diff --git a/src/libcmd/repl.cc b/src/libcmd/repl.cc
index a069dd52c..e5d3f6f15 100644
--- a/src/libcmd/repl.cc
+++ b/src/libcmd/repl.cc
@@ -304,6 +304,8 @@ StringSet NixRepl::completePrefix(const std::string & prefix)
             // Quietly ignore evaluation errors.
         } catch (BadURL & e) {
             // Quietly ignore BadURL flake-related errors.
+        } catch (FileNotFound & e) {
+            // Quietly ignore non-existent file beeing `import`-ed.
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/libutil/source-accessor.cc b/src/libutil/source-accessor.cc
index 66093d2cc..e797951c7 100644
--- a/src/libutil/source-accessor.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/source-accessor.cc
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ SourceAccessor::Stat SourceAccessor::lstat(const CanonPath & path)
     if (auto st = maybeLstat(path))
         return *st;
     else
-        throw Error("path '%s' does not exist", showPath(path));
+        throw FileNotFound("path '%s' does not exist", showPath(path));
 }
 
 void SourceAccessor::setPathDisplay(std::string displayPrefix, std::string displaySuffix)
diff --git a/src/libutil/source-accessor.hh b/src/libutil/source-accessor.hh
index d7fb0af5f..cc8db01f5 100644
--- a/src/libutil/source-accessor.hh
+++ b/src/libutil/source-accessor.hh
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ enum class SymlinkResolution {
     Full,
 };
 
+MakeError(FileNotFound, Error);
+
 /**
  * A read-only filesystem abstraction. This is used by the Nix
  * evaluator and elsewhere for accessing sources in various