diff --git a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/centralrepository/eventlisteners/IngestEventsListener.java b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/centralrepository/eventlisteners/IngestEventsListener.java
index 37f0f595cb..58bf031359 100644
--- a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/centralrepository/eventlisteners/IngestEventsListener.java
+++ b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/centralrepository/eventlisteners/IngestEventsListener.java
@@ -171,7 +171,8 @@ public class IngestEventsListener {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Configure the listener to flag previously seen devices or not.
+     * Configure the listener to flag devices previously seen in other cases or
+     * not.
      *
      * @param value True to flag seen devices; otherwise false.
      */
@@ -318,7 +319,7 @@ public class IngestEventsListener {
                 LOGGER.log(Level.SEVERE, "Failed to connect to Central Repository database.", ex);
                 return;
             }
-            
+
             switch (IngestManager.IngestJobEvent.valueOf(evt.getPropertyName())) {
                 case DATA_SOURCE_ANALYSIS_COMPLETED: {
                     jobProcessingExecutor.submit(new AnalysisCompleteTask(dbManager, evt));
@@ -332,10 +333,10 @@ public class IngestEventsListener {
     }
 
     private final class AnalysisCompleteTask implements Runnable {
-        
+
         private final EamDb dbManager;
         private final PropertyChangeEvent event;
-        
+
         private AnalysisCompleteTask(EamDb db, PropertyChangeEvent evt) {
             dbManager = db;
             event = evt;
@@ -361,15 +362,15 @@ public class IngestEventsListener {
             long dataSourceObjectId = -1;
             try {
                 dataSource = ((DataSourceAnalysisCompletedEvent) event).getDataSource();
-                
+
                 /*
-                 * We only care about Images for the purpose of
-                 * updating hash values.
+                 * We only care about Images for the purpose of updating hash
+                 * values.
                  */
                 if (!(dataSource instanceof Image)) {
                     return;
                 }
-                
+
                 dataSourceName = dataSource.getName();
                 dataSourceObjectId = dataSource.getId();
 
@@ -397,7 +398,7 @@ public class IngestEventsListener {
                         if (StringUtils.equals(imageMd5Hash, crMd5Hash) == false) {
                             correlationDataSource.setMd5(imageMd5Hash);
                         }
-                        
+
                         String imageSha1Hash = image.getSha1();
                         if (imageSha1Hash == null) {
                             imageSha1Hash = "";
@@ -406,7 +407,7 @@ public class IngestEventsListener {
                         if (StringUtils.equals(imageSha1Hash, crSha1Hash) == false) {
                             correlationDataSource.setSha1(imageSha1Hash);
                         }
-                        
+
                         String imageSha256Hash = image.getSha256();
                         if (imageSha256Hash == null) {
                             imageSha256Hash = "";
@@ -489,9 +490,13 @@ public class IngestEventsListener {
                                     || eamArtifact.getCorrelationType().getId() == CorrelationAttributeInstance.IMSI_TYPE_ID
                                     || eamArtifact.getCorrelationType().getId() == CorrelationAttributeInstance.MAC_TYPE_ID)) {
                                 try {
-                                    Long countPreviousOccurences = dbManager.getCountArtifactInstancesByTypeValue(eamArtifact.getCorrelationType(), eamArtifact.getCorrelationValue());
-                                    if (countPreviousOccurences > 0) {
-                                        postCorrelatedPreviousArtifactToBlackboard(bbArtifact);
+                                    //only alert to previous instances when they were in another case
+                                    List<CorrelationAttributeInstance> previousOccurences = dbManager.getArtifactInstancesByTypeValue(eamArtifact.getCorrelationType(), eamArtifact.getCorrelationValue());
+                                    for (CorrelationAttributeInstance instance : previousOccurences) {
+                                        if (!instance.getCorrelationCase().getCaseUUID().equals(eamArtifact.getCorrelationCase().getCaseUUID())) {
+                                            postCorrelatedPreviousArtifactToBlackboard(bbArtifact);
+                                            break;
+                                        }
                                     }
                                 } catch (CorrelationAttributeNormalizationException ex) {
                                     LOGGER.log(Level.INFO, String.format("Unable to flag notable item: %s.", eamArtifact.toString()), ex);
diff --git a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/centralrepository/ingestmodule/Bundle.properties b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/centralrepository/ingestmodule/Bundle.properties
index 8b12289af0..8ca571695b 100755
--- a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/centralrepository/ingestmodule/Bundle.properties
+++ b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/centralrepository/ingestmodule/Bundle.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 IngestSettingsPanel.ingestSettingsLabel.text=Ingest Settings
 IngestSettingsPanel.flagTaggedNotableItemsCheckbox.text=Flag items previously tagged as notable
-IngestSettingsPanel.flagPreviouslySeenDevicesCheckbox.text=Flag previously seen devices
+IngestSettingsPanel.flagPreviouslySeenDevicesCheckbox.text=Flag devices previously seen in other cases
 IngestSettingsPanel.createCorrelationPropertiesCheckbox.text=Save items to the Central Repository
diff --git a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/centralrepository/ingestmodule/Bundle.properties-MERGED b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/centralrepository/ingestmodule/Bundle.properties-MERGED
index 876bfe7086..2e709858d8 100755
--- a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/centralrepository/ingestmodule/Bundle.properties-MERGED
+++ b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/centralrepository/ingestmodule/Bundle.properties-MERGED
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@ CentralRepoIngestModuleFactory.ingestmodule.desc=Saves properties to the central
 CentralRepoIngestModuleFactory.ingestmodule.name=Correlation Engine
 IngestSettingsPanel.ingestSettingsLabel.text=Ingest Settings
 IngestSettingsPanel.flagTaggedNotableItemsCheckbox.text=Flag items previously tagged as notable
-IngestSettingsPanel.flagPreviouslySeenDevicesCheckbox.text=Flag previously seen devices
+IngestSettingsPanel.flagPreviouslySeenDevicesCheckbox.text=Flag devices previously seen in other cases
 IngestSettingsPanel.createCorrelationPropertiesCheckbox.text=Save items to the Central Repository
diff --git a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/centralrepository/ingestmodule/IngestSettings.java b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/centralrepository/ingestmodule/IngestSettings.java
index 454a2c3628..c48f2811a0 100755
--- a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/centralrepository/ingestmodule/IngestSettings.java
+++ b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/centralrepository/ingestmodule/IngestSettings.java
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ final class IngestSettings implements IngestModuleIngestJobSettings {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Are previously seen devices to be flagged?
+     * Are devices previously seen in other cases to be flagged?
      *
      * @return True if flagging; otherwise false.
      */