We study propagation of singularities for the Hamilton–Jacobi equation S t +H(∇S)=0,(t,x)∈(0,T)×R n , St+H(∇S)=0,(t,x)∈(0,T)×Rn,where H(p)=12 ⟨p,Ap⟩ H(p)=12⟨p,Ap⟩ is a positive definite quadratic form. Each viscosity solution S S is semiconcave, and it is known that its singularities move along generalized characteristics. We give a new proof of the recent result by Cannarsa et al. (Discrete Contin Dyn Syst 35:4225–4239, 2015), namely that the singularities propagate along generalized characteristics indefinitely forward in time.