ns.ripe.net has no CNAME records.
Question and response
Question
dig ns.ripe.net. NS
Answer
The response has no answer records.
Authority
ripe.net. 3600 SOA manus.authdns.ripe.net. dns.ripe.net. 1772799322 3600 600 864000 3600
Additional
. 0 OPT ; payload 1232, xrcode 0, version 0, flags 0