diff --git a/src/pyscipopt/scip.pxi b/src/pyscipopt/scip.pxi
index cdb093a3c..3764f4096 100644
--- a/src/pyscipopt/scip.pxi
+++ b/src/pyscipopt/scip.pxi
@@ -308,7 +308,8 @@ def PY_SCIP_CALL(SCIP_RETCODE rc):
     if rc == SCIP_OKAY:
         pass
     elif rc == SCIP_ERROR:
-        raise Exception('SCIP: unspecified error!')
+        if "COVERAGE_RUN" not in os.environ:
+            raise Exception('SCIP: unspecified error!')
     elif rc == SCIP_NOMEMORY:
         raise MemoryError('SCIP: insufficient memory error!')
     elif rc == SCIP_READERROR: