diff --git a/src/wardline/scanner/rules/untrusted_to_deserialization.py b/src/wardline/scanner/rules/untrusted_to_deserialization.py
index 63cc4e5b..cae39031 100644
--- a/src/wardline/scanner/rules/untrusted_to_deserialization.py
+++ b/src/wardline/scanner/rules/untrusted_to_deserialization.py
@@ -127,8 +127,10 @@ def _has_literal_true_kw(call: ast.Call, name: str) -> bool:
         "@trusted(level='ASSURED')\ndef f(p):\n    blob = validate(read_raw(p))\n"
         "    obj = pickle.loads(blob)\n    return blob",
         # numpy.load without allow_pickle=True is safe by default (no object unpickling).
+        # We must not return its result directly to avoid a PY-WL-101 finding, as numpy.load
+        # is a serialization sink shedding validation provenance.
         "@external_boundary\ndef read_raw(p):\n    return p\n"
-        "@trusted(level='ASSURED')\ndef f(p):\n    return numpy.load(read_raw(p))",
+        "@trusted(level='ASSURED')\ndef f(p):\n    numpy.load(read_raw(p))\n    return 'safe'",
     ),
 )
 
diff --git a/src/wardline/scanner/taint/variable_level.py b/src/wardline/scanner/taint/variable_level.py
index a51a6989..2ef43473 100644
--- a/src/wardline/scanner/taint/variable_level.py
+++ b/src/wardline/scanner/taint/variable_level.py
@@ -67,6 +67,12 @@
         "tomllib.load",
         "tomli_w.dumps",
         "tomli_w.dump",
+        "dill.load",
+        "dill.loads",
+        "jsonpickle.decode",
+        "joblib.load",
+        "torch.load",
+        "numpy.load",
     }
 )