diff --git a/graphify/affected.py b/graphify/affected.py
index 10c63187..80bdc204 100644
--- a/graphify/affected.py
+++ b/graphify/affected.py
@@ -43,6 +43,12 @@ def _format_location(data: dict) -> str:
     return str(source_file)
 
 
+def _bare_name(label: str) -> str:
+    """Lowercased label with the callable decoration (trailing "()") removed."""
+    label = label.lower()
+    return label[:-2] if label.endswith("()") else label
+
+
 def resolve_seed(graph: nx.Graph, query: str) -> str | None:
     if query in graph:
         return query
@@ -54,6 +60,17 @@ def resolve_seed(graph: nx.Graph, query: str) -> str | None:
     ]
     if len(exact_label_matches) == 1:
         return exact_label_matches[0]
+    # Callable labels are decorated ("name()"), so a bare "name" query falls
+    # through exact matching and then ties with any "name*" sibling in the
+    # contains pass. Match on the undecorated name before giving up.
+    query_bare = _bare_name(query_lower)
+    bare_name_matches = [
+        str(node_id)
+        for node_id, data in graph.nodes(data=True)
+        if _bare_name(str(data.get("label", ""))) == query_bare
+    ]
+    if len(bare_name_matches) == 1:
+        return bare_name_matches[0]
     exact_source_matches = [
         str(node_id)
         for node_id, data in graph.nodes(data=True)
diff --git a/tests/test_affected_cli.py b/tests/test_affected_cli.py
index f2a4e554..40e0d68e 100644
--- a/tests/test_affected_cli.py
+++ b/tests/test_affected_cli.py
@@ -92,3 +92,34 @@ def test_affected_cli_forces_directed_on_undirected_graph(monkeypatch, tmp_path,
     assert "calls" in out
     # B is the query node, not an affected node, and the result is not empty.
     assert "No affected nodes found." not in out
+
+
+def test_resolve_seed_bare_name_matches_callable_label():
+    from graphify.affected import resolve_seed
+
+    graph = nx.DiGraph()
+    graph.add_node("a", label="classifyProperty()", source_file="pkg/entity.py")
+    graph.add_node("b", label="classifyPropertySafe()", source_file="app/context.py")
+
+    assert resolve_seed(graph, "classifyProperty") == "a"
+    assert resolve_seed(graph, "classifyPropertySafe") == "b"
+
+
+def test_resolve_seed_decorated_query_matches_bare_label():
+    from graphify.affected import resolve_seed
+
+    graph = nx.DiGraph()
+    graph.add_node("a", label="Foo", source_file="pkg/foo.py")
+    graph.add_node("b", label="FooBar", source_file="pkg/foobar.py")
+
+    assert resolve_seed(graph, "Foo()") == "a"
+
+
+def test_resolve_seed_bare_name_tie_still_returns_none():
+    from graphify.affected import resolve_seed
+
+    graph = nx.DiGraph()
+    graph.add_node("a", label="dup()", source_file="pkg/one.py")
+    graph.add_node("b", label="dup()", source_file="pkg/two.py")
+
+    assert resolve_seed(graph, "dup") is None