diff --git a/evals/cli/oaieval.py b/evals/cli/oaieval.py
index a72b194ae0..cfb5ea4248 100644
--- a/evals/cli/oaieval.py
+++ b/evals/cli/oaieval.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 import logging
 import shlex
 import sys
-from typing import Any, Mapping, Optional
+from typing import Any, Mapping, Optional, Union, cast
 
 import openai
 
@@ -13,12 +13,13 @@
 import evals.api
 import evals.base
 import evals.record
+from evals.eval import Eval
 from evals.registry import Registry
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-def _purple(str):
+def _purple(str: str) -> str:
     return f"\033[1;35m{str}\033[0m"
 
 
@@ -41,7 +42,11 @@ def get_parser() -> argparse.ArgumentParser:
         "--log_to_file", type=str, default=None, help="Log to a file instead of stdout"
     )
     parser.add_argument(
-        "--registry_path", type=str, default=None, action="append", help="Path to the registry"
+        "--registry_path",
+        type=str,
+        default=None,
+        action="append",
+        help="Path to the registry",
     )
     parser.add_argument("--debug", action=argparse.BooleanOptionalAction, default=False)
     parser.add_argument("--local-run", action=argparse.BooleanOptionalAction, default=True)
@@ -50,7 +55,25 @@ def get_parser() -> argparse.ArgumentParser:
     return parser
 
 
-def run(args, registry: Optional[Registry] = None):
+class OaiEvalArguments(argparse.Namespace):
+    completion_fn: str
+    eval: str
+    extra_eval_params: str
+    max_samples: Optional[int]
+    cache: bool
+    visible: Optional[bool]
+    seed: int
+    user: str
+    record_path: Optional[str]
+    log_to_file: Optional[str]
+    registry_path: Optional[str]
+    debug: bool
+    local_run: bool
+    dry_run: bool
+    dry_run_logging: bool
+
+
+def run(args: OaiEvalArguments, registry: Optional[Registry] = None) -> str:
     if args.debug:
         logging.getLogger().setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
 
@@ -61,7 +84,7 @@ def run(args, registry: Optional[Registry] = None):
 
     registry = registry or Registry()
     if args.registry_path:
-        registry.add_registry_paths(args.registry_path)
+        registry.add_registry_paths([args.registry_path])
 
     eval_spec = registry.get_eval(args.eval)
     assert (
@@ -83,6 +106,9 @@ def run(args, registry: Optional[Registry] = None):
     }
 
     eval_name = eval_spec.key
+    if eval_name is None:
+        raise Exception("you must provide a eval name")
+
     run_spec = evals.base.RunSpec(
         completion_fns=completion_fns,
         eval_name=eval_name,
@@ -95,6 +121,8 @@ def run(args, registry: Optional[Registry] = None):
         record_path = f"/tmp/evallogs/{run_spec.run_id}_{args.completion_fn}_{args.eval}.jsonl"
     else:
         record_path = args.record_path
+
+    recorder: evals.record.RecorderBase
     if args.dry_run:
         recorder = evals.record.DummyRecorder(run_spec=run_spec, log=args.dry_run_logging)
     elif args.local_run:
@@ -102,19 +130,21 @@ def run(args, registry: Optional[Registry] = None):
     else:
         recorder = evals.record.Recorder(record_path, run_spec=run_spec)
 
-    api_extra_options = {}
+    api_extra_options: dict[str, Any] = {}
     if not args.cache:
         api_extra_options["cache_level"] = 0
 
     run_url = f"{run_spec.run_id}"
     logger.info(_purple(f"Run started: {run_url}"))
 
-    def parse_extra_eval_params(param_str: Optional[str]) -> Mapping[str, Any]:
+    def parse_extra_eval_params(
+        param_str: Optional[str],
+    ) -> Mapping[str, Union[str, int, float]]:
         """Parse a string of the form "key1=value1,key2=value2" into a dict."""
         if not param_str:
             return {}
 
-        def to_number(x):
+        def to_number(x: str) -> Union[int, float, str]:
             try:
                 return int(x)
             except:
@@ -131,7 +161,7 @@ def to_number(x):
     extra_eval_params = parse_extra_eval_params(args.extra_eval_params)
 
     eval_class = registry.get_class(eval_spec)
-    eval = eval_class(
+    eval: Eval = eval_class(
         completion_fns=completion_fn_instances,
         seed=args.seed,
         name=eval_name,
@@ -150,17 +180,19 @@ def to_number(x):
     return run_spec.run_id
 
 
-def main():
+def main() -> None:
     parser = get_parser()
-    args = parser.parse_args(sys.argv[1:])
+    args = cast(OaiEvalArguments, parser.parse_args(sys.argv[1:]))
     logging.basicConfig(
         format="[%(asctime)s] [%(filename)s:%(lineno)d] %(message)s",
         level=logging.INFO,
         filename=args.log_to_file if args.log_to_file else None,
     )
     logging.getLogger("openai").setLevel(logging.WARN)
-    if hasattr(openai.error, "set_display_cause"):
-        openai.error.set_display_cause()
+
+    # TODO)) why do we need this?
+    if hasattr(openai.error, "set_display_cause"):  # type: ignore
+        openai.error.set_display_cause()  # type: ignore
     run(args)
 
 
diff --git a/evals/utils/misc.py b/evals/utils/misc.py
index 2e19570e16..da8685500e 100644
--- a/evals/utils/misc.py
+++ b/evals/utils/misc.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ def t(duration: float) -> str:
         return f"{duration//60}min{int(duration%60)}s"
 
 
-def make_object(object_ref: Any, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:
+def make_object(object_ref: str, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:
     modname, qualname_separator, qualname = object_ref.partition(":")
     obj = importlib.import_module(modname)
     if qualname_separator:
diff --git a/mypy.ini b/mypy.ini
index 62225d735f..e7656d5345 100644
--- a/mypy.ini
+++ b/mypy.ini
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ disallow_untyped_defs=True
 ignore_errors=False
 disallow_untyped_defs=True
 
+[mypy-evals.cli.oaieval]
+ignore_errors=False
+disallow_untyped_defs=True
+
 [mypy-scripts.*]
 ignore_errors=False
 disallow_untyped_defs=True