diff --git a/phpstan-baseline.php b/phpstan-baseline.php
index 5a39d840a54d..bd665e22f5f7 100644
--- a/phpstan-baseline.php
+++ b/phpstan-baseline.php
@@ -1819,12 +1819,6 @@
 	'count' => 1,
 	'path' => __DIR__ . '/system/Database/BaseBuilder.php',
 ];
-$ignoreErrors[] = [
-	// identifier: missingType.iterableValue
-	'message' => '#^Method CodeIgniter\\\\Database\\\\BaseBuilder\\:\\:select\\(\\) has parameter \\$select with no value type specified in iterable type array\\.$#',
-	'count' => 1,
-	'path' => __DIR__ . '/system/Database/BaseBuilder.php',
-];
 $ignoreErrors[] = [
 	// identifier: missingType.iterableValue
 	'message' => '#^Method CodeIgniter\\\\Database\\\\BaseBuilder\\:\\:set\\(\\) has parameter \\$key with no value type specified in iterable type array\\.$#',
@@ -1993,12 +1987,6 @@
 	'count' => 1,
 	'path' => __DIR__ . '/system/Database/BaseBuilder.php',
 ];
-$ignoreErrors[] = [
-	// identifier: missingType.iterableValue
-	'message' => '#^Property CodeIgniter\\\\Database\\\\BaseBuilder\\:\\:\\$QBNoEscape type has no value type specified in iterable type array\\.$#',
-	'count' => 1,
-	'path' => __DIR__ . '/system/Database/BaseBuilder.php',
-];
 $ignoreErrors[] = [
 	// identifier: missingType.iterableValue
 	'message' => '#^Property CodeIgniter\\\\Database\\\\BaseBuilder\\:\\:\\$QBOptions type has no value type specified in iterable type array\\.$#',
diff --git a/system/Database/BaseBuilder.php b/system/Database/BaseBuilder.php
index 4e6e422b2a6f..4d153fca1dc1 100644
--- a/system/Database/BaseBuilder.php
+++ b/system/Database/BaseBuilder.php
@@ -124,9 +124,9 @@ class BaseBuilder
     protected array $QBUnion = [];
 
     /**
-     * QB NO ESCAPE data
+     * Whether to protect identifiers in SELECT
      *
-     * @var array
+     * @var list<bool|null> true=protect, false=not protect
      */
     public $QBNoEscape = [];
 
@@ -390,7 +390,8 @@ public function ignore(bool $ignore = true)
     /**
      * Generates the SELECT portion of the query
      *
-     * @param array|RawSql|string $select
+     * @param list<RawSql|string>|RawSql|string $select
+     * @param bool|null                         $escape Whether to protect identifiers
      *
      * @return $this
      */
@@ -402,16 +403,21 @@ public function select($select = '*', ?bool $escape = null)
         }
 
         if ($select instanceof RawSql) {
-            $this->QBSelect[] = $select;
-
-            return $this;
+            $select = [$select];
         }
 
         if (is_string($select)) {
-            $select = $escape === false ? [$select] : explode(',', $select);
+            $select = ($escape === false) ? [$select] : explode(',', $select);
         }
 
         foreach ($select as $val) {
+            if ($val instanceof RawSql) {
+                $this->QBSelect[]   = $val;
+                $this->QBNoEscape[] = false;
+
+                continue;
+            }
+
             $val = trim($val);
 
             if ($val !== '') {
@@ -3054,15 +3060,17 @@ protected function compileSelect($selectOverride = false): string
 
             if (empty($this->QBSelect)) {
                 $sql .= '*';
-            } elseif ($this->QBSelect[0] instanceof RawSql) {
-                $sql .= (string) $this->QBSelect[0];
             } else {
                 // Cycle through the "select" portion of the query and prep each column name.
                 // The reason we protect identifiers here rather than in the select() function
                 // is because until the user calls the from() function we don't know if there are aliases
                 foreach ($this->QBSelect as $key => $val) {
-                    $noEscape             = $this->QBNoEscape[$key] ?? null;
-                    $this->QBSelect[$key] = $this->db->protectIdentifiers($val, false, $noEscape);
+                    if ($val instanceof RawSql) {
+                        $this->QBSelect[$key] = (string) $val;
+                    } else {
+                        $protect              = $this->QBNoEscape[$key] ?? null;
+                        $this->QBSelect[$key] = $this->db->protectIdentifiers($val, false, $protect);
+                    }
                 }
 
                 $sql .= implode(', ', $this->QBSelect);
diff --git a/tests/system/Database/Builder/SelectTest.php b/tests/system/Database/Builder/SelectTest.php
index cd3f39029f6b..fe4ad5b80178 100644
--- a/tests/system/Database/Builder/SelectTest.php
+++ b/tests/system/Database/Builder/SelectTest.php
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 use CodeIgniter\Database\SQLSRV\Builder as SQLSRVBuilder;
 use CodeIgniter\Test\CIUnitTestCase;
 use CodeIgniter\Test\Mock\MockConnection;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\DataProvider;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\Group;
 
 /**
@@ -67,6 +68,65 @@ public function testSelectAcceptsArray(): void
         $this->assertSame($expected, str_replace("\n", ' ', $builder->getCompiledSelect()));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param list<RawSql|string> $select
+     */
+    #[DataProvider('provideSelectAcceptsArrayWithRawSql')]
+    public function testSelectAcceptsArrayWithRawSql(array $select, string $expected): void
+    {
+        $builder = new BaseBuilder('employees', $this->db);
+
+        $builder->select($select);
+
+        $this->assertSame($expected, str_replace("\n", ' ', $builder->getCompiledSelect()));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return list<list<RawSql|string>|string>
+     */
+    public static function provideSelectAcceptsArrayWithRawSql(): iterable
+    {
+        yield from [
+            [
+                [
+                    new RawSql("IF(salary > 5000, 'High', 'Low') AS salary_level"),
+                    'employee_id',
+                ],
+                <<<'SQL'
+                    SELECT IF(salary > 5000, 'High', 'Low') AS salary_level, "employee_id" FROM "employees"
+                    SQL,
+            ],
+            [
+                [
+                    'employee_id',
+                    new RawSql("IF(salary > 5000, 'High', 'Low') AS salary_level"),
+                ],
+                <<<'SQL'
+                    SELECT "employee_id", IF(salary > 5000, 'High', 'Low') AS salary_level FROM "employees"
+                    SQL,
+            ],
+            [
+                [
+                    new RawSql("CONCAT(first_name, ' ', last_name) AS full_name"),
+                    new RawSql("IF(salary > 5000, 'High', 'Low') AS salary_level"),
+                ],
+                <<<'SQL'
+                    SELECT CONCAT(first_name, ' ', last_name) AS full_name, IF(salary > 5000, 'High', 'Low') AS salary_level FROM "employees"
+                    SQL,
+            ],
+            [
+                [
+                    new RawSql("CONCAT(first_name, ' ', last_name) AS full_name"),
+                    'employee_id',
+                    new RawSql("IF(salary > 5000, 'High', 'Low') AS salary_level"),
+                ],
+                <<<'SQL'
+                    SELECT CONCAT(first_name, ' ', last_name) AS full_name, "employee_id", IF(salary > 5000, 'High', 'Low') AS salary_level FROM "employees"
+                    SQL,
+            ],
+        ];
+    }
+
     public function testSelectAcceptsMultipleColumns(): void
     {
         $builder = new BaseBuilder('users', $this->db);