diff --git a/src/core_codemods/semgrep/sandbox_url_creation.yaml b/src/core_codemods/semgrep/sandbox_url_creation.yaml
index 781d0527..aa793bc2 100644
--- a/src/core_codemods/semgrep/sandbox_url_creation.yaml
+++ b/src/core_codemods/semgrep/sandbox_url_creation.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ rules:
     pattern-either:
       - patterns:
         - pattern: requests.get(...)
+        - pattern-not: requests.get("...")
         - pattern-inside: |
             import requests
             ...
diff --git a/src/core_codemods/url_sandbox.py b/src/core_codemods/url_sandbox.py
index 3a0eb21d..85213384 100644
--- a/src/core_codemods/url_sandbox.py
+++ b/src/core_codemods/url_sandbox.py
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 from typing import List, Optional, Union
+
 import libcst as cst
 from libcst import CSTNode, matchers
 from libcst.codemod import Codemod, CodemodContext
 from libcst.metadata import PositionProvider, ScopeProvider
-from codemodder.codemods.utils import ReplaceNodes
-from codemodder.file_context import FileContext
 
 from libcst.codemod.visitors import AddImportsVisitor, ImportItem
 from codemodder.change import Change
@@ -17,7 +16,10 @@
 from codemodder.codemods.transformations.remove_unused_imports import (
     RemoveUnusedImportsCodemod,
 )
+from codemodder.codemods.utils import ReplaceNodes
 from codemodder.dependency import Security
+from codemodder.file_context import FileContext
+
 
 replacement_import = "safe_requests"
 
@@ -122,18 +124,34 @@ def leave_Call(self, original_node: cst.Call):
             case cst.SimpleString():
                 return
 
-        # case get(...)
-        if matchers.matches(original_node, matchers.Call(func=matchers.Name())):
-            # find if get(...) comes from an from requests import get
-            maybe_node = self.find_single_assignment(original_node)
-            if maybe_node and matchers.matches(maybe_node, matchers.ImportFrom()):
+        match original_node:
+            # case get(...)
+            case cst.Call(func=cst.Name()):
+                # find if get(...) comes from an from requests import get
+                match self.find_single_assignment(original_node):
+                    case cst.ImportFrom() as node:
+                        self.nodes_to_change.update(
+                            {
+                                node: cst.ImportFrom(
+                                    module=cst.Attribute(
+                                        value=cst.Name(Security.name),
+                                        attr=cst.Name(replacement_import),
+                                    ),
+                                    names=node.names,
+                                )
+                            }
+                        )
+                        self.changes_in_file.append(
+                            Change(line_number, UrlSandbox.CHANGE_DESCRIPTION)
+                        )
+
+            # case req.get(...)
+            case _:
                 self.nodes_to_change.update(
                     {
-                        maybe_node: cst.ImportFrom(
-                            module=cst.parse_expression(
-                                f"{Security.name}.{replacement_import}"
-                            ),
-                            names=maybe_node.names,
+                        original_node: cst.Call(
+                            func=cst.parse_expression(replacement_import + ".get"),
+                            args=original_node.args,
                         )
                     }
                 )
@@ -141,20 +159,6 @@ def leave_Call(self, original_node: cst.Call):
                     Change(line_number, UrlSandbox.CHANGE_DESCRIPTION)
                 )
 
-        # case req.get(...)
-        else:
-            self.nodes_to_change.update(
-                {
-                    original_node: cst.Call(
-                        func=cst.parse_expression(replacement_import + ".get"),
-                        args=original_node.args,
-                    )
-                }
-            )
-            self.changes_in_file.append(
-                Change(line_number, UrlSandbox.CHANGE_DESCRIPTION)
-            )
-
     def _find_assignments(self, node: CSTNode):
         """
         Given a MetadataWrapper and a CSTNode representing an access, find all the possible assignments that it refers.
diff --git a/tests/codemods/test_url_sandbox.py b/tests/codemods/test_url_sandbox.py
index 10297a82..9978dd9a 100644
--- a/tests/codemods/test_url_sandbox.py
+++ b/tests/codemods/test_url_sandbox.py
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ def test_ignore_hardcoded(self, tmpdir):
 
         self.run_and_assert(tmpdir, input_code, expected)
 
-    def test_ignore_hardcoded_from_variable(self, tmpdir):
+    def test_ignore_hardcoded_from_global_variable(self, tmpdir):
         expected = input_code = """
         import requests
 
@@ -201,3 +201,49 @@ def test_ignore_hardcoded_from_variable(self, tmpdir):
         """
 
         self.run_and_assert(tmpdir, input_code, expected)
+
+    def test_ignore_hardcoded_from_local_variable(self, tmpdir):
+        expected = input_code = """
+        import requests
+
+        def foo():
+            url = "www.google.com"
+            requests.get(url)
+        """
+
+        self.run_and_assert(tmpdir, input_code, expected)
+
+    def test_ignore_hardcoded_from_local_variable_transitive(self, tmpdir):
+        expected = input_code = """
+        import requests
+
+        def foo():
+            url = "www.google.com"
+            new_url = url
+            requests.get(new_url)
+        """
+
+        self.run_and_assert(tmpdir, input_code, expected)
+
+    def test_ignore_hardcoded_from_local_variable_transitive_reassigned(self, tmpdir):
+        input_code = """
+        import requests
+
+        def foo():
+            url = "www.google.com"
+            new_url = url
+            new_url = input()
+            requests.get(new_url)
+        """
+
+        expected = """
+        from security import safe_requests
+
+        def foo():
+            url = "www.google.com"
+            new_url = url
+            new_url = input()
+            safe_requests.get(new_url)
+        """
+
+        self.run_and_assert(tmpdir, input_code, expected)