This article examines how corruption investigations by the Indonesian National Police can be reoriented to place state asset recovery at the center of enforcement without weakening criminal accountability. The study responds to a persistent gap between the punitive orientation of corruption enforcement and the comparatively limited recovery of state financial losses. It uses normative legal research with statutory and conceptual approaches, supported by internal police data on corruption case handling and asset recovery for 2020–2024 as presented in the manuscript. The analysis confirms that restorative justice cannot be used to terminate corruption cases under the current legal framework, particularly Article 4 of Law No. 31 of 1999 and Article 82(c) of Law No. 20 of 2025. Nevertheless, restorative principles—especially repairing harm, restoring losses, and encouraging offender responsibility—can inform investigative strategy without replacing prosecution. The article proposes a restorative asset-recovery model in which asset tracing begins at the earliest investigative stage, voluntary restitution is documented as cooperation rather than a ground for case termination, and recovered assets remain integrated with prosecution and adjudication. This model is intended to improve the economic effectiveness of corruption enforcement while preserving legality, deterrence, and judicial accountability.