diff --git a/scripts/frontend-product-name.test.mjs b/scripts/frontend-product-name.test.mjs
index ce317194e..110697413 100644
--- a/scripts/frontend-product-name.test.mjs
+++ b/scripts/frontend-product-name.test.mjs
@@ -26,26 +26,63 @@ const SOURCES = [
   "src/tally-error-copy.ts",
 ];
 
-test("the front end's displayed text names the product in full", async () => {
-  for (const file of SOURCES) {
-    const lines = (await readFile(new URL(`../${file}`, import.meta.url), "utf8")).split("\n");
-    let inBlockComment = false;
-    lines.forEach((line, index) => {
-      const trimmed = line.trimStart();
+/**
+ * The bare "Bridge" words outside comments in `text`, as `{ line, text }`. A line starting with
+ * `//` is a comment; a block comment is skipped from `/*` to its `*\/`, on one line or across
+ * several, and whatever follows its close on the same line is checked (#1190's review).
+ */
+export function bareBridges(text) {
+  const found = [];
+  let inBlockComment = false;
+  text.split("\n").forEach((line, index) => {
+    let visible = "";
+    let rest = line;
+    while (rest.length > 0) {
       if (inBlockComment) {
-        if (line.includes("*/")) inBlockComment = false;
-        return;
+        const close = rest.indexOf("*/");
+        if (close < 0) break;
+        rest = rest.slice(close + 2);
+        inBlockComment = false;
+        continue;
       }
-      if (["//", "*", "/*", "{/*"].some((comment) => trimmed.startsWith(comment))) {
-        inBlockComment = trimmed.includes("/*") && !trimmed.includes("*/");
-        return;
+      const trimmed = rest.trimStart();
+      if (visible.trim() === "" && (trimmed.startsWith("//") || trimmed.startsWith("* "))) break;
+      const open = rest.indexOf("/*");
+      if (open < 0) {
+        visible += rest;
+        break;
       }
-      for (const match of line.matchAll(/(?<![\w])Bridge(?![\w])/g)) {
-        assert.ok(
-          line.slice(0, match.index).endsWith("ComplyEaze "),
-          `${file}:${index + 1}: a bare Bridge: ${trimmed}`,
-        );
+      visible += rest.slice(0, open);
+      rest = rest.slice(open + 2);
+      inBlockComment = true;
+    }
+    for (const match of visible.matchAll(/(?<![\w])Bridge(?![\w])/g)) {
+      if (!visible.slice(0, match.index).endsWith("ComplyEaze ")) {
+        found.push({ line: index + 1, text: line.trim() });
       }
-    });
+    }
+  });
+  return found;
+}
+
+test("the front end's displayed text names the product in full", async () => {
+  for (const file of SOURCES) {
+    const text = await readFile(new URL(`../${file}`, import.meta.url), "utf8");
+    assert.deepEqual(
+      bareBridges(text).map(({ line, text: shown }) => `${file}:${line}: ${shown}`),
+      [],
+      "a bare Bridge outside a comment",
+    );
   }
 });
+
+test("text after a comment closes is checked, and text inside one is not", () => {
+  assert.deepEqual(bareBridges("{/* Bridge's report\n   still Bridge */}<span>Bridge</span>"), [
+    { line: 2, text: "still Bridge */}<span>Bridge</span>" },
+  ]);
+  assert.deepEqual(bareBridges("{/* x */}<span>Bridge</span>"), [
+    { line: 1, text: "{/* x */}<span>Bridge</span>" },
+  ]);
+  assert.deepEqual(bareBridges("// Bridge\n * Bridge\n<span>ComplyEaze Bridge</span>"), []);
+  assert.deepEqual(bareBridges("<p>Bridge</p>"), [{ line: 1, text: "<p>Bridge</p>" }]);
+});