diff --git a/packages/lint/src/rules/gsap.test.ts b/packages/lint/src/rules/gsap.test.ts
index 17779e5435..e51353c21d 100644
--- a/packages/lint/src/rules/gsap.test.ts
+++ b/packages/lint/src/rules/gsap.test.ts
@@ -3721,6 +3721,43 @@ describe("SVG draw-on rules", () => {
     expect(finding).toBeUndefined();
   });
 
+  describe("gsap_fullscreen_overlay_starts_visible — a scene child hidden through a scoped query", () => {
+    const scene = (hide: string) => `
+<html><body>
+  <div data-composition-id="scene" data-width="1920" data-height="1080">
+    <div class="ov" style="position:absolute;inset:0;background:#fff"></div>
+  </div>
+  <script>
+    window.__timelines = window.__timelines || {};
+    const root = document.querySelector('[data-composition-id="scene"]');
+    ${hide}
+    const tl = gsap.timeline({ paused: true });
+    tl.to(".ov", { opacity: 1, duration: 0.5 }, 1).to(".ov", { opacity: 0, duration: 0.5 }, 3);
+    window.__timelines["scene"] = tl;
+  </script>
+</body></html>`;
+    const flagged = async (html: string) =>
+      (await lintHyperframeHtml(html)).findings.some(
+        (f) => f.code === "gsap_fullscreen_overlay_starts_visible",
+      );
+
+    it("accepts gsap.set on a querySelector call with a literal selector", async () => {
+      expect(await flagged(scene('gsap.set(root.querySelector(".ov"), { opacity: 0 });'))).toBe(
+        false,
+      );
+    });
+
+    it("accepts gsap.set on a variable bound to a querySelector call", async () => {
+      expect(
+        await flagged(scene('const ov = root.querySelector(".ov"); gsap.set(ov, { opacity: 0 });')),
+      ).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it("still flags an overlay nothing hides at zero", async () => {
+      expect(await flagged(scene(""))).toBe(true);
+    });
+  });
+
   describe("gsap_fullscreen_overlay_starts_visible — the from() shape is not a defect", () => {
     const overlay = (style: string, script: string) => `
 <html><body>
diff --git a/packages/lint/src/rules/gsap.ts b/packages/lint/src/rules/gsap.ts
index d0611c9413..2471f4de36 100644
--- a/packages/lint/src/rules/gsap.ts
+++ b/packages/lint/src/rules/gsap.ts
@@ -253,7 +253,10 @@ function hiddenSetTargetSelectors(target: string, aliases: Map<string, string>):
   return parts
     .flatMap((part) => {
       const trimmed = part.trim();
-      const resolved = /^(["'`])([^"'`]+)\1$/.exec(trimmed)?.[2] ?? aliases.get(trimmed);
+      const resolved =
+        /^(["'`])([^"'`]+)\1$/.exec(trimmed)?.[2] ??
+        /^[\w$.]+\.querySelector(?:All)?\(\s*(["'`])([^"'`]+)\1\s*\)$/.exec(trimmed)?.[2] ??
+        aliases.get(trimmed);
       return resolved === undefined ? [] : resolved.split(",");
     })
     .map((selector) => selector.trim())
@@ -270,8 +273,13 @@ function extractStandaloneHiddenSelectors(script: string): Set<string> {
   )) {
     aliases.set(match[1] ?? "", match[3] ?? "");
   }
+  for (const match of source.matchAll(
+    /(?:const|let|var)\s+([A-Za-z_$][\w$]*)\s*=\s*[\w$.]+\.querySelector(?:All)?\(\s*(["'`])([^"'`]+)\2\s*\)\s*;/g,
+  )) {
+    aliases.set(match[1] ?? "", match[3] ?? "");
+  }
   const pattern =
-    /gsap\.set\s*\(\s*(\[[^[\]]*\]|"[^"]*"|'[^']*'|`[^`]*`|[^,()[\]]+?)\s*,\s*\{([\s\S]*?)\}\s*\)/g;
+    /gsap\.set\s*\(\s*(\[[^[\]]*\]|"[^"]*"|'[^']*'|`[^`]*`|[\w$.]+\.querySelector(?:All)?\(\s*(?:"[^"]*"|'[^']*'|`[^`]*`)\s*\)|[^,()[\]]+?)\s*,\s*\{([\s\S]*?)\}\s*\)/g;
   let match: RegExpExecArray | null;
   while ((match = pattern.exec(source)) !== null) {
     // Skip callback/handler bodies; keep IIFEs (they run at parse time).