diff --git a/tests/hats_import/test_run_verification.py b/tests/hats_import/test_run_verification.py
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+import hats_import.verification.run_verification as runner
+import pandas as pd
+from hats_import.verification.arguments import VerificationArguments
+
+
+def test_runner(small_sky_dir_cloud, tmp_path):
+    """Runner should execute all tests and write a report to file."""
+    result_cols = ["datetime", "passed", "test", "target"]
+
+    args = VerificationArguments(input_catalog_path=small_sky_dir_cloud, output_path=tmp_path)
+    verifier = runner.run(args, write_mode="w")
+    all_passed = verifier.results_df.passed.all()
+    assert all_passed, "good catalog failed"
+    written_results = pd.read_csv(args.output_path / args.output_filename)
+    assert written_results[result_cols].equals(verifier.results_df[result_cols]), "report failed"