diff --git a/.github/workflows/__diagnostics-without-db.yml b/.github/workflows/__diagnostics-without-db.yml
index 71c597d74..2122225a2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/__diagnostics-without-db.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/__diagnostics-without-db.yml
@@ -79,7 +79,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Analyze
         uses: ./analyze
         # In a real workflow, this step wouldn't run. Since we used `continue-on-error`
-        # above, we manually disable it with an `if` condition.
+        # above, we manually disable it with an `if` condition. Having this step is required
+        # for the init post-action because it checks the workflow definition for e.g. the
+        # `category` input. Without this step, that part of the init post-action would fail.
         if: false
         with:
           category: '/test-codeql-version:${{ matrix.version }}'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/__submit-sarif-failure.yml b/.github/workflows/__submit-sarif-failure.yml
index 099e93001..36f7be4eb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/__submit-sarif-failure.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/__submit-sarif-failure.yml
@@ -71,7 +71,9 @@ jobs:
         run: exit 1
       - uses: ./analyze
         # In a real workflow, this step wouldn't run. Since we used `continue-on-error`
-        # above, we manually disable it with an `if` condition.
+        # above, we manually disable it with an `if` condition. Having this step is required
+        # for the init post-action because it checks the workflow definition for e.g. the
+        # `category` input. Without this step, that part of the init post-action would fail.
         if: false
         with:
           category: '/test-codeql-version:${{ matrix.version }}'
diff --git a/pr-checks/checks/diagnostics-without-db.yml b/pr-checks/checks/diagnostics-without-db.yml
index e346a1cab..d15878cfc 100644
--- a/pr-checks/checks/diagnostics-without-db.yml
+++ b/pr-checks/checks/diagnostics-without-db.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ steps:
   - name: Analyze
     uses: ./analyze
     # In a real workflow, this step wouldn't run. Since we used `continue-on-error`
-    # above, we manually disable it with an `if` condition.
+    # above, we manually disable it with an `if` condition. Having this step is required
+    # for the init post-action because it checks the workflow definition for e.g. the
+    # `category` input. Without this step, that part of the init post-action would fail.
     if: false
     with:
       category: "/test-codeql-version:${{ matrix.version }}"
diff --git a/pr-checks/checks/submit-sarif-failure.yml b/pr-checks/checks/submit-sarif-failure.yml
index c33e1322f..ea156ca93 100644
--- a/pr-checks/checks/submit-sarif-failure.yml
+++ b/pr-checks/checks/submit-sarif-failure.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ steps:
     run: exit 1
   - uses: ./analyze
     # In a real workflow, this step wouldn't run. Since we used `continue-on-error`
-    # above, we manually disable it with an `if` condition.
+    # above, we manually disable it with an `if` condition. Having this step is required
+    # for the init post-action because it checks the workflow definition for e.g. the
+    # `category` input. Without this step, that part of the init post-action would fail.
     if: false
     with:
       category: "/test-codeql-version:${{ matrix.version }}"