diff --git a/bbot/modules/internal/dnsresolve.py b/bbot/modules/internal/dnsresolve.py
index bdca0ea5c..c746b0345 100644
--- a/bbot/modules/internal/dnsresolve.py
+++ b/bbot/modules/internal/dnsresolve.py
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ async def handle_event(self, event, **kwargs):
         if blacklisted:
             return False, "it has a blacklisted DNS record"
 
+        # DNS resolution for hosts that aren't IPs
         if not event_is_ip:
             # if the event is within our dns search distance, resolve the rest of our records
             if main_host_event.scope_distance < self._dns_search_distance:
@@ -82,9 +83,9 @@ async def handle_event(self, event, **kwargs):
                     event_data_changed = await self.handle_wildcard_event(main_host_event)
                     if event_data_changed:
                         # since data has changed, we check again whether it's a duplicate
-                        if self.scan.ingress_module.is_incoming_duplicate(event, add=True):
+                        if event.type == "DNS_NAME" and self.scan.ingress_module.is_incoming_duplicate(event, add=True):
                             if not event._graph_important:
-                                return False, "event was already emitted by its module"
+                                return False, "it's a DNS wildcard, and its module already emitted a similar wildcard event"
                             else:
                                 self.debug(
                                     f"Event {event} was already emitted by its module, but it's graph-important so it gets a pass"