diff --git a/src/components/NoteItem.test.tsx b/src/components/NoteItem.test.tsx
index af196441..1d57bbec 100644
--- a/src/components/NoteItem.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/NoteItem.test.tsx
@@ -281,6 +281,35 @@ describe('NoteItem', () => {
     expect(screen.getByTestId('property-chip-topics-0')).toHaveTextContent('AI / ML')
   })
 
+  it('keeps explicit wikilink aliases in relationship chips', () => {
+    const linkedProject = makeEntry({
+      path: '/vault/project/my-project.md',
+      filename: 'my-project.md',
+      title: 'My Project',
+      isA: 'Project',
+    })
+    const sourceEntry = makeEntry({
+      path: '/vault/note/source.md',
+      filename: 'source.md',
+      title: 'Source',
+      isA: 'Note',
+      relationships: { 'Belongs to': ['[[project/my-project|My Cool Project]]'] },
+    })
+
+    render(
+      <NoteItem
+        entry={sourceEntry}
+        isSelected={false}
+        typeEntryMap={{}}
+        allEntries={[sourceEntry, linkedProject]}
+        displayPropsOverride={['Belongs to']}
+        onClickNote={vi.fn()}
+      />,
+    )
+
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('property-chip-belongs-to-0')).toHaveTextContent('My Cool Project')
+  })
+
   it('opens URL chips on Cmd+click only and keeps regular clicks inert', () => {
     const entry = makeEntry({
       path: '/vault/note/source.md',
diff --git a/src/components/inspector/shared.test.ts b/src/components/inspector/shared.test.ts
index e35bc11e..4f598e18 100644
--- a/src/components/inspector/shared.test.ts
+++ b/src/components/inspector/shared.test.ts
@@ -22,4 +22,17 @@ describe('resolveRefProps', () => {
 
     expect(props.label).toBe('AI / ML')
   })
+
+  it('keeps explicit wikilink aliases for relationship labels', () => {
+    const linkedProject = makeEntry({
+      path: '/vault/project/my-project.md',
+      filename: 'my-project.md',
+      title: 'My Project',
+      isA: 'Project',
+    })
+
+    const props = resolveRefProps('[[project/my-project|My Cool Project]]', [linkedProject], {})
+
+    expect(props.label).toBe('My Cool Project')
+  })
 })
diff --git a/src/components/inspector/shared.ts b/src/components/inspector/shared.ts
index 7d0b5bfb..9dfec937 100644
--- a/src/components/inspector/shared.ts
+++ b/src/components/inspector/shared.ts
@@ -25,13 +25,19 @@ export function entryStatusTitle(entry: VaultEntry | undefined): string | undefi
   return undefined
 }
 
+function resolveRefLabel(ref: string, resolvedTitle: string | undefined): string {
+  const displayLabel = wikilinkDisplay(ref)
+  if (ref.includes('|')) return displayLabel
+  return resolvedTitle ?? displayLabel
+}
+
 export function resolveRefProps(ref: string, entries: VaultEntry[], typeEntryMap: Record<string, VaultEntry>) {
   const resolved = resolveRef(ref, entries)
   const refType = resolved?.isA ?? null
   const te = typeEntryMap[refType ?? '']
   const icon = resolved?.icon
   return {
-    label: resolved?.title ?? wikilinkDisplay(ref),
+    label: resolveRefLabel(ref, resolved?.title),
     noteIcon: icon ?? null,
     typeColor: getTypeColor(refType, te?.color),
     bgColor: getTypeLightColor(refType, te?.color),
diff --git a/src/components/note-item/PropertyChips.tsx b/src/components/note-item/PropertyChips.tsx
index ccf668e1..9581d0c8 100644
--- a/src/components/note-item/PropertyChips.tsx
+++ b/src/components/note-item/PropertyChips.tsx
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ function resolveRelationshipChip(
   typeEntryMap: Record<string, VaultEntry>,
 ): PropertyChipValue | null {
   const targetEntry = resolveEntry(allEntries, wikilinkTarget(ref))
-  const label = targetEntry?.title ?? wikilinkDisplay(ref)
+  const displayLabel = wikilinkDisplay(ref)
+  const label = ref.includes('|') ? displayLabel : (targetEntry?.title ?? displayLabel)
   if (!label) return null
   if (!targetEntry) {
     return {