diff --git a/pkg/kor/confimgmaps.go b/pkg/kor/confimgmaps.go
index 380f8c25..9fbf2b67 100644
--- a/pkg/kor/confimgmaps.go
+++ b/pkg/kor/confimgmaps.go
@@ -17,17 +17,18 @@ var exceptionconfigmaps = []ExceptionResource{
 	{ResourceName: "kube-root-ca.crt", Namespace: "*"},
 }
 
-func retrieveUsedCM(kubeClient *kubernetes.Clientset, namespace string) ([]string, []string, []string, []string, []string, error) {
-	volumesCM := []string{}
-	volumesProjectedCM := []string{}
-	envCM := []string{}
-	envFromCM := []string{}
-	envFromContainerCM := []string{}
+func retrieveUsedCM(kubeClient *kubernetes.Clientset, namespace string) ([]string, []string, []string, []string, []string, []string, error) {
+	var volumesCM []string
+	var volumesProjectedCM []string
+	var envCM []string
+	var envFromCM []string
+	var envFromContainerCM []string
+	var envFromInitContainerCM []string
 
 	// Retrieve pods in the specified namespace
 	pods, err := kubeClient.CoreV1().Pods(namespace).List(context.TODO(), metav1.ListOptions{})
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, err
+		return nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, err
 	}
 
 	// Extract volume and environment information from pods
@@ -61,6 +62,18 @@ func retrieveUsedCM(kubeClient *kubernetes.Clientset, namespace string) ([]strin
 				}
 			}
 		}
+		for _, initContainer := range pod.Spec.InitContainers {
+			for _, volume := range initContainer.VolumeMounts {
+				if volume.Name != "" && volume.MountPath != "" {
+					volumesCM = append(volumesCM, volume.Name)
+				}
+			}
+			for _, env := range initContainer.Env {
+				if env.ValueFrom != nil && env.ValueFrom.ConfigMapKeyRef != nil {
+					envFromInitContainerCM = append(envFromInitContainerCM, env.ValueFrom.ConfigMapKeyRef.Name)
+				}
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	for _, resource := range exceptionconfigmaps {
@@ -69,7 +82,7 @@ func retrieveUsedCM(kubeClient *kubernetes.Clientset, namespace string) ([]strin
 		}
 	}
 
-	return volumesCM, volumesProjectedCM, envCM, envFromCM, envFromContainerCM, nil
+	return volumesCM, volumesProjectedCM, envCM, envFromCM, envFromContainerCM, envFromInitContainerCM, nil
 }
 
 func retrieveConfigMapNames(kubeClient *kubernetes.Clientset, namespace string) ([]string, error) {
@@ -85,7 +98,7 @@ func retrieveConfigMapNames(kubeClient *kubernetes.Clientset, namespace string)
 }
 
 func processNamespaceCM(kubeClient *kubernetes.Clientset, namespace string) ([]string, error) {
-	volumesCM, volumesProjectedCM, envCM, envFromCM, envFromContainerCM, err := retrieveUsedCM(kubeClient, namespace)
+	volumesCM, volumesProjectedCM, envCM, envFromCM, envFromContainerCM, envFromInitContainerCM, err := retrieveUsedCM(kubeClient, namespace)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -95,13 +108,19 @@ func processNamespaceCM(kubeClient *kubernetes.Clientset, namespace string) ([]s
 	envCM = RemoveDuplicatesAndSort(envCM)
 	envFromCM = RemoveDuplicatesAndSort(envFromCM)
 	envFromContainerCM = RemoveDuplicatesAndSort(envFromContainerCM)
+	envFromInitContainerCM = RemoveDuplicatesAndSort(envFromInitContainerCM)
 
 	configMapNames, err := retrieveConfigMapNames(kubeClient, namespace)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	usedConfigMaps := append(append(append(append(volumesCM, volumesProjectedCM...), envCM...), envFromCM...), envFromContainerCM...)
+	var usedConfigMaps []string
+	slicesToAppend := [][]string{volumesCM, volumesProjectedCM, envCM, envFromCM, envFromContainerCM, envFromInitContainerCM}
+
+	for _, slice := range slicesToAppend {
+		usedConfigMaps = append(usedConfigMaps, slice...)
+	}
 	diff := CalculateResourceDifference(usedConfigMaps, configMapNames)
 	return diff, nil