diff --git a/__tests__/cli-node-command.test.ts b/__tests__/cli-node-command.test.ts
index 4d3485031..6e5166482 100644
--- a/__tests__/cli-node-command.test.ts
+++ b/__tests__/cli-node-command.test.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ describe('codegraph node — argument handling (#1044)', () => {
     tempDir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'codegraph-node-cmd-'));
     fs.mkdirSync(path.join(tempDir, 'src'));
     fs.writeFileSync(path.join(tempDir, 'src/util.ts'), 'export function util(x: number){ return x + 1; }\n');
+    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(tempDir, 'src/other.ts'), 'export function util(x: number){ return x - 1; }\n');
     const cg = CodeGraph.initSync(tempDir);
     await cg.indexAll();
     cg.close();
@@ -71,6 +72,14 @@ describe('codegraph node — argument handling (#1044)', () => {
     expect(stdout).toContain('Location:');
   });
 
+  it('a symbol pinned with -f includes the selected definition body (#1284)', () => {
+    const { stdout, code } = runNode(tempDir, ['util', '-f', 'src/util.ts']);
+    expect(code).toBe(0);
+    expect(stdout).toContain('src/util.ts');
+    expect(stdout).toContain('return x + 1');
+    expect(stdout).not.toContain('return x - 1');
+  });
+
   it('neither symbol nor file gives a usage error, not commander\'s cryptic one', () => {
     const { stderr, code } = runNode(tempDir, []);
     expect(code).not.toBe(0);
diff --git a/src/bin/codegraph.ts b/src/bin/codegraph.ts
index 4d85e204f..251e3bf12 100644
--- a/src/bin/codegraph.ts
+++ b/src/bin/codegraph.ts
@@ -1376,7 +1376,10 @@ program
       const args: Record<string, unknown> = {};
       if (options.file) {
         args.file = options.file;
-        if (name && name !== options.file) args.symbol = name;
+        if (name && name !== options.file) {
+          args.symbol = name;
+          args.includeCode = true;
+        }
       } else if (name && (name.includes('/') || name.includes('\\'))) {
         args.file = name.replace(/\\/g, '/');
       } else if (name) {