diff --git a/sqlmesh/core/context.py b/sqlmesh/core/context.py
index 5902977331..d9cc1dba20 100644
--- a/sqlmesh/core/context.py
+++ b/sqlmesh/core/context.py
@@ -1856,6 +1856,8 @@ def invalidate_environment(self, name: str, sync: bool = False) -> None:
                 be deleted asynchronously by the janitor process.
         """
         name = Environment.sanitize_name(name)
+        if self.state_sync.get_environment(name) is None:
+            raise SQLMeshError(f"Environment '{name}' does not exist.")
         self.state_sync.invalidate_environment(name)
         if sync:
             self._cleanup_environments(name=name)
diff --git a/tests/core/test_context.py b/tests/core/test_context.py
index 365d31d3fd..83b75c4d26 100644
--- a/tests/core/test_context.py
+++ b/tests/core/test_context.py
@@ -1611,6 +1611,20 @@ def test_invalidate_environment_no_sync_skips_cleanup(sushi_context, mocker: Moc
     state_sync_mock.delete_expired_environments.assert_not_called()
 
 
+def test_invalidate_environment_nonexistent_raises(sushi_context, mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
+    """Invalidating an environment that does not exist should error instead of
+    reporting success, so a mistyped name is caught rather than silently accepted."""
+    state_sync_mock = mocker.patch.object(
+        type(sushi_context), "state_sync", new_callable=mocker.PropertyMock
+    ).return_value
+    state_sync_mock.get_environment.return_value = None
+
+    with pytest.raises(SQLMeshError, match="Environment 'doesnotexist' does not exist"):
+        sushi_context.invalidate_environment("doesnotexist")
+
+    state_sync_mock.invalidate_environment.assert_not_called()
+
+
 @pytest.mark.slow
 def test_plan_default_end(sushi_context_pre_scheduling: Context):
     prod_plan_builder = sushi_context_pre_scheduling.plan_builder("prod")