diff --git a/src/com.netflix.tools.ja.test/com/netflix/tools/ja/test/BuildToolTest.java b/src/com.netflix.tools.ja.test/com/netflix/tools/ja/test/BuildToolTest.java
index 29d9de9..640ee48 100644
--- a/src/com.netflix.tools.ja.test/com/netflix/tools/ja/test/BuildToolTest.java
+++ b/src/com.netflix.tools.ja.test/com/netflix/tools/ja/test/BuildToolTest.java
@@ -260,6 +260,28 @@ void codeInsightUsesTheSelectedMavenAndGradleContexts() throws Exception {
         }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void verboseSourceQueriesPreserveBuildSubcommands() throws Exception {
+        for (var type : List.of("maven", "gradle")) {
+            Files.deleteIfExists(directory.resolve("pom.xml"));
+            Files.deleteIfExists(directory.resolve("settings.gradle"));
+            var fixture = fixture(type, Set.of("class-path", "source-path"));
+            fixture.definition = new ToolDefinition("jist", Launch.PROVIDER, Optional.empty(), Optional.empty(), "jist",
+                    Optional.empty(), Set.of("class-path", "source-path"), List.of());
+            fixture.additionalTools = List.of(provider("jdocserver", (_, _) -> 0));
+
+            assertEquals(0, fixture.run("--verbose", "-p", type.equals("maven") ? "example:app" : ":app", "source", "java.lang.String"));
+
+            assertEquals(2, fixture.queries.size(), fixture.queries.toString());
+            for (var query : fixture.queries) {
+                assertEquals(type, query.getFirst(), query.toString());
+                assertEquals("--verbose", query.get(1), query.toString());
+            }
+            assertEquals(List.of("--class-path", "dependencies", "--source-path", "sources", "--source", "symbol", "java.lang.String"),
+                    fixture.received);
+        }
+    }
+
     @Test
     void documentationBrowsingPassesTheContextToTheDocumentationTool() throws Exception {
         var fixture = fixture("gradle", Set.of("class-path", "source-path"));
diff --git a/src/com.netflix.tools.ja.test/com/netflix/tools/ja/test/CommandRunnerTest.java b/src/com.netflix.tools.ja.test/com/netflix/tools/ja/test/CommandRunnerTest.java
index 1cfb706..4fbeba9 100644
--- a/src/com.netflix.tools.ja.test/com/netflix/tools/ja/test/CommandRunnerTest.java
+++ b/src/com.netflix.tools.ja.test/com/netflix/tools/ja/test/CommandRunnerTest.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertDoesNotThrow;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotNull;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 
@@ -1569,6 +1571,54 @@ void verboseIsPassedOnlyToToolsDeclaringSupport() throws Exception {
         assertEquals(List.of(), unsupportedArguments);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void verboseToolArgumentsPreserveSubcommandsAndOperandSeparators() throws Exception {
+        var cases = Map.of(
+                List.of("inspect", "value"), List.of("inspect", "value", "--verbose"),
+                List.of("inspect", "--format", "tsv"), List.of("inspect", "--verbose", "--format", "tsv"),
+                List.of("--create", "--file", "archive.jar", "-C", "sources", "."), List.of("--verbose", "--create", "--file", "archive.jar", "-C", "sources", "."),
+                List.of("inspect", "--", "value"), List.of("inspect", "--verbose", "--", "value"),
+                List.of("inspect", "--", "--verbose"), List.of("inspect", "--verbose", "--", "--verbose"),
+                List.of("inspect", "--verbose", "--", "value"), List.of("inspect", "--verbose", "--", "value"));
+        for (var entry : cases.entrySet()) {
+            var received = new ArrayList<String>();
+            var tools = ToolRuntime.of(tool("probe", (_, arguments) -> {
+                received.addAll(arguments);
+                return 0;
+            }));
+            var definition = ToolDefinition.read("probe", new ByteArrayInputStream("provider=probe\noptions=verbose\n".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)));
+            var runner = new CommandRunner(ModuleLayer.boot(), tools, new ToolCatalog(List.of(definition)), () -> null);
+            var arguments = new ArrayList<>(List.of("--verbose", "tool", "probe"));
+            arguments.addAll(entry.getKey());
+
+            int status = runner.run(JaInvocation.parse(temporaryDirectory, arguments.toArray(String[]::new)), InputStream.nullInputStream(),
+                    new PrintStream(new ByteArrayOutputStream()), new PrintStream(new ByteArrayOutputStream()));
+
+            assertEquals(0, status);
+            assertEquals(entry.getValue(), received, entry.getKey().toString());
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void verboseJarCreationKeepsOptionsBeforeFileInputs() throws Exception {
+        var sources = Files.createDirectories(temporaryDirectory.resolve("sources"));
+        Files.writeString(sources.resolve("example.txt"), "example");
+        var archive = temporaryDirectory.resolve("example.jar");
+        var tools = ToolRuntime.of(ToolProvider.findFirst("jar").orElseThrow());
+        var definition = ToolDefinition.read("jar", new ByteArrayInputStream("provider=jar\noptions=verbose\n".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)));
+        var runner = new CommandRunner(ModuleLayer.boot(), tools, new ToolCatalog(List.of(definition)), () -> null);
+        var error = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+
+        int status = runner.run(JaInvocation.parse(temporaryDirectory,
+                        new String[] {"--verbose", "tool", "jar", "--create", "--file", archive.toString(), "-C", sources.toString(), "."}),
+                InputStream.nullInputStream(), new PrintStream(new ByteArrayOutputStream()), new PrintStream(error));
+
+        assertEquals(0, status, error.toString(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+        try (var jar = new java.util.jar.JarFile(archive.toFile())) {
+            assertNotNull(jar.getJarEntry("example.txt"));
+        }
+    }
+
     @Test
     void compileDelegatesMaterializationToJig() throws Exception {
         var source = Files.createDirectories(temporaryDirectory.resolve("src/com.example.app"));
diff --git a/src/com.netflix.tools.ja/com/netflix/tools/ja/ToolArguments.java b/src/com.netflix.tools.ja/com/netflix/tools/ja/ToolArguments.java
index 819c313..b7ea43b 100644
--- a/src/com.netflix.tools.ja/com/netflix/tools/ja/ToolArguments.java
+++ b/src/com.netflix.tools.ja/com/netflix/tools/ja/ToolArguments.java
@@ -34,6 +34,21 @@
 public final class ToolArguments {
     private ToolArguments() {}
 
+    static List<String> withVerbose(List<String> arguments) {
+        int separator = arguments.indexOf("--");
+        int position = separator < 0 ? arguments.size() : separator;
+        if (arguments.subList(0, position).contains("--verbose")) {
+            return arguments;
+        }
+        int option = 0;
+        while (option < position && !arguments.get(option).startsWith("-")) {
+            option++;
+        }
+        var verboseArguments = new ArrayList<>(arguments);
+        verboseArguments.add(option, "--verbose");
+        return List.copyOf(verboseArguments);
+    }
+
     static List<String> selectedModules(List<String> arguments) {
         return optionValues(arguments, "--module").stream()
                 .flatMap(value -> java.util.Arrays.stream(value.split(",")))
diff --git a/src/com.netflix.tools.ja/com/netflix/tools/ja/ToolRunner.java b/src/com.netflix.tools.ja/com/netflix/tools/ja/ToolRunner.java
index 7ecc73f..efcc625 100644
--- a/src/com.netflix.tools.ja/com/netflix/tools/ja/ToolRunner.java
+++ b/src/com.netflix.tools.ja/com/netflix/tools/ja/ToolRunner.java
@@ -378,13 +378,7 @@ private static Launch style(ToolDefinition definition) {
 
     private List<String> arguments(JaInvocation commandLine, ToolDefinition definition) {
         var arguments = commandLine.toolArguments();
-        if (!commandLine.verbose() || !supportsVerbose(definition) || arguments.contains("--verbose")) {
-            return arguments;
-        }
-        var verboseArguments = new ArrayList<String>();
-        verboseArguments.add("--verbose");
-        verboseArguments.addAll(arguments);
-        return List.copyOf(verboseArguments);
+        return commandLine.verbose() && supportsVerbose(definition) ? ToolArguments.withVerbose(arguments) : arguments;
     }
 
     private int runJava(ToolDefinition definition, List<String> nativeArguments, List<String> runtimeArguments,
diff --git a/src/com.netflix.tools.ja/com/netflix/tools/ja/ToolRuntime.java b/src/com.netflix.tools.ja/com/netflix/tools/ja/ToolRuntime.java
index 2ed4090..d1827ca 100644
--- a/src/com.netflix.tools.ja/com/netflix/tools/ja/ToolRuntime.java
+++ b/src/com.netflix.tools.ja/com/netflix/tools/ja/ToolRuntime.java
@@ -446,11 +446,8 @@ public int run(String name, InputStream in, PrintStream out,
 
     private int run(Invocation invocation, String name, InputStream in,
                     PrintStream out, PrintStream err, String... arguments) {
-        if (verbose && supportsVerbose(name) && !List.of(arguments).contains("--verbose")) {
-            var verboseArguments = new String[arguments.length + 1];
-            verboseArguments[0] = "--verbose";
-            System.arraycopy(arguments, 0, verboseArguments, 1, arguments.length);
-            arguments = verboseArguments;
+        if (verbose && supportsVerbose(name)) {
+            arguments = ToolArguments.withVerbose(List.of(arguments)).toArray(String[]::new);
         }
         if (verbose) {
             if (invocation == Invocation.RESOLUTION) {