diff --git a/e2e/searchCommits_test.go b/e2e/searchCommits_test.go
index 1d8d8c419f0..db6e42c3b17 100644
--- a/e2e/searchCommits_test.go
+++ b/e2e/searchCommits_test.go
@@ -36,5 +36,21 @@ var _ = Describe("E2E TEST:SearchCommits", func() {
 			Expect(err).Should(BeNil())
 			Expect(len(commits)).Should(BeNumerically(">", 0))
 		})
+		It("Should return error as it is not using HEAD", func() {
+			repo, err := githubrepo.MakeGithubRepo("ossf/scorecard")
+			Expect(err).Should(BeNil())
+			repoClient := githubrepo.CreateGithubRepoClient(context.Background(), logger)
+			err = repoClient.InitRepo(repo, "123456789", 0)
+			Expect(err).ShouldNot(Not(BeNil()))
+		})
+		It("Should return error as the user does not exists", func() {
+			repo, err := githubrepo.MakeGithubRepo("ossf/scorecard")
+			Expect(err).Should(BeNil())
+			repoClient := githubrepo.CreateGithubRepoClient(context.Background(), logger)
+			err = repoClient.InitRepo(repo, clients.HeadSHA, 0)
+			Expect(err).Should(BeNil())
+			_, err = repoClient.SearchCommits(clients.SearchCommitsOptions{Author: "thisuserdoesnotexists"})
+			Expect(err).ShouldNot(BeNil())
+		})
 	})
 })