diff --git a/src/cli-sync-ot.ts b/src/cli-sync-ot.ts
index da163e82..dd9b6ca1 100644
--- a/src/cli-sync-ot.ts
+++ b/src/cli-sync-ot.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,10 @@ async function main(): Promise<void> {
       // fetch the list of all assessments in the OneTrust organization
       const assessments = await getListOfOneTrustAssessments({ oneTrust });
 
-      // fetch details about one assessment at a time and sync to disk right away to avoid running out of memory
+      /**
+       * fetch details about one assessment in series and push to transcend or write to disk
+       * (depending on the dryRun argument) right away to avoid running out of memory
+       */
       await mapSeries(assessments, async (assessment, index) => {
         logger.info(
           `Fetching details about assessment ${index + 1} of ${
@@ -78,10 +81,11 @@ async function main(): Promise<void> {
           );
         }
 
+        // TODO: create a helper for this
         // enrich the sections with risk details
         const riskDetailsById = keyBy(riskDetails, 'id');
         const { sections, ...restAssessmentDetails } = assessmentDetails;
-        const enrichedSections = sections.map((section) => {
+        const sectionsWithEnrichedRisk = sections.map((section) => {
           const { questions, ...restSection } = section;
           const enrichedQuestions = questions.map((question) => {
             const { risks, ...restQuestion } = question;
@@ -113,17 +117,16 @@ async function main(): Promise<void> {
         });
 
         // combine the two assessments into a single enriched result
-        const enrichedAssessment = {
+        const assessmentWithEnrichedRisk = {
           ...restAssessmentDetails,
-          sections: enrichedSections,
+          sections: sectionsWithEnrichedRisk,
         };
 
         writeOneTrustAssessment({
           assessment: {
             ...assessment,
-            ...enrichedAssessment,
+            ...assessmentWithEnrichedRisk,
           },
-          riskDetails,
           index,
           total: assessments.length,
           file,
diff --git a/src/oneTrust/codecs.ts b/src/oneTrust/codecs.ts
index 7be22bd4..3677d153 100644
--- a/src/oneTrust/codecs.ts
+++ b/src/oneTrust/codecs.ts
@@ -159,12 +159,12 @@ export type OneTrustEnrichedAssessmentResponse = t.TypeOf<
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
 const { status, ...OneTrustAssessmentWithoutStatus } = OneTrustAssessment.props;
-export const OneTrustCombinedAssessment = t.intersection([
+export const OneTrustEnrichedAssessment = t.intersection([
   t.type(OneTrustAssessmentWithoutStatus),
   OneTrustEnrichedAssessmentResponse,
 ]);
 
 /** Type override */
-export type OneTrustCombinedAssessment = t.TypeOf<
-  typeof OneTrustCombinedAssessment
+export type OneTrustEnrichedAssessment = t.TypeOf<
+  typeof OneTrustEnrichedAssessment
 >;
diff --git a/src/oneTrust/constants.ts b/src/oneTrust/constants.ts
index 1f7e65cf..de4cf982 100644
--- a/src/oneTrust/constants.ts
+++ b/src/oneTrust/constants.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 import { createDefaultCodec } from '@transcend-io/type-utils';
-import { OneTrustCombinedAssessment } from './codecs';
+import { OneTrustEnrichedAssessment } from './codecs';
 import { flattenOneTrustAssessment } from './flattenOneTrustAssessment';
 
 /**
- * An object with default values of type OneTrustCombinedAssessment. It's very
+ * An object with default values of type OneTrustEnrichedAssessment. It's very
  * valuable when converting assessments to CSV, as it contains all keys that
  * make up the CSV header in the expected order
  */
-const DEFAULT_ONE_TRUST_COMBINED_ASSESSMENT: OneTrustCombinedAssessment =
-  createDefaultCodec(OneTrustCombinedAssessment);
+const DEFAULT_ONE_TRUST_COMBINED_ASSESSMENT: OneTrustEnrichedAssessment =
+  createDefaultCodec(OneTrustEnrichedAssessment);
 
 /** The header of the OneTrust ASsessment CSV file */
 export const DEFAULT_ONE_TRUST_ASSESSMENT_CSV_HEADER = Object.keys(
diff --git a/src/oneTrust/flattenOneTrustAssessment.ts b/src/oneTrust/flattenOneTrustAssessment.ts
index ce31f9f5..9702b0fb 100644
--- a/src/oneTrust/flattenOneTrustAssessment.ts
+++ b/src/oneTrust/flattenOneTrustAssessment.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import {
 } from '@transcend-io/privacy-types';
 import { extractProperties } from '../helpers';
 import {
-  OneTrustCombinedAssessment,
+  OneTrustEnrichedAssessment,
   OneTrustEnrichedAssessmentQuestion,
   OneTrustEnrichedAssessmentSection,
   OneTrustEnrichedRisk,
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ const flattenOneTrustSections = (
 
 // TODO: update type to be a Record<OneTrustAssessmentCsvHeader, string>
 export const flattenOneTrustAssessment = (
-  combinedAssessment: OneTrustCombinedAssessment,
+  combinedAssessment: OneTrustEnrichedAssessment,
 ): Record<string, string> => {
   const {
     approvers,
diff --git a/src/oneTrust/writeOneTrustAssessment.ts b/src/oneTrust/writeOneTrustAssessment.ts
index eb7a08fc..56e29fa9 100644
--- a/src/oneTrust/writeOneTrustAssessment.ts
+++ b/src/oneTrust/writeOneTrustAssessment.ts
@@ -5,11 +5,8 @@ import fs from 'fs';
 import { flattenOneTrustAssessment } from './flattenOneTrustAssessment';
 import { DEFAULT_ONE_TRUST_ASSESSMENT_CSV_HEADER } from './constants';
 import { decodeCodec } from '@transcend-io/type-utils';
-import {
-  OneTrustAssessmentCsvRecord,
-  OneTrustGetRiskResponse,
-} from '@transcend-io/privacy-types';
-import { OneTrustCombinedAssessment } from './codecs';
+import { OneTrustAssessmentCsvRecord } from '@transcend-io/privacy-types';
+import { OneTrustEnrichedAssessment } from './codecs';
 
 /**
  * Write the assessment to disk at the specified file path.
@@ -29,9 +26,7 @@ export const writeOneTrustAssessment = ({
   /** The format of the output file */
   fileFormat: OneTrustFileFormat;
   /** The basic assessment */
-  assessment: OneTrustCombinedAssessment;
-  /** The details of risks found within the assessment */
-  riskDetails: OneTrustGetRiskResponse[];
+  assessment: OneTrustEnrichedAssessment;
   /** The index of the assessment being written to the file */
   index: number;
   /** The total amount of assessments that we will write */