diff --git a/evennia/commands/default/building.py b/evennia/commands/default/building.py
index 40f1b60371..0692bca1ac 100644
--- a/evennia/commands/default/building.py
+++ b/evennia/commands/default/building.py
@@ -1858,12 +1858,21 @@ class CmdSetAttribute(ObjManipCommand):
         nested = False
         for key, nested_keys in self.split_nested_attr(attr):
             nested = True
-            if obj.attributes.has(key):
-                val = obj.attributes.get(key)
-                val = self.do_nested_lookup(val, *nested_keys)
-                if val is not self.not_found:
-                    return f"\nAttribute {obj.name}/|w{attr}|n [category:{category}] = {val}"
-        error = f"\nAttribute {obj.name}/|w{attr} [category:{category}] does not exist."
+            if obj.attributes.has(key, category):
+                if nested_keys:
+                    val = obj.attributes.get(key, category=category)
+                    deep = self.do_nested_lookup(val, *nested_keys[:-1])
+                    if deep is not self.not_found:
+                        try:
+                            val = deep[nested_keys[-1]]
+                        except (IndexError, KeyError, TypeError):
+                            continue
+                        return f"\nAttribute {obj.name}/|w{attr}|n [category:{category}] = {val}"
+                else:
+                    val = obj.attributes.get(key, category=category)
+                    if val:
+                        return f"\nAttribute {obj.name}/|w{attr}|n [category:{category}] = {val}"
+        error = f"\nAttribute {obj.name}/|w{attr}|n [category:{category}] does not exist."
         if nested:
             error += " (Nested lookups attempted)"
         return error
diff --git a/evennia/commands/default/tests.py b/evennia/commands/default/tests.py
index 8ab5fa50bb..cda2c8f95c 100644
--- a/evennia/commands/default/tests.py
+++ b/evennia/commands/default/tests.py
@@ -1927,6 +1927,25 @@ class TestBuilding(BaseEvenniaCommandTest):
             building.CmdSpawn(), "/examine NO_EXISTS", "No prototype named 'NO_EXISTS' was found."
         )
 
+    def test_setattr_view_with_category(self):
+        """
+        Test checking attributes with a category, including nested attributes.
+        """
+        self.obj1.attributes.add("test", "value", category="cat")
+        self.call(
+            building.CmdSetAttribute(),
+            "Obj/test:cat",
+            "Attribute Obj/test [category:cat] = value",
+        )
+
+        # nested dict
+        self.obj1.attributes.add("testdict", {"key": "value"}, category="cat")
+        self.call(
+            building.CmdSetAttribute(),
+            "Obj/testdict['key']:cat",
+            "Attribute Obj/testdict['key'] [category:cat] = value",
+        )
+
 
 import evennia.commands.default.comms as cmd_comms  # noqa
 from evennia.comms.comms import DefaultChannel  # noqa