diff --git a/dcicutils/portal_utils.py b/dcicutils/portal_utils.py
index f93b0250b..005eb400a 100644
--- a/dcicutils/portal_utils.py
+++ b/dcicutils/portal_utils.py
@@ -407,6 +407,7 @@ def get_schema_subtype_names(self, type_name: str) -> List[str]:
 
     @function_cache(maxsize=100, serialize_key=True)
     def get_identifying_paths(self, portal_object: dict, portal_type: Optional[Union[str, dict]] = None,
+                              first_only: bool = False,
                               lookup_strategy: Optional[Union[Callable, bool]] = None) -> List[str]:
         """
         Returns the list of the identifying Portal (URL) paths for the given Portal object. Favors any uuid
@@ -467,7 +468,10 @@ def is_lookup_subtypes(lookup_options: int) -> bool:  # noqa
                 # And note the disction of just using /{uuid} here rather than /{type}/{uuid} as in the else
                 # statement below is not really necessary; just here for emphasis that this is all that's needed.
                 #
-                results.append(f"/{identifying_value}")
+                if first_only is True:
+                    results.append(f"/{portal_type}/{identifying_value}")
+                else:
+                    results.append(f"/{identifying_value}")
             elif isinstance(identifying_value, list):
                 for identifying_value_item in identifying_value:
                     if identifying_value_item:
@@ -497,12 +501,15 @@ def is_lookup_subtypes(lookup_options: int) -> bool:  # noqa
                 if is_lookup_subtypes(lookup_options):
                     for subtype_name in self.get_schema_subtype_names(portal_type):
                         results.append(f"/{subtype_name}/{identifying_value}")
+            if (first_only is True) and results:
+                return results
         return results
 
     @function_cache(maxsize=100, serialize_key=True)
     def get_identifying_path(self, portal_object: dict, portal_type: Optional[Union[str, dict]] = None,
                              lookup_strategy: Optional[Union[Callable, bool]] = None) -> Optional[str]:
-        if identifying_paths := self.get_identifying_paths(portal_object, portal_type, lookup_strategy):
+        if identifying_paths := self.get_identifying_paths(portal_object, portal_type, first_only=True,
+                                                           lookup_strategy=lookup_strategy):
             return identifying_paths[0]
         return None
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e0391f98a..c3c6bb584 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "dcicutils"
-version = "8.8.6.1b10"
+version = "8.8.6.1b11"
 description = "Utility package for interacting with the 4DN Data Portal and other 4DN resources"
 authors = ["4DN-DCIC Team <support@4dnucleome.org>"]
 license = "MIT"