors/postgres/postgres.go
index cb22536cd..45a29a299 100644
--- a/pkg/detectors/postgres/postgres.go
+++ b/pkg/detectors/postgres/postgres.go
@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@ func (s Scanner) Keywords() []string {
 
 func (s Scanner) FromData(ctx context.Context, verify bool, data []byte) ([]detectors.Result, error) {
 	var results []detectors.Result
-	var pgURLs []url.URL
-	pgURLs = append(pgURLs, findUriMatches(string(data)))
+	pgURLs := findUriMatches(string(data))
 	pgURLs = append(pgURLs, findComponentMatches(verify, string(data))...)
 
 	for _, pgURL := range pgURLs {
@@ -80,18 +79,19 @@ func getDeadlineInSeconds(ctx context.Context) int {
 	return int(duration.Seconds())
 }
 
-func findUriMatches(dataStr string) url.URL {
-	var pgURL url.URL
-	for _, uri := range uriPattern.FindAllString(dataStr, -1) {
+func findUriMatches(dataStr string) []url.URL {
+	var results []url.URL
+	all := uriPattern.FindAllString(dataStr, -1)
+	for _, uri := range all {
 		pgURL, err := url.Parse(uri)
 		if err != nil {
 			continue
 		}
 		if pgURL.User != nil {
-			return *pgURL
+			results = append(results, *pgURL)
 		}
 	}
-	return pgURL
+	return results
 }
 
 // check if postgres is running
diff --git a/pkg/detectors/postgres/postgres_test.go b/pkg/detectors/postgres/postgres_test.go
index 1e2fe8b67..5b4e3868d 100644
--- a/pkg/detectors/postgres/postgres_test.go
+++ b/pkg/detectors/postgres/postgres_test.go
@@ -98,29 +98,6 @@ func TestPostgres_FromChunk(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			wantErr: false,
 		},
-		{
-			name: "found with single line credentials next to invalid credentials, verified",
-			s:    Scanner{},
-			args: func() args {
-				ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 3*time.Second)
-				defer cancel()
-				return args{
-					ctx: ctx,
-					data: []byte(fmt.Sprintf(`
-						postgresql://user:secret@foobar.com:5432/mydb?sslmode=disable
-						postgresql://%s:%s@%s:%s/postgres`,
-						postgresUser, postgresPass, postgresHost, postgresPort)),
-					verify: true,
-				}
-			}(),
-			want: []detectors.Result{
-				{
-					DetectorType: detectorspb.DetectorType_Postgres,
-					Verified:     true,
-				},
-			},
-			wantErr: false,
-		},
 		{
 			name: "found with json credentials, verified",
 			s:    Scanner{},
@@ -268,6 +245,35 @@ func TestPostgres_FromChunk(t *testing.T) {
 			}(),
 			wantErr: false,
 		},
+		{
+			name: "verified credentials next to bad host credentials",
+			s:    Scanner{},
+			args: func() args {
+				ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 3*time.Second)
+				defer cancel()
+				return args{
+					ctx: ctx,
+					data: []byte(fmt.Sprintf(`
+						postgresql://user:secret@foobar.com:5432/mydb?sslmode=disable
+						postgresql://%s:%s@%s:%s/postgres`,
+						postgresUser, postgresPass, postgresHost, postgresPort)),
+					verify: true,
+				}
+			}(),
+			want: func() []detectors.Result {
+				first := detectors.Result{
+					DetectorType: detectorspb.DetectorType_Postgres,
+					Verified:     false,
+				}
+				first.SetVerificationError(errors.New("i/o timeout"))
+				second := detectors.Result{
+					DetectorType: detectorspb.DetectorType_Postgres,
+					Verified:     true,
+				}
+				return []detectors.Result{first, second}
+			}(),
+			wantErr: false,
+		},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {