diff --git a/lib/analyze-action.js b/lib/analyze-action.js
index a781dbc41..9f00316aa 100644
--- a/lib/analyze-action.js
+++ b/lib/analyze-action.js
@@ -91623,6 +91623,12 @@ function isCodeScanningEnabled(config) {
 function isCodeQualityEnabled(config) {
   return config.analysisKinds.includes("code-quality" /* CodeQuality */);
 }
+function getDbAnalysisKind(config) {
+  return isCodeScanningEnabled(config) ? "code-scanning" /* CodeScanning */ : "code-quality" /* CodeQuality */;
+}
+function getDbAnalysisConfig(config) {
+  return getDbAnalysisKind(config) === "code-scanning" /* CodeScanning */ ? CodeScanning : CodeQuality;
+}
 
 // src/setup-codeql.ts
 var fs12 = __toESM(require("fs"));
@@ -93579,6 +93585,9 @@ function resolveQuerySuiteAlias(language, maybeSuite) {
   }
   return maybeSuite;
 }
+function addSarifExtension(analysis, base) {
+  return `${base}.${analysis.sarifExtension}`;
+}
 async function runQueries(sarifFolder, memoryFlag, addSnippetsFlag, threadsFlag, diffRangePackDir, automationDetailsId, codeql, config, logger, features) {
   const statusReport = {};
   const queryFlags = [memoryFlag, threadsFlag];
@@ -93598,9 +93607,13 @@ async function runQueries(sarifFolder, memoryFlag, addSnippetsFlag, threadsFlag,
     incrementalMode.push("overlay");
   }
   const sarifRunPropertyFlag = incrementalMode.length > 0 ? `--sarif-run-property=incrementalMode=${incrementalMode.join(",")}` : void 0;
+  const dbAnalysisConfig = getDbAnalysisConfig(config);
   for (const language of config.languages) {
     try {
-      const sarifFile = isCodeScanningEnabled(config) ? path16.join(sarifFolder, `${language}.sarif`) : path16.join(sarifFolder, `${language}.quality.sarif`);
+      const sarifFile = path16.join(
+        sarifFolder,
+        addSarifExtension(dbAnalysisConfig, language)
+      );
       const queries = [];
       if (isCodeQualityEnabled(config) && isCodeScanningEnabled(config)) {
         queries.push(getGeneratedSuitePath(config, language));
@@ -93617,7 +93630,9 @@ async function runQueries(sarifFolder, memoryFlag, addSnippetsFlag, threadsFlag,
       const startTimeInterpretResults = /* @__PURE__ */ new Date();
       let analysisSummary;
       if (isCodeScanningEnabled(config) || isCodeQualityEnabled(config)) {
-        logger.startGroup(`Interpreting results for ${language}`);
+        logger.startGroup(
+          `Interpreting ${dbAnalysisConfig.name} results for ${language}`
+        );
         let category = automationDetailsId;
         if (isCodeQualityEnabled(config)) {
           category = fixCodeQualityCategory(logger, automationDetailsId);
@@ -93632,14 +93647,16 @@ async function runQueries(sarifFolder, memoryFlag, addSnippetsFlag, threadsFlag,
       }
       let qualityAnalysisSummary;
       if (isCodeQualityEnabled(config) && isCodeScanningEnabled(config)) {
-        logger.info(`Interpreting quality results for ${language}`);
+        logger.info(
+          `Interpreting ${CodeQuality.name} results for ${language}`
+        );
         const qualityCategory = fixCodeQualityCategory(
           logger,
           automationDetailsId
         );
         const qualitySarifFile = path16.join(
           sarifFolder,
-          `${language}.quality.sarif`
+          addSarifExtension(CodeQuality, language)
         );
         qualityAnalysisSummary = await runInterpretResults(
           language,
diff --git a/src/analyze.ts b/src/analyze.ts
index 82f470d01..ef15d0883 100644
--- a/src/analyze.ts
+++ b/src/analyze.ts
@@ -608,6 +608,16 @@ export function resolveQuerySuiteAlias(
   return maybeSuite;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Adds the appropriate file extension for the given analysis configuration to the given base filename.
+ */
+export function addSarifExtension(
+  analysis: analyses.AnalysisConfig,
+  base: string,
+): string {
+  return `${base}.${analysis.sarifExtension}`;
+}
+
 // Runs queries and creates sarif files in the given folder
 export async function runQueries(
   sarifFolder: string,
@@ -650,13 +660,16 @@ export async function runQueries(
       ? `--sarif-run-property=incrementalMode=${incrementalMode.join(",")}`
       : undefined;
 
+  const dbAnalysisConfig = configUtils.getDbAnalysisConfig(config);
+
   for (const language of config.languages) {
     try {
       // If Code Scanning is enabled, then the main SARIF file is always the Code Scanning one.
       // Otherwise, only Code Quality is enabled, and the main SARIF file is the Code Quality one.
-      const sarifFile = configUtils.isCodeScanningEnabled(config)
-        ? path.join(sarifFolder, `${language}.sarif`)
-        : path.join(sarifFolder, `${language}.quality.sarif`);
+      const sarifFile = path.join(
+        sarifFolder,
+        addSarifExtension(dbAnalysisConfig, language),
+      );
 
       // This should be empty to run only the query suite that was generated when
       // the database was initialised.
@@ -701,7 +714,9 @@ export async function runQueries(
         configUtils.isCodeScanningEnabled(config) ||
         configUtils.isCodeQualityEnabled(config)
       ) {
-        logger.startGroup(`Interpreting results for ${language}`);
+        logger.startGroup(
+          `Interpreting ${dbAnalysisConfig.name} results for ${language}`,
+        );
 
         // If this is a Code Quality analysis, correct the category to one
         // accepted by the Code Quality backend.
@@ -728,14 +743,16 @@ export async function runQueries(
         configUtils.isCodeQualityEnabled(config) &&
         configUtils.isCodeScanningEnabled(config)
       ) {
-        logger.info(`Interpreting quality results for ${language}`);
+        logger.info(
+          `Interpreting ${analyses.CodeQuality.name} results for ${language}`,
+        );
         const qualityCategory = fixCodeQualityCategory(
           logger,
           automationDetailsId,
         );
         const qualitySarifFile = path.join(
           sarifFolder,
-          `${language}.quality.sarif`,
+          addSarifExtension(analyses.CodeQuality, language),
         );
         qualityAnalysisSummary = await runInterpretResults(
           language,
diff --git a/src/config-utils.ts b/src/config-utils.ts
index d751149db..0fcc87bd6 100644
--- a/src/config-utils.ts
+++ b/src/config-utils.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,13 @@ import * as yaml from "js-yaml";
 import * as semver from "semver";
 
 import { isAnalyzingPullRequest } from "./actions-util";
-import { AnalysisKind, parseAnalysisKinds } from "./analyses";
+import {
+  AnalysisConfig,
+  AnalysisKind,
+  CodeQuality,
+  CodeScanning,
+  parseAnalysisKinds,
+} from "./analyses";
 import * as api from "./api-client";
 import { CachingKind, getCachingKind } from "./caching-utils";
 import { type CodeQL } from "./codeql";
@@ -1522,3 +1528,28 @@ export function isCodeScanningEnabled(config: Config): boolean {
 export function isCodeQualityEnabled(config: Config): boolean {
   return config.analysisKinds.includes(AnalysisKind.CodeQuality);
 }
+
+/**
+ * Returns the analysis kind for which the database is initialised. This is
+ * always `AnalysisKind.CodeScanning` unless `AnalysisKind.CodeScanning` is not enabled.
+ *
+ * @returns Returns `AnalysisKind.CodeScanning` if `AnalysisKind.CodeScanning` is enabled;
+ * otherwise `AnalysisKind.CodeQuality`.
+ */
+export function getDbAnalysisKind(config: Config): AnalysisKind {
+  return isCodeScanningEnabled(config)
+    ? AnalysisKind.CodeScanning
+    : AnalysisKind.CodeQuality;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Returns the analysis configuration for which the database is initialised. This is
+ * always `CodeScanning` unless `CodeScanning` is not enabled.
+ *
+ * @returns Returns `CodeScanning` if `AnalysisKind.CodeScanning` is enabled; otherwise `CodeQuality`.
+ */
+export function getDbAnalysisConfig(config: Config): AnalysisConfig {
+  return getDbAnalysisKind(config) === AnalysisKind.CodeScanning
+    ? CodeScanning
+    : CodeQuality;
+}