diff --git a/src/access_nri_intake/utils.py b/src/access_nri_intake/utils.py
index ae6b118..876a98d 100644
--- a/src/access_nri_intake/utils.py
+++ b/src/access_nri_intake/utils.py
@@ -102,12 +102,18 @@ def validate_against_schema(instance: dict, schema: dict) -> None:
         Validator, type_checker=type_checker
     )
 
-    issues = TupleAllowingValidator(schema).iter_errors(instance)
+    issues = list(TupleAllowingValidator(schema).iter_errors(instance))
 
-    if len(list(issues)) > 0:
+    if len(issues) > 0:
         issue_str = ""
-        for issue in issues:
-            issue_str += f"{ issue.message }\n"
+        for i, issue in enumerate(issues):
+            try:
+                issue_str += (
+                    f"\n{i+1:02d} | {issue.absolute_path[0]} : { issue.message };"
+                )
+            except IndexError:  # Must be a missing keyword, not a bad type/value
+                issue_str += f"\n{i+1:02d} | missing : { issue.message };"
+        # raise jsonschema.ValidationError(textwrap.fill(textwrap.dedent(issue_str)))
         raise jsonschema.ValidationError(issue_str)
 
     return
diff --git a/tests/data/bad_metadata/metadata-missing-name-missing-uuid.yaml b/tests/data/bad_metadata/metadata-missing-name-missing-uuid.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb11cd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/bad_metadata/metadata-missing-name-missing-uuid.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+created: '2024-02-27'
+model: ACCESS-OM3
+description: An early ACCESS-OM3 test run
+long_description: An early ACCESS-OM3 test run
+url: git@github.com:COSIMA/MOM6-CICE6-WW3.git
+contact: dougiesquire
+email: dougiesquire@gmail.com
diff --git a/tests/test_utils.py b/tests/test_utils.py
index 51748e5..b9fe132 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -2,10 +2,13 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 import datetime
+from pathlib import Path
 
+import jsonschema
 import pytest
 import yaml
 
+from access_nri_intake.catalog import EXP_JSONSCHEMA
 from access_nri_intake.utils import (
     get_jsonschema,
     load_metadata_yaml,
@@ -68,3 +71,21 @@ def test_validate_against_schema(instance):
         },
     }
     validate_against_schema(instance, schema)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "instance,no_errs",
+    [
+        ("bad_metadata/metadata-missing-name.yaml", 1),
+        ("bad_metadata/metadata-missing-name-missing-uuid.yaml", 2),
+    ],
+)
+def test_bad_metadata_validation_raises(test_data, instance, no_errs):
+    fpath = str(test_data / Path(instance))
+
+    try:
+        _ = load_metadata_yaml(fpath, EXP_JSONSCHEMA)
+    except jsonschema.ValidationError as e:
+        assert f"{no_errs:02d}" in e.message, "Can't see the right number of errors!"
+    except Exception:
+        assert False, "load_metadata_yaml didn't raise jsonschema.ValidationError"