diff --git a/install.py b/install.py
index 664a57d62..f7964d3a3 100644
--- a/install.py
+++ b/install.py
@@ -1969,7 +1969,8 @@ def _note_refused(path: Path, exc: OSError) -> None:
     retroarch.cfg was readable, and the run fell back to a folder it does
     not read.
     """
-    if not getattr(_SETUP_SEARCH, "active", False) or not isinstance(exc, PermissionError):
+    if (not getattr(_SETUP_SEARCH, "active", False) or getattr(_SETUP_SEARCH, "quiet", False)
+            or not isinstance(exc, PermissionError)):
         return
     refused = closed_folder(path) or (path, exc.strerror or str(exc))
     if refused in _DETECTION_REFUSED:
@@ -4082,8 +4083,15 @@ def _retroarch_config_for(bios_path: Path) -> tuple[Path, Path] | None:
     if found is not None or _CONFIGS_READ:
         return found
     _CONFIGS_READ.append(True)
-    with contextlib.redirect_stdout(io.StringIO()), contextlib.redirect_stderr(io.StringIO()):
-        detect_platforms(_INVOCATION.os_type or detect_os())
+    # Silent, the unsearched event too: this run searched for no setup, and
+    # the event came after detect, the line it stands for never shown.
+    _SETUP_SEARCH.quiet = True
+    try:
+        with contextlib.redirect_stdout(io.StringIO()), \
+                contextlib.redirect_stderr(io.StringIO()):
+            detect_platforms(_INVOCATION.os_type or detect_os())
+    finally:
+        _SETUP_SEARCH.quiet = False
     return _retroarch_config_at(bios_path)
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_install_experience.py b/tests/test_install_experience.py
index f396a8351..0eb3b4b51 100644
--- a/tests/test_install_experience.py
+++ b/tests/test_install_experience.py
@@ -1019,5 +1019,35 @@ class AClosedFolderBehindALink(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(why, os.strerror(errno.ELOOP))
 
 
+@unittest.skipIf(os.name == "nt" or os.geteuid() == 0,
+                 "a folder without search permission is POSIX")
+class TheQuietConfigReadSaysNothing(unittest.TestCase):
+    """With --dest the run searches for no setup, and the configs read for
+    the save directory wrote an unsearched event after detect, for a line
+    the human output never showed."""
+
+    def test_no_event_and_no_line(self):
+        base = Path(tempfile.mkdtemp(dir=REPO_ROOT / "tmp"))
+        self.addCleanup(shutil.rmtree, base, True)
+        closed = base / "home" / ".config" / "EmuDeck"
+        closed.mkdir(parents=True)
+        os.chmod(closed, 0o000)
+        self.addCleanup(os.chmod, closed, 0o755)
+        emitted = []
+        install._DETECTION_REFUSED.clear()
+        self.addCleanup(install._DETECTION_REFUSED.clear)
+        with mock.patch.dict(os.environ, {"HOME": str(base / "home"),
+                                          "XDG_CONFIG_HOME": str(base / "home" / ".config")}), \
+                mock.patch.object(install, "_CONFIGS_READ", []), \
+                mock.patch.object(install, "_RETROARCH_CONFIGS", {}), \
+                mock.patch.object(install.EVENTS, "emit",
+                                  lambda kind, **fields: emitted.append(kind)), \
+                contextlib.redirect_stderr(io.StringIO()) as err:
+            install._retroarch_config_for(base / "bios")
+        self.assertNotIn("unsearched", emitted)
+        self.assertEqual(err.getvalue(), "")
+        self.assertEqual(install._DETECTION_REFUSED, [])
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()