diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0da07d2b..18d62932 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -158,9 +158,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "anyhow"
-version = "1.0.91"
+version = "1.0.93"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c042108f3ed77fd83760a5fd79b53be043192bb3b9dba91d8c574c0ada7850c8"
+checksum = "4c95c10ba0b00a02636238b814946408b1322d5ac4760326e6fb8ec956d85775"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "arbitrary"
@@ -2594,6 +2594,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "review"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
  "clap",
  "hipcheck-sdk",
  "log",
diff --git a/plugins/review/Cargo.toml b/plugins/review/Cargo.toml
index 45bcd05e..188783fc 100644
--- a/plugins/review/Cargo.toml
+++ b/plugins/review/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 publish = false
 
 [dependencies]
+anyhow = "1.0.93"
 clap = { version = "4.5.18", features = ["derive"] }
 hipcheck-sdk = { path = "../../sdk/rust", features = ["macros"] }
 log = "0.4.22"
diff --git a/plugins/review/src/main.rs b/plugins/review/src/main.rs
index 702d10d9..005e74bd 100644
--- a/plugins/review/src/main.rs
+++ b/plugins/review/src/main.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 //! Plugin for querying what percentage of pull requests were merged without review
 
+use anyhow::Context as _;
 use clap::Parser;
 use hipcheck_sdk::{prelude::*, types::Target};
 use schemars::JsonSchema;
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ async fn review(engine: &mut PluginEngine, value: Target) -> Result<Vec<bool>> {
 		log::error!("target repository does not have a remote repository URL");
 		return Err(Error::UnexpectedPluginQueryInputFormat);
 	};
+
 	let Some(known_remote) = remote.known_remote else {
 		log::error!("target repository is not a GitHub repository or else is missing GitHub repo information");
 		return Err(Error::UnexpectedPluginQueryInputFormat);
@@ -47,13 +49,7 @@ async fn review(engine: &mut PluginEngine, value: Target) -> Result<Vec<bool>> {
 	let value = engine
 		.query("mitre/github/pr_reviews", known_remote)
 		.await
-		.map_err(|e| {
-			log::error!(
-				"failed to get pull request reviews from GitHub for review query: {}",
-				e
-			);
-			Error::UnspecifiedQueryState
-		})?;
+		.context("failed to get pull request reviews from GitHub")?;
 
 	let pull_requests: Vec<PullRequest> =
 		serde_json::from_value(value).map_err(Error::InvalidJsonInQueryOutput)?;
diff --git a/plugins/typo/src/main.rs b/plugins/typo/src/main.rs
index e43b430d..a8617d7d 100644
--- a/plugins/typo/src/main.rs
+++ b/plugins/typo/src/main.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ use crate::{
 	languages::TypoFile,
 	types::{Lang, NpmDependencies},
 };
+use anyhow::{anyhow, Context as _};
 use clap::Parser;
 use hipcheck_sdk::{prelude::*, types::Target};
 use serde::Deserialize;
@@ -66,34 +67,25 @@ impl TryFrom<RawConfig> for Config {
 async fn typo(engine: &mut PluginEngine, value: Target) -> Result<Vec<bool>> {
 	log::debug!("running typo query");
 
-	let local = value.local;
-
-	// Get the typo file
-	let typo_file = TYPOFILE.get().ok_or(Error::UnspecifiedQueryState)?;
+	// Get the typo file.
+	let typo_file = TYPOFILE
+		.get()
+		.ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("could not find typo file"))?;
 
 	// Get the repo's dependencies
 	let value = engine
-		.query("mitre/npm/dependencies", local)
+		.query("mitre/npm/dependencies", value.local)
 		.await
-		.map_err(|e| {
-			log::error!("failed to get dependencies for typo query: {}", e);
-			Error::UnspecifiedQueryState
-		})?;
+		.context("failed to get dependencies")?;
+
 	let dependencies: NpmDependencies =
 		serde_json::from_value(value).map_err(Error::InvalidJsonInQueryOutput)?;
 
 	// Get the dependencies with identified typos
 	let typo_deps = match dependencies.language {
-		Lang::JavaScript => languages::typos_for_javascript(typo_file, dependencies.clone())
-			.map_err(|e| {
-				log::error!("{}", e);
-				Error::UnspecifiedQueryState
-			}),
-		Lang::Unknown => {
-			log::error!("failed to identify a known language");
-			Err(Error::UnexpectedPluginQueryInputFormat)
-		}
-	}?;
+		Lang::JavaScript => languages::typos_for_javascript(typo_file, dependencies.clone())?,
+		Lang::Unknown => Err(anyhow!("failed to identify a known language"))?,
+	};
 
 	// Generate a boolean list of depedencies with and without typos
 	let typos = dependencies
diff --git a/sdk/rust/Cargo.toml b/sdk/rust/Cargo.toml
index 12eae6c1..b2ee24d9 100644
--- a/sdk/rust/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sdk/rust/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,10 +5,11 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
+anyhow = "1.0.93"
 thiserror = "1.0.65"
 futures = "0.3.31"
 indexmap = "2.6.0"
-jiff = { version = "0.1.13", features=["serde"]}
+jiff = { version = "0.1.13", features = ["serde"] }
 prost = "0.13.3"
 rand = "0.8.5"
 serde = { version = "1.0.214", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/sdk/rust/src/error.rs b/sdk/rust/src/error.rs
index ab11a27b..f7b10fb0 100644
--- a/sdk/rust/src/error.rs
+++ b/sdk/rust/src/error.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 use crate::proto::{ConfigurationStatus, InitiateQueryProtocolResponse, SetConfigurationResponse};
-use std::{convert::Infallible, ops::Not, result::Result as StdResult};
+use std::{convert::Infallible, error::Error as StdError, ops::Not, result::Result as StdResult};
 use tokio::sync::mpsc::error::SendError as TokioMpscSendError;
 use tonic::Status as TonicStatus;
 
@@ -59,8 +59,30 @@ pub enum Error {
 
 	#[error("invalid format for QueryTarget")]
 	InvalidQueryTargetFormat,
+
+	#[error(transparent)]
+	Unspecified { source: DynError },
+}
+
+impl From<anyhow::Error> for Error {
+	fn from(value: anyhow::Error) -> Self {
+		Error::Unspecified {
+			source: value.into(),
+		}
+	}
 }
 
+impl Error {
+	pub fn any<E: StdError + 'static + Send + Sync>(source: E) -> Self {
+		Error::Unspecified {
+			source: Box::new(source),
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+/// A thread-safe error trait object.
+pub type DynError = Box<dyn StdError + 'static + Send + Sync>;
+
 // this will never happen, but is needed to enable passing QueryTarget to PluginEngine::query
 impl From<Infallible> for Error {
 	fn from(_value: Infallible) -> Self {