diff --git a/lib/entry-points.js b/lib/entry-points.js
index 4a0c530cc..123382751 100644
--- a/lib/entry-points.js
+++ b/lib/entry-points.js
@@ -155758,7 +155758,13 @@ function getToolNames(sarifFile) {
   return Object.keys(toolNames);
 }
 function readSarifFile(sarifFilePath) {
-  return JSON.parse(fs21.readFileSync(sarifFilePath, "utf8"));
+  try {
+    return JSON.parse(fs21.readFileSync(sarifFilePath, "utf8"));
+  } catch (err) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `Parsing SARIF file at '${sarifFilePath}' failed: ${getErrorMessage(err)}`
+    );
+  }
 }
 function combineSarifFiles(sarifFiles, logger) {
   logger.info(`Loading SARIF file(s)`);
@@ -158903,7 +158909,7 @@ var import_async = __toESM(require_async(), 1);
 var import_path7 = require("path");
 
 // node_modules/archiver/lib/error.js
-var import_util35 = __toESM(require("util"), 1);
+var import_util36 = __toESM(require("util"), 1);
 var ERROR_CODES = {
   ABORTED: "archive was aborted",
   DIRECTORYDIRPATHREQUIRED: "diretory dirpath argument must be a non-empty string value",
@@ -158928,7 +158934,7 @@ function ArchiverError(code, data) {
   this.code = code;
   this.data = data;
 }
-import_util35.default.inherits(ArchiverError, Error);
+import_util36.default.inherits(ArchiverError, Error);
 
 // node_modules/archiver/lib/core.js
 var import_readable_stream2 = __toESM(require_ours(), 1);
diff --git a/src/sarif/index.ts b/src/sarif/index.ts
index 3cd537daf..c288ec6a9 100644
--- a/src/sarif/index.ts
+++ b/src/sarif/index.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import * as fs from "fs";
 import { Logger } from "../logging";
 
 import * as sarif from "sarif";
+import { getErrorMessage } from "../util";
 
 export type * from "sarif";
 
@@ -48,7 +49,13 @@ export function getToolNames(sarifFile: Partial<sarif.Log>): string[] {
  * @returns The resulting JSON value, cast to a SARIF `Log`.
  */
 export function readSarifFile(sarifFilePath: string): Partial<sarif.Log> {
-  return JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(sarifFilePath, "utf8")) as sarif.Log;
+  try {
+    return JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(sarifFilePath, "utf8")) as sarif.Log;
+  } catch (err) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `Parsing SARIF file at '${sarifFilePath}' failed: ${getErrorMessage(err)}`,
+    );
+  }
 }
 
 // Takes a list of paths to sarif files and combines them together,