diff --git a/internal/monocular/search.go b/internal/monocular/search.go
index 29cc7f1a4..60b25a6e1 100644
--- a/internal/monocular/search.go
+++ b/internal/monocular/search.go
@@ -142,7 +142,9 @@ func (c *Client) SearchWithContext(ctx context.Context, term string) ([]SearchRe
 
 	result := &searchResponse{}
 
-	json.NewDecoder(res.Body).Decode(result)
+	if err := json.NewDecoder(res.Body).Decode(result); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to decode search results from %s: %w", p.String(), err)
+	}
 
 	return result.Data, nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/action/lint.go b/pkg/action/lint.go
index 6156fe5c8..0c8c453ae 100644
--- a/pkg/action/lint.go
+++ b/pkg/action/lint.go
@@ -112,6 +112,9 @@ func lintChart(path string, vals map[string]any, namespace string, kubeVersion *
 		if err != nil {
 			return linter, fmt.Errorf("unable to read temporary output directory %s: %w", tempDir, err)
 		}
+		if len(files) == 0 {
+			return linter, fmt.Errorf("temporary output directory %s is empty after extraction", tempDir)
+		}
 		if !files[0].IsDir() {
 			return linter, fmt.Errorf("unexpected file %s in temporary output directory %s", files[0].Name(), tempDir)
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/profiling.go b/pkg/cmd/profiling.go
index 45e7b9342..1b5a4821d 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/profiling.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/profiling.go
@@ -74,12 +74,13 @@ func stopProfiling() error {
 		f, err := os.Create(memProfilePath)
 		if err != nil {
 			errs = append(errs, err)
-		}
-		defer f.Close()
+		} else {
+			defer f.Close()
 
-		runtime.GC() // get up-to-date statistics
-		if err := pprof.WriteHeapProfile(f); err != nil {
-			errs = append(errs, err)
+			runtime.GC() // get up-to-date statistics
+			if err := pprof.WriteHeapProfile(f); err != nil {
+				errs = append(errs, err)
+			}
 		}
 	}