diff --git a/src/LinqTests/Bugs/Bug_4332_string_array_contains_under_nullable_method_init.cs b/src/LinqTests/Bugs/Bug_4332_string_array_contains_under_nullable_method_init.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8fbc503ad1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/LinqTests/Bugs/Bug_4332_string_array_contains_under_nullable_method_init.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+#nullable enable
+using System;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Linq.Expressions;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Marten;
+using Marten.Testing.Documents;
+using Marten.Testing.Harness;
+using Shouldly;
+
+namespace LinqTests.Bugs;
+
+public class Bug_4332_string_array_contains_under_nullable_method_init: BugIntegrationContext
+{
+    private static string[] MakeNames(params string[] names) => names;
+
+    // Reproduces https://github.com/JasperFx/marten/issues/4332.
+    //
+    // Under C# 14 with <Nullable>enable</Nullable>, when a string[] local is
+    // initialised from a method-typed return (var v = MakeNames(...);), the
+    // compiler emits the Where predicate with an extra Convert() wrapper
+    // around the captured closure field:
+    //
+    //     s => op_Implicit(Convert(closureField, String[])).Contains(s.UserName)
+    //
+    // MemoryExtensionsContains.UnwrapConversions only peels op_Implicit, so
+    // the receiver fails to reduce to a constant and the parser falls through
+    // to ValueCollectionMember.ParseWhereForContains, which CompileFasts the
+    // whole lambda and throws InvalidOperationException about 's' not being
+    // defined in scope.
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task can_query_when_string_array_local_is_method_initialised()
+    {
+        theSession.Store(new User { UserName = "alice" });
+        theSession.Store(new User { UserName = "bob" });
+        await theSession.SaveChangesAsync();
+
+        var values = MakeNames("alice");
+
+        var results = await theSession.Query<User>()
+            .Where(u => values.Contains(u.UserName))
+            .ToListAsync();
+
+        results.Count.ShouldBe(1);
+        results[0].UserName.ShouldBe("alice");
+    }
+
+    // Same scenario, but the failing expression shape is constructed by hand
+    // so the bug reproduces deterministically regardless of which target
+    // framework / C# language version the test project was built against.
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task can_query_when_collection_expression_has_convert_wrapper()
+    {
+        theSession.Store(new User { UserName = "alice" });
+        theSession.Store(new User { UserName = "bob" });
+        await theSession.SaveChangesAsync();
+
+        var holder = new ValuesHolder { Values = new[] { "alice" } };
+        var lambda = BuildPredicateWithConvertWrapper(holder);
+
+        var results = await theSession.Query<User>().Where(lambda).ToListAsync();
+
+        results.Count.ShouldBe(1);
+        results[0].UserName.ShouldBe("alice");
+    }
+
+    private static Expression<Func<User, bool>> BuildPredicateWithConvertWrapper(ValuesHolder holder)
+    {
+        var s = Expression.Parameter(typeof(User), "s");
+
+        // The captured-closure field, then a Convert() wrapper to string[]:
+        //   Convert(holder.Values, String[])
+        var fieldAccess = Expression.Field(Expression.Constant(holder), nameof(ValuesHolder.Values));
+        var converted = Expression.Convert(fieldAccess, typeof(string[]));
+
+        // Implicit string[] -> ReadOnlySpan<string>, exactly what C# emits.
+        var opImplicit = typeof(ReadOnlySpan<string>).GetMethod(
+            "op_Implicit",
+            new[] { typeof(string[]) })!;
+        var asSpan = Expression.Call(opImplicit, converted);
+
+        // MemoryExtensions.Contains<string>(ReadOnlySpan<string>, string)
+        var containsOpen = typeof(MemoryExtensions).GetMethods()
+            .Single(m => m.Name == "Contains"
+                         && m.IsGenericMethodDefinition
+                         && m.GetParameters().Length == 2
+                         && m.GetParameters()[0].ParameterType.IsGenericType
+                         && m.GetParameters()[0].ParameterType.GetGenericTypeDefinition()
+                             == typeof(ReadOnlySpan<>));
+        var contains = containsOpen.MakeGenericMethod(typeof(string));
+
+        var nameMember = Expression.Property(s, nameof(User.UserName));
+        var body = Expression.Call(contains, asSpan, nameMember);
+        return Expression.Lambda<Func<User, bool>>(body, s);
+    }
+
+    private class ValuesHolder
+    {
+        public string[] Values = Array.Empty<string>();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Marten/Linq/Parsing/Methods/MemoryExtensionsContains.cs b/src/Marten/Linq/Parsing/Methods/MemoryExtensionsContains.cs
index 4553bc10d9..cb2044e5cb 100644
--- a/src/Marten/Linq/Parsing/Methods/MemoryExtensionsContains.cs
+++ b/src/Marten/Linq/Parsing/Methods/MemoryExtensionsContains.cs
@@ -44,11 +44,34 @@ public ISqlFragment Parse(IQueryableMemberCollection memberCollection, IReadOnly
 
     private static Expression UnwrapConversions(Expression expression)
     {
-        // Unwrap op_Implicit method calls
-        if (expression is MethodCallExpression { Method.Name: "op_Implicit", Arguments.Count: > 0 } methodCall)
+        // C# 14 with <Nullable>enable</Nullable> can wrap captured-closure
+        // string[] locals with an extra Convert() before the implicit
+        // string[] -> ReadOnlySpan<string> conversion, e.g.
+        //     op_Implicit(Convert(closureField, String[])).Contains(s.Name)
+        // Strip both forms (and any stacked combination) so the receiver can
+        // still be reduced to a constant.
+        while (true)
         {
-            return methodCall.Arguments[0];
+            if (expression is MethodCallExpression
+                {
+                    Method.Name: "op_Implicit" or "op_Explicit",
+                    Arguments.Count: > 0
+                } methodCall)
+            {
+                expression = methodCall.Arguments[0];
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            if (expression is UnaryExpression
+                {
+                    NodeType: ExpressionType.Convert or ExpressionType.ConvertChecked
+                } unary)
+            {
+                expression = unary.Operand;
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            return expression;
         }
-        return expression;
     }
 }