diff --git a/includes/Checker/Checks/Plugin_Repo/Plugin_Review_PHPCS_Check.php b/includes/Checker/Checks/Plugin_Repo/Plugin_Review_PHPCS_Check.php
index c2af96eea..2ae61f2af 100644
--- a/includes/Checker/Checks/Plugin_Repo/Plugin_Review_PHPCS_Check.php
+++ b/includes/Checker/Checks/Plugin_Repo/Plugin_Review_PHPCS_Check.php
@@ -96,6 +96,12 @@ protected function add_result_message_for_file( Check_Result $result, $error, $m
 			$docs     = 'https://make.wordpress.org/core/2016/07/06/i18n-improvements-in-4-6/';
 		}
 
+		if ( 'WordPress.DB.PreparedSQL.NotPrepared' === $code && $error ) {
+			$error    = false;
+			$message .= ' ' . esc_html__( 'If the query variable is already being passed through $wpdb->prepare(), this warning may be a false positive. You can suppress it by adding a phpcs:ignore comment.', 'plugin-check' );
+			$docs     = 'https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wpdb/prepare/';
+		}
+
 		parent::add_result_message_for_file( $result, $error, $message, $code, $file, $line, $column, $docs, $severity );
 	}
 }
diff --git a/includes/Checker/Checks/Security/Late_Escaping_Check.php b/includes/Checker/Checks/Security/Late_Escaping_Check.php
index 61eab021e..1dcdf1c36 100644
--- a/includes/Checker/Checks/Security/Late_Escaping_Check.php
+++ b/includes/Checker/Checks/Security/Late_Escaping_Check.php
@@ -97,7 +97,14 @@ public function get_documentation_url(): string {
 	protected function add_result_message_for_file( Check_Result $result, $error, $message, $code, $file, $line = 0, $column = 0, string $docs = '', $severity = 5 ) {
 		switch ( $code ) {
 			case 'WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscaped':
-				$docs = __( 'https://developer.wordpress.org/apis/security/escaping/#escaping-functions', 'plugin-check' );
+				if ( $this->line_calls_save_dom_method( $file, $line ) ) {
+					// DOMDocument::saveHtml() and saveXML() return safe HTML/XML
+					// constructed through the DOM API — additional escaping is not needed.
+					$error = false;
+					$docs  = 'https://www.php.net/manual/en/domdocument.savehtml.php';
+				} else {
+					$docs = __( 'https://developer.wordpress.org/apis/security/escaping/#escaping-functions', 'plugin-check' );
+				}
 				break;
 
 			case 'WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.UnsafePrintingFunction':
@@ -115,4 +122,39 @@ protected function add_result_message_for_file( Check_Result $result, $error, $m
 
 		parent::add_result_message_for_file( $result, $error, $message, $code, $file, $line, $column, $docs, $severity );
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Checks whether the given file/line contains a call to a safe DOM output method.
+	 *
+	 * DOMDocument::saveHtml() and DOMDocument::saveXML() return HTML/XML
+	 * constructed through the DOM API. The output is already structured and
+	 * does not need to be passed through an escaping function, so the
+	 * WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput sniff reports a false positive here.
+	 *
+	 * @since 2.0.1
+	 *
+	 * @param string $file Absolute path to the file.
+	 * @param int    $line Line number to inspect.
+	 * @return bool True if the line contains a call to saveHtml() or saveXML().
+	 */
+	private function line_calls_save_dom_method( $file, $line ) {
+		if ( $line <= 0 || ! is_string( $file ) || '' === $file || ! file_exists( $file ) ) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		$contents = file_get_contents( $file ); // phpcs:ignore WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.file_get_contents_file_get_contents
+		if ( false === $contents ) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		$lines = explode( "\n", $contents );
+		if ( ! isset( $lines[ $line - 1 ] ) ) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		$source = $lines[ $line - 1 ];
+
+		return ( false !== stripos( $source, 'saveHtml(' ) )
+			|| ( false !== stripos( $source, 'saveXML(' ) );
+	}
 }
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/testdata/plugins/test-plugin-late-escaping-errors/load.php b/tests/phpunit/testdata/plugins/test-plugin-late-escaping-errors/load.php
index 6b2976c99..d5cbb1b4a 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/testdata/plugins/test-plugin-late-escaping-errors/load.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/testdata/plugins/test-plugin-late-escaping-errors/load.php
@@ -22,3 +22,7 @@
 $test = '<p><strong>Hello World!</strong></p>';
 
 echo $test;
+
+$dom = new DOMDocument();
+$dom->loadHTML( '<p><strong>Hello World!</strong></p>' );
+echo $dom->saveHtml();
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/testdata/plugins/test-plugin-prepared-sql-with-errors/load.php b/tests/phpunit/testdata/plugins/test-plugin-prepared-sql-with-errors/load.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a3c8e909c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/phpunit/testdata/plugins/test-plugin-prepared-sql-with-errors/load.php
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Plugin Name: Test Plugin DB Prepared Query with Errors
+ * Plugin URI: https://github.com/WordPress/plugin-check
+ * Requires at least: 6.0
+ * Requires PHP: 5.6
+ * Version: 1.0.0 Beta
+ * Author: WordPress Performance Team
+ * Author URI: https://make.wordpress.org/performance/
+ * License: GPLv2 or later
+ * License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
+ * Text Domain: test-plugin-check-prepared-sql
+ *
+ * @package test-plugin-check-prepared-sql
+ */
+
+global $wpdb;
+
+$query = 'SELECT * FROM wp_posts WHERE post_status = %s';
+$args  = array( 'publish' );
+
+$results = $wpdb->get_results(
+	$wpdb->prepare( $query, ...$args )
+);
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/Checker/Checks/Late_Escaping_Check_Tests.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/Checker/Checks/Late_Escaping_Check_Tests.php
index 0d4ff07c0..648ea5e2c 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/Checker/Checks/Late_Escaping_Check_Tests.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/Checker/Checks/Late_Escaping_Check_Tests.php
@@ -18,8 +18,10 @@ public function test_run_with_errors() {
 
 		$late_escape_check->run( $check_result );
 
-		$errors = $check_result->get_errors();
+		$errors   = $check_result->get_errors();
+		$warnings = $check_result->get_warnings();
 
+		// The original echo $test should still be an error.
 		$this->assertNotEmpty( $errors );
 		$this->assertArrayHasKey( 'load.php', $errors );
 		$this->assertEquals( 1, $check_result->get_error_count() );
@@ -29,6 +31,24 @@ public function test_run_with_errors() {
 		$this->assertArrayHasKey( 6, $errors['load.php'][24] );
 		$this->assertArrayHasKey( 'code', $errors['load.php'][24][6][0] );
 		$this->assertEquals( 'WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscaped', $errors['load.php'][24][6][0]['code'] );
+
+		// Verify saveHtml() false positive is downgraded to a warning.
+		$this->assertNotEmpty( $warnings );
+		$this->assertArrayHasKey( 'load.php', $warnings );
+
+		$found_save_html = false;
+		foreach ( $warnings['load.php'] as $line => $columns ) {
+			foreach ( $columns as $column => $messages ) {
+				foreach ( $messages as $message ) {
+					if ( 'WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscaped' === $message['code'] ) {
+						$found_save_html = true;
+						break 3;
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		$this->assertTrue( $found_save_html, 'saveHtml() should be a warning, not an error.' );
 	}
 
 	public function test_run_without_errors() {
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/Checker/Checks/Plugin_Review_PHPCS_Check_Tests.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/Checker/Checks/Plugin_Review_PHPCS_Check_Tests.php
index 0e0779dba..d8f7950d9 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/Checker/Checks/Plugin_Review_PHPCS_Check_Tests.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/Checker/Checks/Plugin_Review_PHPCS_Check_Tests.php
@@ -161,4 +161,48 @@ public function test_run_without_errors() {
 		$this->assertEquals( 0, $check_result->get_error_count() );
 		$this->assertEquals( 0, $check_result->get_warning_count() );
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Test for prepared SQL NotPrepared downgrade.
+	 *
+	 * Verifies WordPress.DB.PreparedSQL.NotPrepared is downgraded
+	 * from error to warning, reducing false positives.
+	 */
+	public function test_run_with_prepared_sql_errors() {
+		$plugin_review_phpcs_check = new Plugin_Review_PHPCS_Check();
+		$check_context             = new Check_Context( UNIT_TESTS_PLUGIN_DIR . 'test-plugin-prepared-sql-with-errors/load.php' );
+		$check_result              = new Check_Result( $check_context );
+
+		$plugin_review_phpcs_check->run( $check_result );
+
+		$errors   = $check_result->get_errors();
+		$warnings = $check_result->get_warnings();
+
+		$this->assertNotEmpty( $warnings );
+		$this->assertArrayHasKey( 'load.php', $warnings );
+
+		$found_not_prepared = false;
+		foreach ( $warnings['load.php'] as $line => $columns ) {
+			foreach ( $columns as $column => $messages ) {
+				foreach ( $messages as $message ) {
+					if ( 'WordPress.DB.PreparedSQL.NotPrepared' === $message['code'] ) {
+						$found_not_prepared = true;
+						break 3;
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		$this->assertTrue( $found_not_prepared, 'WordPress.DB.PreparedSQL.NotPrepared should be a warning.' );
+
+		if ( isset( $errors['load.php'] ) ) {
+			foreach ( $errors['load.php'] as $line => $columns ) {
+				foreach ( $columns as $column => $messages ) {
+					foreach ( $messages as $message ) {
+						$this->assertNotEquals( 'WordPress.DB.PreparedSQL.NotPrepared', $message['code'] );
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
 }