diff --git a/pkg/cmd/attestation/verify/attestation.go b/pkg/cmd/attestation/verify/attestation.go
index 55fcf1f7e..5774170d9 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/attestation/verify/attestation.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/attestation/verify/attestation.go
@@ -9,6 +9,16 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cli/cli/v2/pkg/cmd/attestation/verification"
 )
 
+func filterByPredicateType(predicateType string, attestations []*api.Attestation) ([]*api.Attestation, string, error) {
+	// Apply predicate type filter to returned attestations
+	filteredAttestations := verification.FilterAttestations(predicateType, attestations)
+	if len(filteredAttestations) == 0 {
+		msg := fmt.Sprintf("✗ No attestations found with predicate type: %s\n", predicateType)
+		return nil, msg, fmt.Errorf("no matching predicate found")
+	}
+	return filteredAttestations, "", nil
+}
+
 func getAttestations(o *Options, a artifact.DigestedArtifact) ([]*api.Attestation, string, error) {
 	if o.FetchAttestationsFromGitHubAPI() {
 		params := verification.FetchRemoteAttestationsParams{
@@ -33,18 +43,30 @@ func getAttestations(o *Options, a artifact.DigestedArtifact) ([]*api.Attestatio
 			msg := fmt.Sprintf("✗ Loading attestations from %s failed", a.URL)
 			return nil, msg, err
 		}
-		pluralAttestation := text.Pluralize(len(attestations), "attestation")
+
+		filtered, errMsg, err := filterByPredicateType(o.PredicateType, attestations)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, errMsg, err
+		}
+
+		pluralAttestation := text.Pluralize(len(filtered), "attestation")
 		msg := fmt.Sprintf("Loaded %s from %s", pluralAttestation, o.BundlePath)
-		return attestations, msg, nil
+		return filtered, msg, nil
 	} else if o.UseBundleFromRegistry {
 		attestations, err := verification.GetOCIAttestations(o.OCIClient, a)
 		if err != nil {
 			msg := "✗ Loading attestations from OCI registry failed"
 			return nil, msg, err
 		}
-		pluralAttestation := text.Pluralize(len(attestations), "attestation")
+
+		filtered, errMsg, err := filterByPredicateType(o.PredicateType, attestations)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, errMsg, err
+		}
+
+		pluralAttestation := text.Pluralize(len(filtered), "attestation")
 		msg := fmt.Sprintf("Loaded %s from %s", pluralAttestation, o.ArtifactPath)
-		return attestations, msg, nil
+		return filtered, msg, nil
 	}
 
 	return nil, "", fmt.Errorf("no valid attestation source provided")
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/attestation/verify/verify.go b/pkg/cmd/attestation/verify/verify.go
index 65ae8ca3e..1de4172b4 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/attestation/verify/verify.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/attestation/verify/verify.go
@@ -235,14 +235,6 @@ func runVerify(opts *Options) error {
 	// Print the message signifying success fetching attestations
 	opts.Logger.Println(logMsg)
 
-	// Apply predicate type filter to returned attestations
-	filteredAttestations := verification.FilterAttestations(ec.PredicateType, attestations)
-	if len(filteredAttestations) == 0 {
-		opts.Logger.Printf(opts.Logger.ColorScheme.Red("✗ No attestations found with predicate type: %s\n"), opts.PredicateType)
-		return fmt.Errorf("no matching predicate found")
-	}
-	attestations = filteredAttestations
-
 	// print information about the policy that will be enforced against attestations
 	opts.Logger.Println("\nThe following policy criteria will be enforced:")
 	opts.Logger.Println(ec.BuildPolicyInformation())