diff --git a/tests/cli/test_start_orion.py b/tests/cli/test_start_orion.py
index 6b4271546ade..98f832223cd5 100644
--- a/tests/cli/test_start_orion.py
+++ b/tests/cli/test_start_orion.py
@@ -44,9 +44,10 @@ def test_sigint_sends_sigterm_then_sigkill(self):
             out += proc.stdout
         out = "".join(line.decode() for line in out)
 
+        assert proc.returncode == 0, "The main process should exit gracefully"
         assert re.search(
             r"(Sending SIGTERM)(.|\s)*(Sending SIGKILL)", out
-        ), "When sending two SIGINT shortly after each other, the main process should first send a SIGTERM and then a SIGKILL to the uvicorn process"
+        ), "When sending two SIGINT shortly after each other, the main process should first send a SIGTERM and then a SIGKILL to the uvicorn subprocess"
 
     @pytest.mark.skipif(
         sys.platform == "win32",
@@ -71,9 +72,10 @@ def test_sigterm_sends_sigterm_then_sigkill(self):
             out += proc.stdout
         out = "".join(line.decode() for line in out)
 
+        assert proc.returncode == 0, "The main process should exit gracefully"
         assert re.search(
             r"(Sending SIGTERM)(.|\s)*(Sending SIGKILL)", out
-        ), "When sending two SIGTERM shortly after each other, the main process should first send a SIGTERM and then a SIGKILL to the uvicorn process"
+        ), "When sending two SIGTERM shortly after each other, the main process should first send a SIGTERM and then a SIGKILL to the uvicorn subprocess"
 
     @pytest.mark.skipif(
         sys.platform == "win32",
@@ -96,10 +98,10 @@ def test_sigterm_sends_sigterm_directly(self):
             out += proc.stdout
         out = "".join(line.decode() for line in out)
 
+        assert proc.returncode == 0, "The main process should exit gracefully"
         assert re.search(
             r"(Sending SIGTERM)(.|\s)*(Application shutdown complete)", out
-        ), "When sending a SIGTERM, it should forward directly and exit gracefully"
-        assert proc.returncode == 0
+        ), "When sending a SIGTERM, the main process should send a SIGTERM to the uvicorn subprocess"
 
     @pytest.mark.skipif(
         sys.platform != "win32",
@@ -122,6 +124,7 @@ def test_sends_ctrl_break_win32(self):
             out += proc.stdout
         out = "".join(line.decode() for line in out)
 
+        assert proc.returncode == 0, "The main process should exit gracefully"
         assert re.search(
             r"Sending CTRL_BREAK_EVENT", out
-        ), "When sending a SIGINT, the main process should send a CTRL_BREAK_EVENT to the uvicorn process"
+        ), "When sending a SIGINT, the main process should send a CTRL_BREAK_EVENT to the uvicorn subprocess"