diff --git a/gui/wxpython/core/toolboxes.py b/gui/wxpython/core/toolboxes.py
index 441898fa8f6..ae6b1b6a0a6 100644
--- a/gui/wxpython/core/toolboxes.py
+++ b/gui/wxpython/core/toolboxes.py
@@ -855,7 +855,7 @@ def module_test():
 
     someDiff = False
     for line in result:
-        if line.startswith("+") or line.startswith("-"):
+        if line.startswith(("+", "-")):
             sys.stdout.write(line)
             someDiff = True
     if someDiff:
diff --git a/gui/wxpython/psmap/instructions.py b/gui/wxpython/psmap/instructions.py
index 2ae68a91069..8a535b96704 100644
--- a/gui/wxpython/psmap/instructions.py
+++ b/gui/wxpython/psmap/instructions.py
@@ -1936,11 +1936,7 @@ def Read(self, instruction, text, **kwargs):
         instr = {}
 
         for line in text:
-            if (
-                line.startswith("vpoints")
-                or line.startswith("vlines")
-                or line.startswith("vareas")
-            ):
+            if line.startswith(("vpoints", "vlines", "vareas")):
                 # subtype
                 if line.startswith("vpoints"):
                     subType = "points"
diff --git a/lib/init/grass.py b/lib/init/grass.py
index 28537f957b1..30c0a1a68ba 100755
--- a/lib/init/grass.py
+++ b/lib/init/grass.py
@@ -1057,9 +1057,7 @@ def load_env(grass_env_file):
             v = v.strip('"')
             # we'll keep expand=True to expand $var's inside "value" because
             # they are within double quotes
-        elif (
-            v.startswith("'") or v.endswith("'") or v.startswith('"') or v.endswith('"')
-        ):
+        elif v.startswith(("'", '"')) or v.endswith(("'", '"')):
             # here, let's try to ignore unmatching single/double quotes, which
             # might be a multi-line variable or just a user error
             debug("Ignoring multi-line environmental variable {0}".format(k))
diff --git a/man/build_class_graphical.py b/man/build_class_graphical.py
index 955f5c2a63e..35b2a731cfe 100644
--- a/man/build_class_graphical.py
+++ b/man/build_class_graphical.py
@@ -102,9 +102,7 @@ def starts_with_module(string, module) -> bool:
     # module = module.replace('wxGUI.', 'g.gui.')
     # TODO: matches g.mapsets images for g.mapset and d.rast.num for d.rast
     return bool(
-        string.startswith(module.replace(".", "_"))
-        or string.startswith(module.replace(".", ""))
-        or string.startswith(module)
+        string.startswith((module.replace(".", "_"), module.replace(".", ""), module))
     )
 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6689d6375eb..649e309a73f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -154,7 +154,6 @@ ignore = [
     "PERF403", # manual-dict-comprehension
     "PIE794",  # duplicate-class-field-definition
     "PIE808",  # unnecessary-range-start
-    "PIE810",  # multiple-starts-ends-with
     "PLC0415", # import-outside-top-level
     "PLC1901", # compare-to-empty-string
     "PLC2701", # import-private-name
diff --git a/utils/generate_release_notes.py b/utils/generate_release_notes.py
index 66aa4ced08c..c8a22b01d86 100755
--- a/utils/generate_release_notes.py
+++ b/utils/generate_release_notes.py
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ def notes_from_gh_api(start_tag, end_tag, branch, categories, exclude):
     raw_changes = lines[start_whats_changed + 1 : end_whats_changed]
     changes = []
     for change in raw_changes:
-        if change.startswith("* ") or change.startswith("- "):
+        if change.startswith(("* ", "- ")):
             changes.append(change[2:])
         else:
             changes.append(change)
diff --git a/utils/gitlog2changelog.py b/utils/gitlog2changelog.py
index 758b142196b..43aedcfb491 100755
--- a/utils/gitlog2changelog.py
+++ b/utils/gitlog2changelog.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
         except Exception as e:
             print(f"Could not parse dateList = '{line}'. Error: {e!s}")
     # The Fossil-IDs are ignored:
-    elif line.startswith("    Fossil-ID:") or line.startswith("    [[SVN:"):
+    elif line.startswith(("    Fossil-ID:", "    [[SVN:")):
         continue
     # The svn-id lines are ignored
     elif "    git-svn-id:" in line: