diff --git a/scripts/hooks/block-no-verify.js b/scripts/hooks/block-no-verify.js
index 138075484..ecd29100c 100644
--- a/scripts/hooks/block-no-verify.js
+++ b/scripts/hooks/block-no-verify.js
@@ -248,7 +248,25 @@ function getCommitShortValueOption(value) {
 }
 
 function isCommitNoVerifyShortFlag(value) {
-  return value === '-n' || /^-n[a-zA-Z]/.test(value);
+  if (!value.startsWith('-') || value.startsWith('--') || value === '-') {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  // Short options cluster, so -n need not lead: `git commit -an` is -a plus -n
+  // and bypasses the hooks just as `-n` does. Anchoring on the first character
+  // let -an, -sn and -vn through.
+  //
+  // Scanning stops at a value-taking option because that option swallows the
+  // rest of the cluster as its inline value — the n in `-mn` is message text,
+  // not a flag.
+  const options = value.slice(1);
+  for (let i = 0; i < options.length; i++) {
+    const option = options.charAt(i);
+    if (option === 'n') return true;
+    if (COMMIT_SHORT_OPTIONS_WITH_VALUE.has(option)) return false;
+  }
+
+  return false;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/tests/hooks/block-no-verify.test.js b/tests/hooks/block-no-verify.test.js
index f610030c6..db38dbb19 100644
--- a/tests/hooks/block-no-verify.test.js
+++ b/tests/hooks/block-no-verify.test.js
@@ -115,6 +115,28 @@ if (test('allows -n after combined -am message option', () => {
   assert.strictEqual(r.code, 0, `expected exit 0, got ${r.code}: ${r.stderr}`);
 })) passed++; else failed++;
 
+// --- Short options cluster, so -n need not lead ---
+
+if (test('blocks -n clustered after -a', () => {
+  const r = runHook({ tool_input: { command: 'git commit -an -m "msg"' } });
+  assert.strictEqual(r.code, 2, `expected exit 2, got ${r.code}`);
+})) passed++; else failed++;
+
+if (test('blocks -n clustered after -s', () => {
+  const r = runHook({ tool_input: { command: 'git commit -sn -m "msg"' } });
+  assert.strictEqual(r.code, 2, `expected exit 2, got ${r.code}`);
+})) passed++; else failed++;
+
+if (test('blocks -n clustered after -v', () => {
+  const r = runHook({ tool_input: { command: 'git commit -vn -m "msg"' } });
+  assert.strictEqual(r.code, 2, `expected exit 2, got ${r.code}`);
+})) passed++; else failed++;
+
+if (test('allows -mn, where n is the inline message and not a flag', () => {
+  const r = runHook({ tool_input: { command: 'git commit -mn' } });
+  assert.strictEqual(r.code, 0, `expected exit 0, got ${r.code}: ${r.stderr}`);
+})) passed++; else failed++;
+
 if (test('allows core.hooksPath discussed in a quoted commit message', () => {
   const r = runHook({ tool_input: { command: 'git commit -m "doc: explain core.hooksPath= setting"' } });
   assert.strictEqual(r.code, 0, `expected exit 0, got ${r.code}: ${r.stderr}`);