diff --git a/gitnexus/hooks/opencode/gitnexus-plugin.js b/gitnexus/hooks/opencode/gitnexus-plugin.js
index 51791f72a..baa9aa7cd 100644
--- a/gitnexus/hooks/opencode/gitnexus-plugin.js
+++ b/gitnexus/hooks/opencode/gitnexus-plugin.js
@@ -79,9 +79,16 @@ export function extractAugmentContext(stderr) {
   return output.slice(marker).trim();
 }
 
+/**
+ * rg/grep flags whose following argv token IS the search pattern
+ * (`rg -e foo file.ts`, `grep --regexp foo .`). They must not be lumped in
+ * with value-consuming flags — skipping the value would augment on the
+ * filename instead of the search.
+ */
+const PATTERN_FLAGS = new Set(['-e', '--regexp', '--expression']);
+
 /** Flags of rg/grep that consume the following argv token as a value. */
 const FLAGS_WITH_VALUES = new Set([
-  '-e',
   '-f',
   '-m',
   '-A',
@@ -103,18 +110,25 @@ export function extractBashSearchPattern(command) {
   if (typeof command !== 'string' || !/\brg\b|\bgrep\b/.test(command)) return null;
   const tokens = command.split(/\s+/);
   let foundCmd = false;
-  let skipNext = false;
+  // 'skip' = drop the next token (flag value); 'pattern' = take it as the search.
+  let pending = null;
   for (const token of tokens) {
-    if (skipNext) {
-      skipNext = false;
+    if (pending === 'skip') {
+      pending = null;
       continue;
     }
+    if (pending === 'pattern') {
+      pending = null;
+      const cleaned = token.replace(/['"]/g, '');
+      return cleaned.length >= 3 ? cleaned : null;
+    }
     if (!foundCmd) {
       if (/\brg$|\bgrep$/.test(token)) foundCmd = true;
       continue;
     }
     if (token.startsWith('-')) {
-      if (FLAGS_WITH_VALUES.has(token)) skipNext = true;
+      if (PATTERN_FLAGS.has(token)) pending = 'pattern';
+      else if (FLAGS_WITH_VALUES.has(token)) pending = 'skip';
       continue;
     }
     const cleaned = token.replace(/['"]/g, '');
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/cli/uninstall.ts b/gitnexus/src/cli/uninstall.ts
index 9e99b105e..1b076cbe7 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/cli/uninstall.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/cli/uninstall.ts
@@ -205,8 +205,11 @@ async function removeFile(filePath: string, dryRun: boolean): Promise<boolean> {
   try {
     const stat = await fs.stat(filePath);
     if (!stat.isFile()) return false;
-  } catch {
-    return false;
+  } catch (err) {
+    // Only "not there" is a clean no-op; anything else (EACCES, EIO, ...)
+    // must surface — the caller records it in result.errors.
+    if (isEnoent(err)) return false;
+    throw err;
   }
   if (!dryRun) await fs.rm(filePath, { force: true });
   return true;
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/unit/opencode-plugin.test.ts b/gitnexus/test/unit/opencode-plugin.test.ts
index b6ece5dba..31b3d380a 100644
--- a/gitnexus/test/unit/opencode-plugin.test.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/test/unit/opencode-plugin.test.ts
@@ -72,6 +72,14 @@ describe('extractBashSearchPattern', () => {
     expect(extractBashSearchPattern('grep -r UserService .')).toBe('UserService');
   });
 
+  it('treats -e/--regexp/--expression as the pattern itself, not a value to skip', () => {
+    expect(extractBashSearchPattern('rg -e UserService .')).toBe('UserService');
+    expect(extractBashSearchPattern('grep -e UserService file.ts')).toBe('UserService');
+    expect(extractBashSearchPattern('rg --regexp UserService .')).toBe('UserService');
+    // The pattern flag must still win over a following positional filename.
+    expect(extractBashSearchPattern('rg -n -e UserService setup.ts')).toBe('UserService');
+  });
+
   it('rejects short tokens and non-search commands', () => {
     expect(extractBashSearchPattern('rg -n "ab" .')).toBeNull();
     expect(extractBashSearchPattern('npm test')).toBeNull();
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/unit/uninstall.test.ts b/gitnexus/test/unit/uninstall.test.ts
index 709a16fc3..f88d171ff 100644
--- a/gitnexus/test/unit/uninstall.test.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/test/unit/uninstall.test.ts
@@ -444,6 +444,36 @@ describe('uninstallCommand', () => {
     expect(await fs.readFile(pluginFile, 'utf-8')).toBe('// gitnexus');
   });
 
+  it('reports a non-ENOENT stat error on the plugin file instead of silently skipping', async () => {
+    const pluginFile = path.join(tempHome, '.config', 'opencode', 'plugins', 'gitnexus.js');
+    await fs.mkdir(path.dirname(pluginFile), { recursive: true });
+    await fs.writeFile(pluginFile, '// gitnexus', 'utf-8');
+
+    // Simulate EACCES on the plugin stat only; every other stat passes through.
+    const realStat = fs.stat.bind(fs);
+    const statSpy = vi.spyOn(fs, 'stat').mockImplementation((async (p: any, ...rest: any[]) => {
+      if (String(p).endsWith(path.join('plugins', 'gitnexus.js'))) {
+        const err: any = new Error(`EACCES: permission denied, stat '${p}'`);
+        err.code = 'EACCES';
+        throw err;
+      }
+      return (realStat as any)(p, ...rest);
+    }) as any);
+
+    const logSpy = vi.spyOn(console, 'log');
+    const uninstallCommand = await importUninstall();
+    await uninstallCommand({ force: true });
+
+    // Before the fix, removeFile swallowed every stat error → plugin left in
+    // place with no error reported. Now EACCES surfaces in the Errors block.
+    const output = logSpy.mock.calls.map((c) => c.join(' ')).join('\n');
+    expect(output).toContain('hooks plugin');
+    expect(statSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    // The plugin file was never reached (rm), so it still exists.
+    expect(await fs.readFile(pluginFile, 'utf-8')).toBe('// gitnexus');
+    expect(process.exitCode).toBe(1);
+  });
+
   // ── Antigravity MCP + hooks (AfterTool / gitnexus-antigravity-hook) ──
   it('removes Antigravity MCP and AfterTool hooks plus the adapter script dir', async () => {
     const mcpPath = path.join(tempHome, '.gemini', 'antigravity', 'mcp_config.json');