diff --git a/cli.py b/cli.py
index b7203e9063..2aa181797a 100755
--- a/cli.py
+++ b/cli.py
@@ -1431,8 +1431,8 @@ class HermesCLI:
         # These tags are model-generated (system prompt tells the model
         # to use them) and get stripped from final_response. We must
         # suppress them during streaming too.
-        _OPEN_TAGS = ("<REASONING_SCRATCHPAD>", "<think>", "<reasoning>")
-        _CLOSE_TAGS = ("</REASONING_SCRATCHPAD>", "</think>", "</reasoning>")
+        _OPEN_TAGS = ("<REASONING_SCRATCHPAD>", "<think>", "<reasoning>", "<THINKING>")
+        _CLOSE_TAGS = ("</REASONING_SCRATCHPAD>", "</think>", "</reasoning>", "</THINKING>")
 
         # Append to a pre-filter buffer first
         self._stream_prefilt = getattr(self, "_stream_prefilt", "") + text