diff --git a/pkg/sources/errors.go b/pkg/sources/errors.go
index 57f5964f3604..3933a7f0ba68 100644
--- a/pkg/sources/errors.go
+++ b/pkg/sources/errors.go
@@ -57,3 +57,20 @@ func (s *ScanErrors) Errors() error {
 	defer s.mu.RUnlock()
 	return errors.Join(s.errors...)
 }
+
+// TargetedScanError is an error with a secret ID attached. Collections of them can be returned by targeted scans that
+// scan multiple targets in order to associate individual errors with individual scan targets.
+type TargetedScanError struct {
+	Err      error
+	SecretID int64
+}
+
+var _ error = (*TargetedScanError)(nil)
+
+func (t TargetedScanError) Error() string {
+	return t.Err.Error()
+}
+
+func (t TargetedScanError) Unwrap() error {
+	return t.Err
+}
diff --git a/pkg/sources/github/github.go b/pkg/sources/github/github.go
index acffdec1b9bf..043ab145920a 100644
--- a/pkg/sources/github/github.go
+++ b/pkg/sources/github/github.go
@@ -361,7 +361,8 @@ func (s *Source) Chunks(ctx context.Context, chunksChan chan *sources.Chunk, tar
 	// Otherwise, we're scanning all data.
 	// This allows us to only scan the commit where a vulnerability was found.
 	if len(targets) > 0 {
-		return s.scanTargets(ctx, targets, chunksChan)
+		errs := s.scanTargets(ctx, targets, chunksChan)
+		return errors.Join(errs...)
 	}
 
 	// Reset consumption and rate limit metrics on each run.
@@ -1514,14 +1515,16 @@ func (s *Source) chunkPullRequestComments(ctx context.Context, repoInfo repoInfo
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (s *Source) scanTargets(ctx context.Context, targets []sources.ChunkingTarget, chunksChan chan *sources.Chunk) error {
+func (s *Source) scanTargets(ctx context.Context, targets []sources.ChunkingTarget, chunksChan chan *sources.Chunk) []error {
+	var errs []error
 	for _, tgt := range targets {
 		if err := s.scanTarget(ctx, tgt, chunksChan); err != nil {
 			ctx.Logger().Error(err, "error scanning target")
+			errs = append(errs, &sources.TargetedScanError{Err: err, SecretID: tgt.SecretID})
 		}
 	}
 
-	return nil
+	return errs
 }
 
 func (s *Source) scanTarget(ctx context.Context, target sources.ChunkingTarget, chunksChan chan *sources.Chunk) error {
diff --git a/pkg/sources/github/github_test.go b/pkg/sources/github/github_test.go
index 2e777eb0843a..41e5e3d8cc43 100644
--- a/pkg/sources/github/github_test.go
+++ b/pkg/sources/github/github_test.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"crypto/rsa"
 	"crypto/x509"
 	"encoding/pem"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
 	"github.com/google/go-github/v62/github"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/v3/pkg/sources"
 	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
 	"google.golang.org/protobuf/types/known/anypb"
 	"gopkg.in/h2non/gock.v1"
@@ -844,3 +846,29 @@ func TestGetGistID(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, tt.expected, got)
 	}
 }
+
+// This isn't really a GitHub test, but GitHub is the only source that supports scan targeting right now, so this is
+// where I've put this targeted scan test.
+func Test_ScanMultipleTargets_MultipleErrors(t *testing.T) {
+	s := &Source{conn: &sourcespb.GitHub{}} // This test doesn't require initialization
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	chunksChan := make(chan *sources.Chunk)
+
+	targets := []sources.ChunkingTarget{
+		{SecretID: 1},
+		{SecretID: 2},
+	}
+
+	// The specific error text doesn't matter for the test, but it has to match what the source generates
+	want := []*sources.TargetedScanError{
+		{SecretID: 1, Err: errors.New("unable to cast metadata type for targeted scan")},
+		{SecretID: 2, Err: errors.New("unable to cast metadata type for targeted scan")},
+	}
+
+	err := s.Chunks(ctx, chunksChan, targets...)
+	unwrappable, ok := err.(interface{ Unwrap() []error })
+	if assert.True(t, ok, "returned error was not unwrappable") {
+		got := unwrappable.Unwrap()
+		assert.ElementsMatch(t, got, want)
+	}
+}