diff --git a/tests/fixtures/semantic_manifest_yamls/simple_semantic_manifest/saved_queries.yaml b/tests/fixtures/semantic_manifest_yamls/simple_semantic_manifest/saved_queries.yaml
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+---
+saved_query:
+  name: p0_booking
+  description: Booking-related metrics that are of the highest priority.
+  metrics:
+    - bookings
+    - instant_bookings
+  group_bys:
+    - metric_time__day
+    - listing__capacity_latest
+  where:
+    - "{{ Dimension('listing__capacity_latest') }} > 3"
diff --git a/tests/validations/test_saved_query.py b/tests/validations/test_saved_query.py
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+import copy
+import logging
+
+from dbt_semantic_interfaces.implementations.filters.where_filter import (
+    PydanticWhereFilter,
+)
+from dbt_semantic_interfaces.implementations.saved_query import PydanticSavedQuery
+from dbt_semantic_interfaces.implementations.semantic_manifest import (
+    PydanticSemanticManifest,
+)
+from dbt_semantic_interfaces.validations.saved_query import SavedQueryRule
+from dbt_semantic_interfaces.validations.semantic_manifest_validator import (
+    SemanticManifestValidator,
+)
+from dbt_semantic_interfaces.validations.validator_helpers import (
+    SemanticManifestValidationResults,
+)
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+def check_only_one_error_with_message(  # noqa: D
+    results: SemanticManifestValidationResults, target_message: str
+) -> None:
+    assert len(results.warnings) == 0
+    assert len(results.errors) == 1
+    assert len(results.future_errors) == 0
+
+    found_match = results.errors[0].message.find(target_message) != -1
+    # Adding this dict to the assert so that when it does not match, pytest prints the expected and actual values.
+    assert {
+        "expected": target_message,
+        "actual": results.errors[0].message,
+    } and found_match
+
+
+def test_invalid_metric_in_saved_query(  # noqa: D
+    simple_semantic_manifest__with_primary_transforms: PydanticSemanticManifest,
+) -> None:
+    manifest = copy.deepcopy(simple_semantic_manifest__with_primary_transforms)
+    manifest.saved_queries = [
+        PydanticSavedQuery(
+            name="Example Saved Query",
+            description="Example description.",
+            metrics=["invalid_metric"],
+            group_bys=["booking__is_instant"],
+        ),
+    ]
+
+    manifest_validator = SemanticManifestValidator[PydanticSemanticManifest]([SavedQueryRule()])
+    check_only_one_error_with_message(
+        manifest_validator.validate_semantic_manifest(manifest), "is not a valid metric name."
+    )
+
+
+def test_invalid_where_in_saved_query(  # noqa: D
+    simple_semantic_manifest__with_primary_transforms: PydanticSemanticManifest,
+) -> None:
+    manifest = copy.deepcopy(simple_semantic_manifest__with_primary_transforms)
+    manifest.saved_queries = [
+        PydanticSavedQuery(
+            name="Example Saved Query",
+            description="Example description.",
+            metrics=["bookings"],
+            group_bys=["booking__is_instant"],
+            where=[PydanticWhereFilter(where_sql_template="{{ invalid_jinja }}")],
+        ),
+    ]
+
+    manifest_validator = SemanticManifestValidator[PydanticSemanticManifest]([SavedQueryRule()])
+    check_only_one_error_with_message(
+        manifest_validator.validate_semantic_manifest(manifest),
+        "trying to parse a filter in saved query",
+    )