diff --git a/src/mlx/warnings/regex_checker.py b/src/mlx/warnings/regex_checker.py
index 6ddff0e7..cb833f6b 100644
--- a/src/mlx/warnings/regex_checker.py
+++ b/src/mlx/warnings/regex_checker.py
@@ -73,7 +73,11 @@ def add_code_quality_finding(self, match):
             if name.startswith("path"):
                 path = Path(result)
                 if path.is_absolute():
-                    path = path.relative_to(Path.cwd())
+                    try:
+                        path = path.relative_to(Path.cwd())
+                    except ValueError as err:
+                        raise ValueError("Failed to convert abolute path to relative path for Code Quality report: "
+                                         f"{err}") from err
                 finding["location"]["path"] = str(path)
                 break
         for name, result in groups.items():
diff --git a/tests/test_integration.py b/tests/test_integration.py
index 95267c8a..0dad2eb1 100644
--- a/tests/test_integration.py
+++ b/tests/test_integration.py
@@ -316,6 +316,20 @@ def test_code_quality(self, path_cwd_mock):
         self.assertEqual(2, retval)
         self.assertTrue(filecmp.cmp(out_file, ref_file), '{} differs from {}'.format(out_file, ref_file))
 
+    def test_code_quality_abspath_failure(self):
+        filename = 'code_quality.json'
+        out_file = str(TEST_OUT_DIR / filename)
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError) as c_m:
+            warnings_wrapper([
+                '--code-quality', out_file,
+                '--config', 'tests/test_in/config_example.json',
+                'tests/test_in/mixed_warnings.txt',
+            ])
+        self.assertTrue(str(c_m.exception).startswith(
+            "Failed to convert abolute path to relative path for Code Quality report: "
+            "'/home/user/myproject/helper/SimpleTimer.h'")
+        )
+
     def test_cq_description_format_missing_envvar(self):
         os.environ['FIRST_ENVVAR'] = 'envvar_value'
         filename = 'code_quality_format.json'