Repack Arch's bind into a tiny package with just dig/host/nslookup + needed ISC libs. No server, no daemons. Re-run whenever you want to refresh.

mk-bind-tools-min-bin.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euo pipefail

pkgname=bind-tools-min-bin
verrel=$(pacman -Si bind | awk -F': *' '/^Version/{print $2}')
pkgver=${verrel%-*}; pkgrel=${verrel##*-}

work="$(mktemp -d)"; trap 'rm -rf "$work"' EXIT
cd "$work"

cache_dir="$(pacman-conf CacheDir | head -n1)"
sudo pacman -Sw --noconfirm bind >/dev/null
pkgfile="$(ls -t "$cache_dir"/bind-*.pkg.tar.* 2>/dev/null | head -n1)" || true
[ -n "$pkgfile" ] && [ -f "$pkgfile" ] || { echo "No cached bind pkg found in $cache_dir"; exit 1; }
cp -- "$pkgfile" bind.pkg.tar.zst

cat > PKGBUILD <<PKG
pkgname=$pkgname
pkgver=$pkgver
pkgrel=$pkgrel
pkgdesc='dig/host/nslookup from BIND (repacked; no server)'
arch=(x86_64)
url='https://www.isc.org/bind/'
license=(MPL2)
depends=(glibc libuv openssl liburcu libmaxminddb)
provides=(dnsutils)
conflicts=(bind)
source=('bind.pkg.tar.zst')
sha256sums=('SKIP')
package() {
  bsdtar -xf "\$srcdir/bind.pkg.tar.zst" \
    usr/bin/dig usr/bin/host usr/bin/nslookup \
    usr/lib/libisc*.so* usr/lib/libdns*.so* usr/lib/libisccfg*.so* \
    usr/lib/libirs*.so* usr/lib/libbind9*.so* || true
  install -d "\$pkgdir/usr/bin" "\$pkgdir/usr/lib" "\$pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/\$pkgname"
  mv usr/bin/{dig,host,nslookup} "\$pkgdir/usr/bin/"
  mv usr/lib/lib*.so* "\$pkgdir/usr/lib/" || true
  printf '%s\n' 'MPL-2.0: https://www.mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/' > "\$pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/\$pkgname/LICENSE"
}
PKG

makepkg -fcsi

Run to install:
bash <(curl -fsSL https://gist.githubusercontent.com/brendenhoffman/d8b17e55d164bb0ec3d00f95048aa76a/raw/a970d8a37f56ab589ee2aa22360fa4fdf4f7c624/mk-bind-tools-min-bin.sh)