diff --git a/osism/commands/get.py b/osism/commands/get.py
index 404f17bf..23f8b4ec 100644
--- a/osism/commands/get.py
+++ b/osism/commands/get.py
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ def take_action(self, parsed_args):
             )
         except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
             logger.error(f"Host {host} not found in inventory.")
-            return
+            return 1
 
         data = json.loads(result)
         table = []
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ def take_action(self, parsed_args):
             )
         except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
             logger.error("Error loading inventory.")
-            return
+            return 1
 
         data = json.loads(result)
         table = []
diff --git a/tests/unit/commands/test_get.py b/tests/unit/commands/test_get.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c4996a3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/commands/test_get.py
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+"""Tests for the ``osism get`` commands.
+
+These focus on the exit-code contract: a command must return a non-zero exit
+status when the underlying query cannot be run (e.g. the inventory cannot be
+loaded), but must keep returning success when the query runs fine and simply
+yields an empty result.
+"""
+
+import json
+import subprocess
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
+
+from osism.commands import get
+
+
+def _make(cls):
+    return cls(MagicMock(), MagicMock())
+
+
+# --- Hosts.take_action ---
+
+
+def test_hosts_returns_nonzero_when_inventory_cannot_be_loaded():
+    cmd = _make(get.Hosts)
+    parsed_args = cmd.get_parser("test").parse_args([])
+
+    with patch(
+        "osism.commands.get.get_inventory_path",
+        return_value="/ansible/inventory/hosts.yml",
+    ), patch(
+        "osism.commands.get.subprocess.check_output",
+        side_effect=subprocess.CalledProcessError(1, "ansible-inventory"),
+    ):
+        result = cmd.take_action(parsed_args)
+
+    assert result == 1
+
+
+def test_hosts_returns_success_for_empty_inventory():
+    cmd = _make(get.Hosts)
+    parsed_args = cmd.get_parser("test").parse_args([])
+
+    with patch(
+        "osism.commands.get.get_inventory_path",
+        return_value="/ansible/inventory/hosts.yml",
+    ), patch(
+        "osism.commands.get.subprocess.check_output",
+        return_value=json.dumps({"_meta": {"hostvars": {}}}).encode(),
+    ), patch(
+        "osism.commands.get.get_hosts_from_inventory", return_value=[]
+    ):
+        result = cmd.take_action(parsed_args)
+
+    assert not result
+
+
+# --- Hostvars.take_action ---
+
+
+def test_hostvars_returns_nonzero_when_inventory_query_fails():
+    cmd = _make(get.Hostvars)
+    parsed_args = cmd.get_parser("test").parse_args(["somehost"])
+
+    with patch(
+        "osism.commands.get.get_inventory_path",
+        return_value="/ansible/inventory/hosts.yml",
+    ), patch(
+        "osism.commands.get.subprocess.check_output",
+        side_effect=subprocess.CalledProcessError(1, "ansible-inventory"),
+    ):
+        result = cmd.take_action(parsed_args)
+
+    assert result == 1
+
+
+def test_hostvars_returns_success_when_variable_absent_from_result():
+    cmd = _make(get.Hostvars)
+    parsed_args = cmd.get_parser("test").parse_args(["somehost", "missingvar"])
+
+    with patch(
+        "osism.commands.get.get_inventory_path",
+        return_value="/ansible/inventory/hosts.yml",
+    ), patch(
+        "osism.commands.get.subprocess.check_output",
+        return_value=json.dumps({"present": "value"}).encode(),
+    ):
+        result = cmd.take_action(parsed_args)
+
+    assert not result