diff --git a/src/DiffEngine.Tests/InlinePatcherTests.cs b/src/DiffEngine.Tests/InlinePatcherTests.cs
index c57741e5..7bd02c6b 100644
--- a/src/DiffEngine.Tests/InlinePatcherTests.cs
+++ b/src/DiffEngine.Tests/InlinePatcherTests.cs
@@ -375,6 +375,65 @@ public async Task AppendWithNoVerifyCall()
         await Assert.That(reason).Contains("Could not find a Verify call");
     }
 
+    // A project helper named Verify is not the entry point, and a stale hint must not drift onto one
+    [Test]
+    public async Task AppendSkipsAVerifyOnAnotherReceiver()
+    {
+        var source = Method("        Assert.Empty(ContentValidation.Verify(value));");
+
+        var status = InlinePatcher.TryApply(source, 5, InlinePatchMode.Append, null, "new", out _, out var reason);
+
+        await Assert.That(status).IsEqualTo(PatchStatus.NotFound);
+        await Assert.That(reason).Contains("Could not find a Verify call");
+    }
+
+    [Test]
+    public async Task AppendSkipsAVerifyOnAnInstance()
+    {
+        var source = Method("        mock.VerifyAll();");
+
+        var status = InlinePatcher.TryApply(source, 5, InlinePatchMode.Append, null, "new", out _, out var reason);
+
+        await Assert.That(status).IsEqualTo(PatchStatus.NotFound);
+        await Assert.That(reason).Contains("Could not find a Verify call");
+    }
+
+    // The entry point wrapping a helper of the same name: the outer call is the one to append to
+    [Test]
+    public async Task AppendPrefersTheEntryPointOverANestedHelper()
+    {
+        var source = Method("        await Verify(ContentValidation.Verify(value));");
+
+        var status = InlinePatcher.TryApply(source, 5, InlinePatchMode.Append, null, "new", out var newSource, out _);
+
+        await Assert.That(status).IsEqualTo(PatchStatus.Applied);
+        await Assert.That(newSource).Contains(
+            "        await Verify(ContentValidation.Verify(value))\n" +
+            "            .Snapshot(\"\"\"");
+    }
+
+    [Test]
+    public async Task AppendToAVerifierQualifiedCall()
+    {
+        var source = Method("        await Verifier.Verify(value);");
+
+        var status = InlinePatcher.TryApply(source, 5, InlinePatchMode.Append, null, "new", out var newSource, out _);
+
+        await Assert.That(status).IsEqualTo(PatchStatus.Applied);
+        await Assert.That(newSource).Contains("await Verifier.Verify(value)\n            .Snapshot(\"\"\"");
+    }
+
+    [Test]
+    public async Task AppendToAThisQualifiedCall()
+    {
+        var source = Method("        await this.Verify(value);");
+
+        var status = InlinePatcher.TryApply(source, 5, InlinePatchMode.Append, null, "new", out var newSource, out _);
+
+        await Assert.That(status).IsEqualTo(PatchStatus.Applied);
+        await Assert.That(newSource).Contains("await this.Verify(value)\n            .Snapshot(\"\"\"");
+    }
+
     [Test]
     public async Task RemoveTakesTheWholeLine()
     {
diff --git a/src/DiffEngine/Inline/CsScan.cs b/src/DiffEngine/Inline/CsScan.cs
index b28ede4d..90c7d71a 100644
--- a/src/DiffEngine/Inline/CsScan.cs
+++ b/src/DiffEngine/Inline/CsScan.cs
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ public bool IsDeclaration(int nameStart)
     /// The offset of the last character before <paramref name="index"/> that is neither
     /// whitespace nor inside a comment, or -1 when there is none.
     /// </summary>
-    int PreviousSignificant(int index)
+    public int PreviousSignificant(int index)
     {
         index--;
         while (index >= 0 &&
diff --git a/src/DiffEngine/Inline/InlinePatcher.cs b/src/DiffEngine/Inline/InlinePatcher.cs
index cdc97ad5..1928b50e 100644
--- a/src/DiffEngine/Inline/InlinePatcher.cs
+++ b/src/DiffEngine/Inline/InlinePatcher.cs
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ static class InlinePatcher
     /// </summary>
     const string verifyPrefix = "Verify";
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The only receiver a verify entry point is reached through. Every adapter exposes the entry
+    /// points unqualified (a static using, or inherited from VerifyBase) or on this one class.
+    /// </summary>
+    const string verifierType = "Verifier";
+
     public static PatchStatus TryApply(
         string source,
         int lineHint,
@@ -494,6 +500,7 @@ static bool TryFindCall(
                     if (scan.IsCode(index) &&
                         StartsToken(source, index) &&
                         !scan.IsDeclaration(index) &&
+                        !(byPrefix && IsForeignReceiver(source, scan, index)) &&
                         TrySkipToParen(source, scan, identifierEnd, out var paren))
                     {
                         yield return (index, paren);
@@ -509,6 +516,53 @@ static bool StartsToken(string source, int index) =>
         index == 0 ||
         !CsScan.IsIdentifierChar(source[index - 1]);
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// True when the name is reached through a member access on anything other than the verify
+    /// entry point class. Only used for the prefix search, where the name is a guess at a verify
+    /// entry point rather than something already known to be one.
+    /// <para>
+    /// Verify is an ordinary enough name that a project has its own: ContentValidation.Verify,
+    /// validator.Verify, mock.VerifyAll. Those read exactly like an entry point to a token scan,
+    /// and appending a Snapshot call to one splices the snapshot into a call that never produced
+    /// it, in a test that may not even be the one the patch came from.
+    /// </para>
+    /// </summary>
+    static bool IsForeignReceiver(string source, CsScan scan, int nameStart)
+    {
+        var dot = scan.PreviousSignificant(nameStart);
+        if (dot < 0 ||
+            source[dot] != '.')
+        {
+            // Unqualified: a static using, or inherited from VerifyBase
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        var end = scan.PreviousSignificant(dot);
+        if (end >= 0 &&
+            source[end] == '?')
+        {
+            end = scan.PreviousSignificant(end);
+        }
+
+        if (end < 0 ||
+            !CsScan.IsIdentifierChar(source[end]))
+        {
+            // Not a plain receiver, so a literal, an indexer or a call result
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        var start = end;
+        while (start > 0 &&
+               CsScan.IsIdentifierChar(source[start - 1]))
+        {
+            start--;
+        }
+
+        var receiver = source.Substring(start, end - start + 1);
+        return receiver != verifierType &&
+               receiver != "this";
+    }
+
     static bool TrySkipToParen(string source, CsScan scan, int index, out int paren)
     {
         paren = -1;