diff --git a/packages/nx/src/command-line/add/add.ts b/packages/nx/src/command-line/add/add.ts
index b227b11d3b602..20c771b43d17e 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/command-line/add/add.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/command-line/add/add.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import { workspaceRoot } from '../../utils/workspace-root';
 import type { AddOptions } from './command-object';
 import { normalizeVersionForNxJson } from '../init/implementation/dot-nx/add-nx-scripts';
 
-export function addHandler(options: AddOptions): Promise<void> {
+export function addHandler(options: AddOptions): Promise<number> {
   if (options.verbose) {
     process.env.NX_VERBOSE_LOGGING = 'true';
   }
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/command-line/add/command-object.ts b/packages/nx/src/command-line/add/command-object.ts
index 21bbbae903e07..a06d51dd2ae2f 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/command-line/add/command-object.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/command-line/add/command-object.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ export const yargsAddCommand: CommandModule<
         '$0 add @nx/react@17.0.0',
         'Install version `17.0.0` of the `@nx/react` package and run its `@nx/react:init` generator'
       ) as any,
-  handler: (args) =>
-    import('./add').then((m) => m.addHandler(withOverrides(args))),
+  handler: async (args) => {
+    process.exit(
+      await import('./add').then((m) => m.addHandler(withOverrides(args)))
+    );
+  },
 };
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/command-line/affected/command-object.ts b/packages/nx/src/command-line/affected/command-object.ts
index 268a040126f20..167017e30a0dd 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/command-line/affected/command-object.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/command-line/affected/command-object.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export const yargsAffectedCommand: CommandModule = {
       'affected'
     ),
   handler: async (args) => {
-    return handleErrors(
+    const exitCode = await handleErrors(
       (args.verbose as boolean) ?? process.env.NX_VERBOSE_LOGGING === 'true',
       async () => {
         return (await import('./affected')).affected(
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ export const yargsAffectedCommand: CommandModule = {
         );
       }
     );
+    process.exit(exitCode);
   },
 };
 
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ export const yargsAffectedTestCommand: CommandModule = {
       'affected'
     ),
   handler: async (args) => {
-    return handleErrors(
+    const exitCode = await handleErrors(
       (args.verbose as boolean) ?? process.env.NX_VERBOSE_LOGGING === 'true',
       async () => {
         return (await import('./affected')).affected('affected', {
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ export const yargsAffectedTestCommand: CommandModule = {
         });
       }
     );
+    process.exit(exitCode);
   },
 };
 
@@ -83,7 +85,7 @@ export const yargsAffectedBuildCommand: CommandModule = {
       'affected'
     ),
   handler: async (args) => {
-    return handleErrors(
+    const exitCode = await handleErrors(
       (args.verbose as boolean) ?? process.env.NX_VERBOSE_LOGGING === 'true',
       async () => {
         return (await import('./affected')).affected('affected', {
@@ -92,6 +94,7 @@ export const yargsAffectedBuildCommand: CommandModule = {
         });
       }
     );
+    process.exit(exitCode);
   },
 };
 
@@ -106,7 +109,7 @@ export const yargsAffectedLintCommand: CommandModule = {
       'affected'
     ),
   handler: async (args) => {
-    return handleErrors(
+    const exitCode = await handleErrors(
       (args.verbose as boolean) ?? process.env.NX_VERBOSE_LOGGING === 'true',
       async () => {
         return (await import('./affected')).affected('affected', {
@@ -115,6 +118,7 @@ export const yargsAffectedLintCommand: CommandModule = {
         });
       }
     );
+    process.exit(exitCode);
   },
 };
 
@@ -129,7 +133,7 @@ export const yargsAffectedE2ECommand: CommandModule = {
       'affected'
     ),
   handler: async (args) => {
-    return handleErrors(
+    const exitCode = await handleErrors(
       (args.verbose as boolean) ?? process.env.NX_VERBOSE_LOGGING === 'true',
       async () => {
         return (await import('./affected')).affected('affected', {
@@ -138,5 +142,6 @@ export const yargsAffectedE2ECommand: CommandModule = {
         });
       }
     );
+    process.exit(exitCode);
   },
 };
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/command-line/deprecated/command-objects.ts b/packages/nx/src/command-line/deprecated/command-objects.ts
index ec19de708ac42..78db5b0c51b64 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/command-line/deprecated/command-objects.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/command-line/deprecated/command-objects.ts
@@ -19,10 +19,12 @@ export const yargsAffectedGraphCommand: CommandModule = {
   describe: false,
   aliases: ['affected:dep-graph'],
   builder: (yargs) => withAffectedOptions(withGraphOptions(yargs)),
-  handler: (args) =>
-    handleErrors(false, () => {
+  handler: async (args) => {
+    const exitCode = await handleErrors(false, () => {
       throw new Error(affectedGraphDeprecationMessage);
-    }),
+    });
+    process.exit(exitCode);
+  },
   deprecated: affectedGraphDeprecationMessage,
 };
 
@@ -45,9 +47,11 @@ export const yargsPrintAffectedCommand: CommandModule = {
         describe:
           'Select the type of projects to be returned (e.g., --type=app)',
       }),
-  handler: (args) =>
-    handleErrors(false, () => {
+  handler: async (args) => {
+    const exitCode = await handleErrors(false, () => {
       throw new Error(printAffectedDeprecationMessage);
-    }),
+    });
+    process.exit(exitCode);
+  },
   deprecated: printAffectedDeprecationMessage,
 };
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/command-line/release/command-object.ts b/packages/nx/src/command-line/release/command-object.ts
index 5704dd36e1531..dd70f7ef4025e 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/command-line/release/command-object.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/command-line/release/command-object.ts
@@ -182,10 +182,7 @@ const releaseCommand: CommandModule<NxReleaseArgs, ReleaseOptions> = {
       logger.warn(`\nNOTE: The "dryRun" flag means no changes were made.`);
     }
 
-    if (typeof result === 'number') {
-      process.exit(result);
-    }
-    process.exit(0);
+    process.exit(result);
   },
 };
 
@@ -223,10 +220,7 @@ const versionCommand: CommandModule<NxReleaseArgs, VersionOptions> = {
       logger.warn(`\nNOTE: The "dryRun" flag means no changes were made.`);
     }
 
-    if (typeof result === 'number') {
-      process.exit(result);
-    }
-    process.exit(0);
+    process.exit(result);
   },
 };
 
@@ -286,10 +280,7 @@ const changelogCommand: CommandModule<NxReleaseArgs, ChangelogOptions> = {
       logger.warn(`\nNOTE: The "dryRun" flag means no changes were made.`);
     }
 
-    if (typeof result === 'number') {
-      process.exit(result);
-    }
-    process.exit(0);
+    process.exit(result);
   },
 };
 
@@ -359,10 +350,7 @@ const planCommand: CommandModule<NxReleaseArgs, PlanOptions> = {
       logger.warn(`\nNOTE: The "dryRun" flag means no changes were made.`);
     }
 
-    if (typeof result === 'number') {
-      process.exit(result);
-    }
-    process.exit(0);
+    process.exit(result);
   },
 };
 
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/command-line/run-many/command-object.ts b/packages/nx/src/command-line/run-many/command-object.ts
index 4cc6ff2f89043..a14a718b49e22 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/command-line/run-many/command-object.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/command-line/run-many/command-object.ts
@@ -21,11 +21,13 @@ export const yargsRunManyCommand: CommandModule = {
       ),
       'run-many'
     ),
-  handler: async (args) =>
-    await handleErrors(
+  handler: async (args) => {
+    const exitCode = await handleErrors(
       (args.verbose as boolean) ?? process.env.NX_VERBOSE_LOGGING === 'true',
       async () => {
-        (await import('./run-many')).runMany(withOverrides(args));
+        await import('./run-many').then((m) => m.runMany(withOverrides(args)));
       }
-    ),
+    );
+    process.exit(exitCode);
+  },
 };
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/command-line/run/command-object.ts b/packages/nx/src/command-line/run/command-object.ts
index 571dfd33499b5..6b27f0cd3b3ee 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/command-line/run/command-object.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/command-line/run/command-object.ts
@@ -16,13 +16,17 @@ export const yargsRunCommand: CommandModule = {
 
     You can skip the use of Nx cache by using the --skip-nx-cache option.`,
   builder: (yargs) => withRunOneOptions(withBatch(yargs)),
-  handler: async (args) =>
-    await handleErrors(
+  handler: async (args) => {
+    const exitCode = await handleErrors(
       (args.verbose as boolean) ?? process.env.NX_VERBOSE_LOGGING === 'true',
       async () => {
-        (await import('./run-one')).runOne(process.cwd(), withOverrides(args));
+        await import('./run-one').then((m) =>
+          m.runOne(process.cwd(), withOverrides(args))
+        );
       }
-    ),
+    );
+    process.exit(exitCode);
+  },
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/command-line/show/command-object.ts b/packages/nx/src/command-line/show/command-object.ts
index 890275b5d05c9..aacc0e9f62ba5 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/command-line/show/command-object.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/command-line/show/command-object.ts
@@ -123,15 +123,15 @@ const showProjectsCommand: CommandModule<NxShowArgs, ShowProjectsOptions> = {
         '$0 show projects --affected --exclude=*-e2e',
         'Show affected projects in the workspace, excluding end-to-end projects'
       ) as any,
-  handler: (args) => {
-    return handleErrors(
+  handler: async (args) => {
+    const exitCode = await handleErrors(
       args.verbose ?? process.env.NX_VERBOSE_LOGGING === 'true',
       async () => {
         const { showProjectsHandler } = await import('./projects');
         await showProjectsHandler(args);
-        process.exit(0);
       }
     );
+    process.exit(exitCode);
   },
 };
 
@@ -177,14 +177,14 @@ const showProjectCommand: CommandModule<NxShowArgs, ShowProjectOptions> = {
         '$0 show project my-app --web',
         'View project information for my-app in the browser'
       ),
-  handler: (args) => {
-    return handleErrors(
+  handler: async (args) => {
+    const exitCode = await handleErrors(
       args.verbose ?? process.env.NX_VERBOSE_LOGGING === 'true',
       async () => {
         const { showProjectHandler } = await import('./project');
         await showProjectHandler(args);
-        process.exit(0);
       }
     );
+    process.exit(exitCode);
   },
 };
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/utils/params.ts b/packages/nx/src/utils/params.ts
index daa0237c9b0ac..c7a80fba5093a 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/utils/params.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/utils/params.ts
@@ -89,9 +89,16 @@ export type Options = {
   [k: string]: string | number | boolean | string[] | Unmatched[] | undefined;
 };
 
-export async function handleErrors(isVerbose: boolean, fn: Function) {
+export async function handleErrors(
+  isVerbose: boolean,
+  fn: Function
+): Promise<number> {
   try {
-    return await fn();
+    const result = await fn();
+    if (typeof result === 'number') {
+      return result;
+    }
+    return 0;
   } catch (err) {
     err ||= new Error('Unknown error caught');
     if (err.constructor.name === 'UnsuccessfulWorkflowExecution') {