diff --git a/src/hooks/validate_security_scan.py b/src/hooks/validate_security_scan.py
index b8b4f301..8afbe2a3 100644
--- a/src/hooks/validate_security_scan.py
+++ b/src/hooks/validate_security_scan.py
@@ -63,7 +63,15 @@ async def run(self) -> ValidateSecurityScanResult:
                 return ValidateSecurityScanResult(False, "No commit message provided")
 
             regex = re.compile(r"Signed-off-by", flags=re.DOTALL)
-            filtered_contents = [i for i in contents if not regex.match(i)]
+
+            filtered_contents = []
+            for i in contents:
+                if i == "# ------------------------ >8 ------------------------\n":
+                    break
+
+                if not regex.match(i):
+                    filtered_contents.append(i)
+
             filtered_contents.append(f"\n{SIGNED_OFF_BY_TRAILER}")
             logger.debug("New commit message is %s", "".join(filtered_contents))
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/hooks/test_validate_security_scan.py b/tests/unit/hooks/test_validate_security_scan.py
index f9f22c3c..ee1399a8 100644
--- a/tests/unit/hooks/test_validate_security_scan.py
+++ b/tests/unit/hooks/test_validate_security_scan.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-from anyio import NamedTemporaryFile
-import src.hooks.config
-
 from unittest.mock import patch
 
+from anyio import NamedTemporaryFile
+
+import src.hooks.config
 from src.hooks.validate_security_scan import ValidateSecurityScan
 
 
@@ -112,3 +112,50 @@ async def test_run_with_file_with_existing_signed_off_header_is_replaced(self):
                 assert (await tf.read()).decode(
                     "UTF-8"
                 ) == f"A helpful commit message\n\n{src.hooks.config.SIGNED_OFF_BY_TRAILER}"
+
+    async def test_run_with_file_with_commit_verbose_set_to_true(self):
+        async with NamedTemporaryFile() as tf:
+            with patch.object(ValidateSecurityScan, "validate_hook_settings", return_value=True):
+                await tf.writelines(
+                    line + b"\n"
+                    for line in [
+                        b"A helpful commit message",
+                        b"# ------------------------ >8 ------------------------",
+                        b"# Do not modify or remove the line above.",
+                        b"# Everything below it will be ignored.",
+                    ]
+                )
+                await tf.seek(0)
+
+                result = await ValidateSecurityScan(paths=[tf.name]).run()
+
+                assert result.success is True
+
+                assert (await tf.read()).decode(
+                    "UTF-8"
+                ) == f"A helpful commit message\n\n{src.hooks.config.SIGNED_OFF_BY_TRAILER}"
+
+    async def test_run_with_file_with_commit_verbose_set_to_true_with_body(self):
+        async with NamedTemporaryFile() as tf:
+            with patch.object(ValidateSecurityScan, "validate_hook_settings", return_value=True):
+                await tf.writelines(
+                    line + b"\n"
+                    for line in [
+                        b"A",
+                        b"helpful",
+                        b"commit",
+                        b" message",
+                        b"# ------------------------ >8 ------------------------",
+                        b"# Do not modify or remove the line above.",
+                        b"# Everything below it will be ignored.",
+                    ]
+                )
+                await tf.seek(0)
+
+                result = await ValidateSecurityScan(paths=[tf.name]).run()
+
+                assert result.success is True
+
+                assert (await tf.read()).decode(
+                    "UTF-8"
+                ) == f"A\nhelpful\ncommit\n message\n\n{src.hooks.config.SIGNED_OFF_BY_TRAILER}"