diff --git a/scriptlib/developer/assetorigin_check.tcl b/scriptlib/developer/assetorigin_check.tcl
index 7c1ff85a..ba235f61 100644
--- a/scriptlib/developer/assetorigin_check.tcl
+++ b/scriptlib/developer/assetorigin_check.tcl
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
 #       Find *.assetorigin.toml sidecars under the given files/directories and
 #       classify each paired asset. Default paths: src/ (minus buildsuites/),
 #       scriptlib/ and goals/ under the repo root containing this script - the
-#       versioned territory where records live; .git and _build subtrees are
-#       always skipped. Build outputs (bin/, root modules/ and lib/) and
+#       versioned territory where records live; .git, _build, _mint and _bake
+#       subtrees are always skipped. Build outputs (bin/, root modules/ and lib/) and
 #       reference material are walked only when named explicitly. Findings
 #       (artifact-absent, replaced, source-absent, stale) print one line each;
 #       verified and ignored records are counted, and listed too with -all.
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ proc find_sidecars {paths {skipdirs {}}} {
         set p [lindex $queue 0]
         set queue [lrange $queue 1 end]
         if {[file isdirectory $p]} {
-            if {[file tail $p] in {.git _build} || $p in $skips} continue
+            if {[file tail $p] in {.git _build _mint _bake} || $p in $skips} continue
             foreach sub [lsort [glob -nocomplain -directory $p *]] {
                 lappend queue $sub
             }