diff --git a/dumper/app/src/main/java/com/google/edwmigration/dumper/application/dumper/connector/snowflake/AbstractSnowflakeConnector.java b/dumper/app/src/main/java/com/google/edwmigration/dumper/application/dumper/connector/snowflake/AbstractSnowflakeConnector.java
index 8431d4911..12b86ca74 100644
--- a/dumper/app/src/main/java/com/google/edwmigration/dumper/application/dumper/connector/snowflake/AbstractSnowflakeConnector.java
+++ b/dumper/app/src/main/java/com/google/edwmigration/dumper/application/dumper/connector/snowflake/AbstractSnowflakeConnector.java
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ public AbstractSnowflakeConnector(@Nonnull String name) {
   @Override
   public Handle open(@Nonnull ConnectorArguments arguments)
       throws MetadataDumperUsageException, SQLException {
-    validateArguments(arguments);
     String url = arguments.getUri() != null ? arguments.getUri() : getUrlFromArguments(arguments);
     String databaseName =
         arguments.getDatabases().isEmpty()
@@ -101,8 +100,10 @@ public Handle open(@Nonnull ConnectorArguments arguments)
     return jdbcHandle;
   }
 
-  private void validateArguments(@Nonnull ConnectorArguments arguments)
-      throws MetadataDumperUsageException {
+  @Override
+  public void validate(ConnectorArguments arguments) {
+    super.validate(arguments);
+
     ArrayList<String> messages = new ArrayList<>();
     MetadataDumperUsageException exception = null;
 
diff --git a/dumper/app/src/main/java/com/google/edwmigration/dumper/application/dumper/connector/snowflake/SnowflakeLiteConnector.java b/dumper/app/src/main/java/com/google/edwmigration/dumper/application/dumper/connector/snowflake/SnowflakeLiteConnector.java
index eead33ab5..374c8aac3 100644
--- a/dumper/app/src/main/java/com/google/edwmigration/dumper/application/dumper/connector/snowflake/SnowflakeLiteConnector.java
+++ b/dumper/app/src/main/java/com/google/edwmigration/dumper/application/dumper/connector/snowflake/SnowflakeLiteConnector.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 import java.sql.SQLException;
 import java.time.Clock;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Objects;
 import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 import javax.annotation.ParametersAreNonnullByDefault;
@@ -49,9 +50,6 @@ public SnowflakeLiteConnector() {
   @Nonnull
   public Handle open(ConnectorArguments arguments)
       throws MetadataDumperUsageException, SQLException {
-    if (!arguments.isAssessment()) {
-      throw noAssessmentException();
-    }
     return super.open(arguments);
   }
 
@@ -74,6 +72,16 @@ public final void addTasksTo(List<? super Task<?>> out, ConnectorArguments argum
     out.addAll(planner.generateLiteSpecificQueries());
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public final void validate(@Nullable ConnectorArguments arguments) {
+    super.validate(arguments);
+
+    Objects.requireNonNull(arguments);
+    if (!arguments.isAssessment()) {
+      throw noAssessmentException();
+    }
+  }
+
   private static MetadataDumperUsageException noAssessmentException() {
     String message =
         String.format(
diff --git a/dumper/app/src/test/java/com/google/edwmigration/dumper/application/dumper/connector/snowflake/AbstractSnowflakeConnectorTest.java b/dumper/app/src/test/java/com/google/edwmigration/dumper/application/dumper/connector/snowflake/AbstractSnowflakeConnectorTest.java
index 7097bf18b..d6e223e2f 100644
--- a/dumper/app/src/test/java/com/google/edwmigration/dumper/application/dumper/connector/snowflake/AbstractSnowflakeConnectorTest.java
+++ b/dumper/app/src/test/java/com/google/edwmigration/dumper/application/dumper/connector/snowflake/AbstractSnowflakeConnectorTest.java
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public void openConnection_failsForVeryLongInput() throws IOException {
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void openConnection_failsForMalformedInput() throws IOException {
+  public void open_malformedInput_fail() throws IOException {
     ConnectorArguments arguments =
         makeArguments(
             "--connector",
@@ -75,13 +75,14 @@ public void openConnection_failsForMalformedInput() throws IOException {
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void openConnection_failsForMixedPrivateKeyAndPassword() throws IOException {
+  public void validate_mixedPrivateKeyAndPassword_fail() throws IOException {
     ConnectorArguments arguments =
         makeArguments(
             "--connector", metadataConnector.getName(), "--private-key-file", "/path/to/file.r8");
 
     MetadataDumperUsageException e =
-        assertThrows(MetadataDumperUsageException.class, () -> metadataConnector.open(arguments));
+        assertThrows(
+            MetadataDumperUsageException.class, () -> metadataConnector.validate(arguments));
 
     assertTrue(
         e.getMessage(),
@@ -91,12 +92,14 @@ public void openConnection_failsForMixedPrivateKeyAndPassword() throws IOExcepti
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void open_assessmentEnabledWithDatabaseFilter_throwsUsageException() throws IOException {
+  public void validate_assessmentEnabledWithDatabaseFilter_throwsUsageException()
+      throws IOException {
     ConnectorArguments arguments =
         makeArguments("--connector", "snowflake", "--database", "SNOWFLAKE", "--assessment");
 
     MetadataDumperUsageException e =
-        assertThrows(MetadataDumperUsageException.class, () -> metadataConnector.open(arguments));
+        assertThrows(
+            MetadataDumperUsageException.class, () -> metadataConnector.validate(arguments));
 
     assertTrue(
         e.getMessage(),
diff --git a/dumper/app/src/test/java/com/google/edwmigration/dumper/application/dumper/connector/snowflake/SnowflakeLiteConnectorTest.java b/dumper/app/src/test/java/com/google/edwmigration/dumper/application/dumper/connector/snowflake/SnowflakeLiteConnectorTest.java
index 961bd9cdf..fb956838e 100644
--- a/dumper/app/src/test/java/com/google/edwmigration/dumper/application/dumper/connector/snowflake/SnowflakeLiteConnectorTest.java
+++ b/dumper/app/src/test/java/com/google/edwmigration/dumper/application/dumper/connector/snowflake/SnowflakeLiteConnectorTest.java
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@
 public class SnowflakeLiteConnectorTest {
 
   @Test
-  public void open_noAssessmentFlag_throwsUsageException() throws Exception {
+  public void validate_noAssessmentFlag_throwsUsageException() throws Exception {
     ConnectorArguments noFlagArguments = new ConnectorArguments("--connector", "snowflake-lite");
     SnowflakeLiteConnector connector = new SnowflakeLiteConnector();
 
-    assertThrows(MetadataDumperUsageException.class, () -> connector.open(noFlagArguments));
+    assertThrows(MetadataDumperUsageException.class, () -> connector.validate(noFlagArguments));
   }
 }