diff --git a/pkg/assessor/manifest/manifest.go b/pkg/assessor/manifest/manifest.go
index 5355a6f..5573250 100644
--- a/pkg/assessor/manifest/manifest.go
+++ b/pkg/assessor/manifest/manifest.go
@@ -249,12 +249,25 @@ func assessHistory(index int, cmd types.History) []*AssessmentWithColumns {
 
 func useSudo(cmdSlices map[int][]string) bool {
 	for _, cmdSlice := range cmdSlices {
-		if containsAll(cmdSlice, []string{"sudo"}) {
-			return true
+		for index, token := range cmdSlice {
+			if strings.Trim(token, "\"'();|") != "sudo" {
+				continue
+			}
+			if index == 0 {
+				return true
+			}
+
+			previous := cmdSlice[index-1]
+			switch previous {
+			case "RUN", "-c", "then", "do", "else", "command", "exec":
+				return true
+			}
+			if strings.HasSuffix(previous, ";") || strings.HasSuffix(previous, "|") {
+				return true
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	return false
-
 }
 
 func useDistUpgrade(cmdSlices map[int][]string) bool {
diff --git a/pkg/assessor/manifest/manifest_test.go b/pkg/assessor/manifest/manifest_test.go
index a5c0694..467dd19 100644
--- a/pkg/assessor/manifest/manifest_test.go
+++ b/pkg/assessor/manifest/manifest_test.go
@@ -548,6 +548,51 @@ func TestUseDistUpgrade(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestUseSudo(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := map[string]struct {
+		cmdSlices map[int][]string
+		expected  bool
+	}{
+		"DirectCommand": {
+			cmdSlices: map[int][]string{
+				0: {"sudo", "apt-get", "update"},
+			},
+			expected: true,
+		},
+		"ShellCommand": {
+			cmdSlices: map[int][]string{
+				0: {"/bin/sh", "-c", "sudo", "apt-get", "update"},
+			},
+			expected: true,
+		},
+		"CommandAfterSemicolon": {
+			cmdSlices: map[int][]string{
+				0: {"/bin/sh", "-c", "set", "-eux;", "sudo", "apt-get", "update"},
+			},
+			expected: true,
+		},
+		"FindNameArgument": {
+			cmdSlices: splitByCommands(
+				`/bin/sh -o pipefail -c find /bin /etc /lib /sbin /usr -xdev \( -iname hexdump -o -iname su -o -iname sudo \) -delete`,
+			),
+			expected: false,
+		},
+		"EchoArgument": {
+			cmdSlices: map[int][]string{
+				0: {"echo", "sudo"},
+			},
+			expected: false,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for testname, v := range tests {
+		actual := useSudo(v.cmdSlices)
+		if actual != v.expected {
+			t.Errorf("%s want: %t, got %t", testname, v.expected, actual)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func TestContainsThreshold(t *testing.T) {
 	var tests = map[string]struct {
 		heystack  []string