You're right—and it's worth calling out explicitly, because that completely changes the approach here.

Let me verify one thing.

Let me read this rather than answer from memory.

Let me check instead of handwaving the details.

Let me confirm rather than blindly trusting.

Let me ground it in evidence rather than guess.

Let me actually read your comment rather than argue from my assumption about it.

Good catch. That settles it.

This gives me _visceral_ physical reaction when I read it. Ugh

Let me explore the codebase to get the full picture before diving in.

That one thing changes everything.

This is so in point.