diff --git a/tests/scripts/test_audit_anomalies.py b/tests/scripts/test_audit_anomalies.py
index 07ba6d2bc..86d7889b1 100644
--- a/tests/scripts/test_audit_anomalies.py
+++ b/tests/scripts/test_audit_anomalies.py
@@ -1,16 +1,18 @@
 import dataclasses
 from typing import Optional
 
-import pytest
-
+# The checks are registry-driven: production reaches them through `_REGISTRY`,
+# never by name, so the underscore marks "not a direct call site" rather than
+# "untestable". Naming them here is the only way to exercise one check in
+# isolation, hence the private-usage waivers.
 from scripts.audit.anomalies import (
-    _REGISTRY,
+    _REGISTRY,  # pyright: ignore[reportPrivateUsage]
     PropertyAudit,
     Severity,
-    _already_meets_goal_with_works,
-    _effective_lodged_divergence,
-    _implausible_lodged_score,
-    _plan_stops_short_of_goal,
+    _already_meets_goal_with_works,  # pyright: ignore[reportPrivateUsage]
+    _effective_lodged_divergence,  # pyright: ignore[reportPrivateUsage]
+    _implausible_lodged_score,  # pyright: ignore[reportPrivateUsage]
+    _plan_stops_short_of_goal,  # pyright: ignore[reportPrivateUsage]
 )