diff --git a/pkg/config/detectors.go b/pkg/config/detectors.go
index 6ee31c61b42e..8fc9f71ee5aa 100644
--- a/pkg/config/detectors.go
+++ b/pkg/config/detectors.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/v3/pkg/detectors"
 	dpb "github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/v3/pkg/pb/detectorspb"
 )
 
@@ -36,6 +37,17 @@ type DetectorID struct {
 	Version int
 }
 
+func GetDetectorID(d detectors.Detector) DetectorID {
+	var version int
+	if v, ok := d.(detectors.Versioner); ok {
+		version = v.Version()
+	}
+	return DetectorID{
+		ID:      d.Type(),
+		Version: version,
+	}
+}
+
 // ParseDetectors parses user supplied string into a list of detectors types.
 // "all" will return the list of all available detectors. The input is comma
 // separated and may use the case-insensitive detector name defined in the
diff --git a/pkg/engine/engine.go b/pkg/engine/engine.go
index 1603a01f4ec5..99cabf1312b6 100644
--- a/pkg/engine/engine.go
+++ b/pkg/engine/engine.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"google.golang.org/protobuf/proto"
 
 	"github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/v3/pkg/common"
+	"github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/v3/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/v3/pkg/context"
 	"github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/v3/pkg/decoders"
 	"github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/v3/pkg/detectors"
@@ -149,13 +150,28 @@ func Start(ctx context.Context, options ...EngineOption) *Engine {
 	})
 	e.prefilter = builder.Build(keywords)
 
-	ctx.Logger().V(2).Info("loaded decoders", "count", len(e.decoders))
-	ctx.Logger().V(2).Info("loaded detectors",
+	ctx.Logger().Info("loaded decoders", "count", len(e.decoders))
+	ctx.Logger().Info("loaded detectors",
 		"total", len(e.detectors[true])+len(e.detectors[false]),
 		"verification_enabled", len(e.detectors[true]),
 		"verification_disabled", len(e.detectors[false]),
 	)
 
+	// Sanity check detectors for duplicate configuration. Only log in case
+	// a detector has been configured in a way that isn't represented by
+	// the DetectorID (type and version).
+	{
+		dets := append(e.detectors[true], e.detectors[false]...)
+		seenDetectors := make(map[config.DetectorID]struct{}, len(dets))
+		for _, det := range dets {
+			id := config.GetDetectorID(det)
+			if _, ok := seenDetectors[id]; ok {
+				ctx.Logger().Info("possible duplicate detector configured", "detector", id)
+			}
+			seenDetectors[id] = struct{}{}
+		}
+	}
+
 	// Start the workers.
 	for i := 0; i < e.concurrency; i++ {
 		e.workersWg.Add(1)