diff --git a/asdf/_node_info.py b/asdf/_node_info.py
index 490beff80..0d820213a 100644
--- a/asdf/_node_info.py
+++ b/asdf/_node_info.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def _get_subschema_for_property(schema, key):
 
     # next handle schema combiners
     if "not" in schema:
-        # since we're only concerned here with if the schema applies
+        # Since we're only concerned here with if the schema applies
         # it doesn't matter if the schema is nested in a not
         subschema = _get_subschema_for_property(schema["not"], key)
         if subschema is not None:
@@ -75,10 +75,8 @@ def _get_schema_key(schema, key):
     applicable = []
     if key in schema:
         applicable.append(schema[key])
-    if "not" in schema:
-        possible = _get_schema_key(schema["not"], key)
-        if possible is not None:
-            applicable.append(possible)
+    # Here we don't consider any subschema under "not" to avoid
+    # false positives for keys like "type" etc.
     for combiner in ("allOf", "oneOf", "anyOf"):
         for combined_schema in schema.get(combiner, []):
             possible = _get_schema_key(combined_schema, key)
diff --git a/asdf/_tests/test_info.py b/asdf/_tests/test_info.py
index 469bc1b45..b3df11c96 100644
--- a/asdf/_tests/test_info.py
+++ b/asdf/_tests/test_info.py
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@
 import tempfile
 
 import numpy as np
+import pytest
 
 import asdf
+from asdf.exceptions import AsdfInfoResolutionError
 from asdf.extension import ExtensionManager, ExtensionProxy, ManifestExtension
 from asdf.resource import DirectoryResourceMapping
 
@@ -715,3 +717,33 @@ def __str__(self):
     assert "(NewlineStr)\n" in captured.out
     assert "(CarriageReturnStr)\n" in captured.out
     assert "(NiceStr): nice\n" in captured.out
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "schema, expected",
+    [
+        ({"title": "foo"}, "foo"),
+        ({"allOf": [{"title": "foo"}]}, "foo"),
+        ({"oneOf": [{"title": "foo"}]}, "foo"),
+        ({"anyOf": [{"title": "foo"}]}, "foo"),
+        ({"not": {"title": "foo"}}, None),
+    ],
+)
+def test_node_info(schema, expected):
+    ni = asdf._node_info.NodeSchemaInfo.from_root_node("title", "root", {}, schema)
+    assert ni.info == expected
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "schema",
+    [
+        {"allOf": [{"title": "foo"}, {"title": "bar"}]},
+        {"oneOf": [{"title": "foo"}, {"title": "bar"}]},
+        {"anyOf": [{"title": "foo"}, {"title": "bar"}]},
+        {"allOf": [{"title": "foo"}, {"title": "bar"}]},
+    ],
+)
+def test_node_info_failure(schema):
+    ni = asdf._node_info.NodeSchemaInfo.from_root_node("title", "root", {}, schema)
+    with pytest.raises(AsdfInfoResolutionError):
+        ni.info