diff --git a/tools/e2e/57-object-references.mjs b/tools/e2e/57-object-references.mjs
index 57eb18cf..0c76e4bc 100644
--- a/tools/e2e/57-object-references.mjs
+++ b/tools/e2e/57-object-references.mjs
@@ -268,7 +268,9 @@ export async function objectReferences(t) {
     JSON.stringify({ tabShown, inTab, fromList, listCandidate, backIn, crowd }),
   );
 
-  // Clean up.
+  // Clean up. Back to the scene view first: removing Aim 57 closes 57g's Variables tab, and the
+  // editor then shows whatever document earlier steps left open, not the scene view.
+  await t.showTab('scene');
   await evaluate('__gm.state.select(null)');
   await mutate(`
     const p = __gm.state.project;
diff --git a/tools/e2e/58-clip-areas.mjs b/tools/e2e/58-clip-areas.mjs
index d6339a65..4754553e 100644
--- a/tools/e2e/58-clip-areas.mjs
+++ b/tools/e2e/58-clip-areas.mjs
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ const BAR = 'cl58-bar';
 const AREA = 'cl58-clip';
 
 export async function clipAreas(t) {
-  const { check, json, evaluate, mutate, click, sleep, shot, stop, wheel } = t;
+  const { check, json, evaluate, mutate, click, sleep, shot, stop, wheel, showTab } = t;
+  await showTab('scene');
 
   // On mouse wheel → Log(delta), with no owner: it hears the whole game view.
   const graph = {