diff --git a/sdmetrics/reports/base_report.py b/sdmetrics/reports/base_report.py
index b58a1ca6..22bda03e 100644
--- a/sdmetrics/reports/base_report.py
+++ b/sdmetrics/reports/base_report.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def _validate_metadata_matches_data(self, real_data, synthetic_data, metadata):
             )
             raise ValueError(error_message)
 
-    def validate(self, real_data, synthetic_data, metadata):
+    def _validate(self, real_data, synthetic_data, metadata):
         """Validate the inputs.
 
         Args:
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ def generate(self, real_data, synthetic_data, metadata, verbose=True):
         if not isinstance(metadata, dict):
             raise TypeError('The provided metadata is not a dictionary.')
 
-        self.validate(real_data, synthetic_data, metadata)
+        self._validate(real_data, synthetic_data, metadata)
         self.convert_datetimes(real_data, synthetic_data, metadata)
 
         self.report_info['generated_date'] = datetime.today().strftime('%Y-%m-%d')
diff --git a/tests/unit/reports/test_base_report.py b/tests/unit/reports/test_base_report.py
index 5076e86b..183649ac 100644
--- a/tests/unit/reports/test_base_report.py
+++ b/tests/unit/reports/test_base_report.py
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ def test__validate_metadata_matches_data_no_mismatch(self):
         # Run and Assert
         base_report._validate_metadata_matches_data(real_data, synthetic_data, metadata)
 
-    def test_validate(self):
-        """Test the ``validate`` method."""
+    def test__validate(self):
+        """Test the ``_validate`` method."""
         # Setup
         base_report = BaseReport()
         mock__validate_metadata_matches_data = Mock()
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ def test_validate(self):
         }
 
         # Run
-        base_report.validate(real_data, synthetic_data, metadata)
+        base_report._validate(real_data, synthetic_data, metadata)
 
         # Assert
         mock__validate_metadata_matches_data.assert_called_once_with(
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ def test_generate(self, version_mock, time_mock, datetime_mock):
         mock_validate = Mock()
         mock__print_results = Mock()
         base_report._print_results = mock__print_results
-        base_report.validate = mock_validate
+        base_report._validate = mock_validate
         base_report._properties['Property 1'] = Mock()
         base_report._properties['Property 1'].get_score.return_value = 1.0
         base_report._properties['Property 2'] = Mock()
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ def test_generate_multi_table_details(self, version_mock, time_mock, datetime_mo
 
         base_report = BaseReport()
         base_report._print_results = Mock()
-        base_report.validate = Mock()
+        base_report._validate = Mock()
         base_report.convert_datetimes = Mock()
         base_report._properties['Property 1'] = Mock()
         base_report._properties['Property 1'].get_score.return_value = 1.0