diff --git a/.changeset/fair-places-care.md b/.changeset/fair-places-care.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c6eddcf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fair-places-care.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'dotenv-diff': patch
+---
+
+ignore minified lines for env usage
diff --git a/docs/capabilities.md b/docs/capabilities.md
index 5680f87b..0c786b8f 100644
--- a/docs/capabilities.md
+++ b/docs/capabilities.md
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ Default scanned file types: .ts, .js, jsx, tsx, vue, .mjs, .mts, .cjs, .cts, .sv
 
 ## What It Checks For
 
+> **Note:** The scanner skips files containing any line over 500 characters, as these are likely minified or bundled — this avoids false positives across all checks below.
+
 ### 1 Missing Variables
 
 Variables that are **used in code** but **not defined** in the selected env comparison file.
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/core/helpers/isLikelyMinified.ts b/packages/cli/src/core/helpers/isLikelyMinified.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e262a0b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cli/src/core/helpers/isLikelyMinified.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+/**
+ * Returns true if a line looks like minified/bundled code.
+ * Used to skip entire files early in the pipeline.
+ */
+export function isLikelyMinified(content: string): boolean {
+  return content.split(/\r?\n/).some((line) => line.length > 500);
+}
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/core/scan/scanFile.ts b/packages/cli/src/core/scan/scanFile.ts
index db425dab..b6ef9a5c 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/core/scan/scanFile.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/core/scan/scanFile.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import type { EnvUsage, ScanOptions } from '../../config/types.js';
 import { ENV_PATTERNS } from './patterns.js';
 import { hasIgnoreComment } from '../security/secretDetectors.js';
 import { normalizePath } from '../helpers/normalizePath.js';
+import { isLikelyMinified } from '../helpers/isLikelyMinified.js';
 
 /**
  * Scans a file for environment variable usage.
@@ -62,6 +63,9 @@ export function scanFile(
         // Get the context (the actual line)
         const contextLine = lines[lineNumber - 1]!;
 
+        // Ignore likely minified / bundled lines to avoid scan false positives
+        if (isLikelyMinified(contextLine)) continue;
+
         // Determine previous line for ignore detection
         const prevLine = lines[lineNumber - 2] ?? '';
 
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/core/security/secretDetectors.ts b/packages/cli/src/core/security/secretDetectors.ts
index df34f8a3..0f3808f9 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/core/security/secretDetectors.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/core/security/secretDetectors.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { shannonEntropyNormalized } from './entropy.js';
+import { isLikelyMinified } from '../helpers/isLikelyMinified.js';
 
 /**
  * Severity levels for detected secrets
@@ -55,11 +56,6 @@ const HARMLESS_URLS = [
 const HARMLESS_ATTRIBUTE_KEYS =
   /\b(trackingId|trackingContext|data-testid|data-test|aria-label)\b/i;
 
-// Ignore minified files
-function isLikelyMinified(line: string): boolean {
-  return line.length > 500; // Extremely long line, likely minified
-}
-
 // Checks if a line is an HTML text node or tag
 function isHtmlTextNode(line: string): boolean {
   const trimmed = line.trim();
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/services/scanCodebase.ts b/packages/cli/src/services/scanCodebase.ts
index 62984027..949b25f6 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/services/scanCodebase.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/services/scanCodebase.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { DEFAULT_EXCLUDE_PATTERNS } from '../core/scan/patterns.js';
 import { scanFile } from '../core/scan/scanFile.js';
 import { findFiles } from './fileWalker.js';
 import { normalizePath } from '../core/helpers/normalizePath.js';
+import { isLikelyMinified } from '../core/helpers/isLikelyMinified.js';
 
 /**
  * Scans the codebase for environment variable usage based on the provided options.
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ export async function scanCodebase(opts: ScanOptions): Promise<ScanResult> {
   for (const filePath of files) {
     const content = await safeReadFile(filePath);
     if (!content) continue;
+    if (isLikelyMinified(content)) continue; // Skip likely minified files
 
     // Scan the file for environment variable usages
     const fileUsages = scanFile(filePath, content, opts);
diff --git a/packages/cli/test/unit/core/scan/scanFile.test.ts b/packages/cli/test/unit/core/scan/scanFile.test.ts
index af570fdb..3e49d41b 100644
--- a/packages/cli/test/unit/core/scan/scanFile.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/test/unit/core/scan/scanFile.test.ts
@@ -105,6 +105,20 @@ const key = process.env.SECRET_KEY;`;
     expect(usages[0]?.isLogged).toBe(true);
   });
 
+  it('ignores env usage on likely minified lines', () => {
+    const minifiedLine = `${'x'.repeat(520)}process.env.API_KEY`;
+    const usages = scanFile('/test/project/src/app.js', minifiedLine, baseOpts);
+
+    expect(usages).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+
+  it('ignores console.log env usage on likely minified lines', () => {
+    const minifiedLine = `${'x'.repeat(520)}console.log(process.env.API_KEY)`;
+    const usages = scanFile('/test/project/src/app.js', minifiedLine, baseOpts);
+
+    expect(usages).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+
   it('does not mark as logged when not in console statement', () => {
     const content = 'const key = process.env.API_KEY;';
     const usages = scanFile('/test/project/src/app.js', content, baseOpts);