diff --git a/pkg/engine/defaults.go b/pkg/engine/defaults.go
index e592e206b783..7bebe8197f63 100644
--- a/pkg/engine/defaults.go
+++ b/pkg/engine/defaults.go
@@ -806,7 +806,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func DefaultDetectors() []detectors.Detector {
-	return []detectors.Detector{
+	detectorList := []detectors.Detector{
 		&heroku.Scanner{},
 		&pypi.Scanner{},
 		&linearapi.Scanner{},
@@ -1635,6 +1635,23 @@ func DefaultDetectors() []detectors.Detector {
 		nvapi.Scanner{},
 		railwayapp.Scanner{},
 	}
+
+	// Automatically initialize all detectors that implement
+	// EndpointCustomizer and/or CloudProvider interfaces.
+	for _, d := range detectorList {
+		customizer, ok := d.(detectors.EndpointCustomizer)
+		if !ok {
+			continue
+		}
+		// Default to always use the cloud endpoints (if available) and the found endpoints.
+		customizer.UseFoundEndpoints(true)
+		customizer.UseCloudEndpoint(true)
+		if cloudProvider, ok := d.(detectors.CloudProvider); ok {
+			customizer.SetCloudEndpoint(cloudProvider.CloudEndpoint())
+		}
+	}
+
+	return detectorList
 }
 
 func DefaultDetectorTypesImplementing[T any]() map[detectorspb.DetectorType]struct{} {
diff --git a/pkg/engine/engine.go b/pkg/engine/engine.go
index 289d7acdee66..454330d52d52 100644
--- a/pkg/engine/engine.go
+++ b/pkg/engine/engine.go
@@ -267,21 +267,6 @@ func NewEngine(ctx context.Context, cfg *Config) (*Engine, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-
-	// Abuse filters to initialize endpoint customizer detectors.
-	filters = append(filters, func(d detectors.Detector) bool {
-		customizer, ok := d.(detectors.EndpointCustomizer)
-		if !ok {
-			return true
-		}
-		customizer.UseFoundEndpoints(true)
-		customizer.UseCloudEndpoint(true)
-		if cloudProvider, ok := d.(detectors.CloudProvider); ok {
-			customizer.SetCloudEndpoint(cloudProvider.CloudEndpoint())
-		}
-		return true
-	})
-
 	if len(detectorsWithCustomVerifierEndpoints) > 0 {
 		filters = append(filters, func(d detectors.Detector) bool {
 			urls, ok := getWithDetectorID(d, detectorsWithCustomVerifierEndpoints)
@@ -293,20 +278,15 @@ func NewEngine(ctx context.Context, cfg *Config) (*Engine, error) {
 				return false
 			}
 
-			if !cfg.CustomVerifiersOnly || len(urls) == 0 {
-				customizer.UseFoundEndpoints(true)
-				customizer.UseCloudEndpoint(true)
+			if cfg.CustomVerifiersOnly && len(urls) > 0 {
+				customizer.UseCloudEndpoint(false)
+				customizer.UseFoundEndpoints(false)
 			}
 
 			if err := customizer.SetConfiguredEndpoints(urls...); err != nil {
 				return false
 			}
 
-			cloudProvider, ok := d.(detectors.CloudProvider)
-			if ok {
-				customizer.SetCloudEndpoint(cloudProvider.CloudEndpoint())
-			}
-
 			return true
 		})
 	}