diff --git a/pkg/detectors/bitlyaccesstoken/bitlyaccesstoken.go b/pkg/detectors/bitlyaccesstoken/bitlyaccesstoken.go
index 4f80d46d9..acb2eec3c 100644
--- a/pkg/detectors/bitlyaccesstoken/bitlyaccesstoken.go
+++ b/pkg/detectors/bitlyaccesstoken/bitlyaccesstoken.go
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ package bitlyaccesstoken
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"net/http"
-	"strings"
 
 	regexp "github.com/wasilibs/go-re2"
 
@@ -35,29 +35,22 @@ func (s Scanner) Keywords() []string {
 func (s Scanner) FromData(ctx context.Context, verify bool, data []byte) (results []detectors.Result, err error) {
 	dataStr := string(data)
 
-	matches := keyPat.FindAllStringSubmatch(dataStr, -1)
+	var uniqueTokens = make(map[string]struct{})
 
-	for _, match := range matches {
-		resMatch := strings.TrimSpace(match[1])
+	for _, matches := range keyPat.FindAllStringSubmatch(dataStr, -1) {
+		uniqueTokens[matches[1]] = struct{}{}
+	}
 
+	for token := range uniqueTokens {
 		s1 := detectors.Result{
 			DetectorType: detectorspb.DetectorType_BitLyAccessToken,
-			Raw:          []byte(resMatch),
+			Raw:          []byte(token),
 		}
 
 		if verify {
-			req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, "GET", "https://api-ssl.bitly.com/v4/user", nil)
-			if err != nil {
-				continue
-			}
-			req.Header.Add("Authorization", fmt.Sprintf("Bearer %s", resMatch))
-			res, err := client.Do(req)
-			if err == nil {
-				defer res.Body.Close()
-				if res.StatusCode >= 200 && res.StatusCode < 300 {
-					s1.Verified = true
-				}
-			}
+			isVerified, verificationErr := verifyBitlyAccessToken(ctx, client, token)
+			s1.Verified = isVerified
+			s1.SetVerificationError(verificationErr)
 		}
 
 		results = append(results, s1)
@@ -73,3 +66,31 @@ func (s Scanner) Type() detectorspb.DetectorType {
 func (s Scanner) Description() string {
 	return "Bitly is a URL shortening service. Bitly access tokens can be used to interact with the Bitly API, allowing users to create, manage, and track shortened URLs."
 }
+
+func verifyBitlyAccessToken(ctx context.Context, client *http.Client, token string) (bool, error) {
+	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodGet, "https://api-ssl.bitly.com/v4/user", nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	req.Header.Add("Authorization", fmt.Sprintf("Bearer %s", token))
+
+	resp, err := client.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	defer func() {
+		_, _ = io.Copy(io.Discard, resp.Body)
+		_ = resp.Body.Close()
+	}()
+
+	switch resp.StatusCode {
+	case http.StatusOK:
+		return true, nil
+	case http.StatusUnauthorized, http.StatusForbidden:
+		return false, nil
+	default:
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("unexpected status code: %d", resp.StatusCode)
+	}
+}