diff --git a/regex-automata/src/meta/limited.rs b/regex-automata/src/meta/limited.rs
index 005878acd..192a2625e 100644
--- a/regex-automata/src/meta/limited.rs
+++ b/regex-automata/src/meta/limited.rs
@@ -88,7 +88,41 @@ pub(crate) fn dfa_try_search_half_rev(
             return Err(RetryError::Quadratic(RetryQuadraticError::new()));
         }
     }
+    let was_dead = dfa.is_dead_state(sid);
     dfa_eoi_rev(dfa, input, &mut sid, &mut mat)?;
+    // If we reach the beginning of the search and we could otherwise still
+    // potentially keep matching if there was more to match, then we actually
+    // return an error to indicate giving up on this optimization. Why? Because
+    // we can't prove that the real match begins at where we would report it.
+    //
+    // This only happens when all of the following are true:
+    //
+    // 1) We reach the starting point of our search span.
+    // 2) The match we found is before the starting point.
+    // 3) The FSM reports we could possibly find a longer match.
+    //
+    // We need (1) because otherwise the search stopped before the starting
+    // point and there is no possible way to find a more leftmost position.
+    //
+    // We need (2) because if the match found has an offset equal to the minimum
+    // possible offset, then there is no possible more leftmost match.
+    //
+    // We need (3) because if the FSM couldn't continue anyway (i.e., it's in
+    // a dead state), then we know we couldn't find anything more leftmost
+    // than what we have. (We have to check the state we were in prior to the
+    // EOI transition since the EOI transition will usually bring us to a dead
+    // state by virtue of it represents the end-of-input.)
+    if at == input.start()
+        && mat.map_or(false, |m| m.offset() > input.start())
+        && !was_dead
+    {
+        trace!(
+            "reached beginning of search at offset {} without hitting \
+             a dead state, quitting to avoid potential false positive match",
+            at,
+        );
+        return Err(RetryError::Quadratic(RetryQuadraticError::new()));
+    }
     Ok(mat)
 }
 
@@ -140,7 +174,20 @@ pub(crate) fn hybrid_try_search_half_rev(
             return Err(RetryError::Quadratic(RetryQuadraticError::new()));
         }
     }
+    let was_dead = sid.is_dead();
     hybrid_eoi_rev(dfa, cache, input, &mut sid, &mut mat)?;
+    // See the comments in the full DFA routine above for why we need this.
+    if at == input.start()
+        && mat.map_or(false, |m| m.offset() > input.start())
+        && !was_dead
+    {
+        trace!(
+            "reached beginning of search at offset {} without hitting \
+             a dead state, quitting to avoid potential false positive match",
+            at,
+        );
+        return Err(RetryError::Quadratic(RetryQuadraticError::new()));
+    }
     Ok(mat)
 }
 
diff --git a/testdata/regression.toml b/testdata/regression.toml
index bb5e4fd46..a2efa2ad3 100644
--- a/testdata/regression.toml
+++ b/testdata/regression.toml
@@ -739,3 +739,20 @@ matches = [[0, 9]]
 utf8 = false
 match-kind = "all"
 search-kind = "overlapping"
+
+# See: https://github.com/rust-lang/regex/issues/1060
+[[test]]
+name = "reverse-inner-plus-shorter-than-expected"
+regex = '(?:(\d+)[:.])?(\d{1,2})[:.](\d{2})'
+haystack = '102:12:39'
+matches = [[[0, 9], [0, 3], [4, 6], [7, 9]]]
+
+# Like reverse-inner-plus-shorter-than-expected, but using a far simpler regex
+# to demonstrate the extent of the rot. Sigh.
+#
+# See: https://github.com/rust-lang/regex/issues/1060
+[[test]]
+name = "reverse-inner-short"
+regex = '(?:([0-9][0-9][0-9]):)?([0-9][0-9]):([0-9][0-9])'
+haystack = '102:12:39'
+matches = [[[0, 9], [0, 3], [4, 6], [7, 9]]]