diff --git a/csharp/extractor/Semmle.Extraction.CSharp.DependencyFetching/DotNet.cs b/csharp/extractor/Semmle.Extraction.CSharp.DependencyFetching/DotNet.cs
index 7bc792384154..c377c2c6deb7 100644
--- a/csharp/extractor/Semmle.Extraction.CSharp.DependencyFetching/DotNet.cs
+++ b/csharp/extractor/Semmle.Extraction.CSharp.DependencyFetching/DotNet.cs
@@ -38,11 +38,18 @@ private DotNet(ILogger logger, string? dotNetPath, TemporaryDirectory tempWorkin
 
         private void Info()
         {
-            var res = dotnetCliInvoker.RunCommand("--info", silent: false);
-            if (!res)
+            var exitCode = dotnetCliInvoker.RunCommandExitCode("--info", silent: false);
+            switch (exitCode)
             {
-                throw new Exception($"{dotnetCliInvoker.Exec} --info failed.");
+                case 0:
+                    break;
+                case 143:
+                    logger.LogWarning("Running 'dotnet --info' failed with exit code 143.");
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    throw new Exception($"{dotnetCliInvoker.Exec} --info failed with exit code {exitCode}.");
             }
+
         }
 
         private string GetRestoreArgs(RestoreSettings restoreSettings)
diff --git a/csharp/extractor/Semmle.Extraction.CSharp.DependencyFetching/DotNetCliInvoker.cs b/csharp/extractor/Semmle.Extraction.CSharp.DependencyFetching/DotNetCliInvoker.cs
index 45f69a1fdfcd..4c4e789973ca 100644
--- a/csharp/extractor/Semmle.Extraction.CSharp.DependencyFetching/DotNetCliInvoker.cs
+++ b/csharp/extractor/Semmle.Extraction.CSharp.DependencyFetching/DotNetCliInvoker.cs
@@ -57,15 +57,21 @@ private ProcessStartInfo MakeDotnetStartInfo(string args, string? workingDirecto
             return startInfo;
         }
 
-        private bool RunCommandAux(string args, string? workingDirectory, out IList<string> output, bool silent)
+        private int RunCommandExitCodeAux(string args, string? workingDirectory, out IList<string> output, out string dirLog, bool silent)
         {
-            var dirLog = string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(workingDirectory) ? "" : $" in {workingDirectory}";
+            dirLog = string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(workingDirectory) ? "" : $" in {workingDirectory}";
             var pi = MakeDotnetStartInfo(args, workingDirectory);
             var threadId = Environment.CurrentManagedThreadId;
             void onOut(string s) => logger.Log(silent ? Severity.Debug : Severity.Info, s, threadId);
             void onError(string s) => logger.LogError(s, threadId);
             logger.LogInfo($"Running '{Exec} {args}'{dirLog}");
             var exitCode = pi.ReadOutput(out output, onOut, onError);
+            return exitCode;
+        }
+
+        private bool RunCommandAux(string args, string? workingDirectory, out IList<string> output, bool silent)
+        {
+            var exitCode = RunCommandExitCodeAux(args, workingDirectory, out output, out var dirLog, silent);
             if (exitCode != 0)
             {
                 logger.LogError($"Command '{Exec} {args}'{dirLog} failed with exit code {exitCode}");
@@ -77,6 +83,9 @@ private bool RunCommandAux(string args, string? workingDirectory, out IList<stri
         public bool RunCommand(string args, bool silent = true) =>
             RunCommandAux(args, null, out _, silent);
 
+        public int RunCommandExitCode(string args, bool silent = true) =>
+            RunCommandExitCodeAux(args, null, out _, out _, silent);
+
         public bool RunCommand(string args, out IList<string> output, bool silent = true) =>
             RunCommandAux(args, null, out output, silent);
 
diff --git a/csharp/extractor/Semmle.Extraction.CSharp.DependencyFetching/IDotNetCliInvoker.cs b/csharp/extractor/Semmle.Extraction.CSharp.DependencyFetching/IDotNetCliInvoker.cs
index 3a599afe96d7..61d0ea4260db 100644
--- a/csharp/extractor/Semmle.Extraction.CSharp.DependencyFetching/IDotNetCliInvoker.cs
+++ b/csharp/extractor/Semmle.Extraction.CSharp.DependencyFetching/IDotNetCliInvoker.cs
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ internal interface IDotNetCliInvoker
         /// </summary>
         bool RunCommand(string args, bool silent = true);
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Execute `dotnet <paramref name="args"/>` and return the exit code.
+        /// If `silent` is true the output of the command is logged as `debug` otherwise as `info`.
+        /// </summary>
+        int RunCommandExitCode(string args, bool silent = true);
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Execute `dotnet <paramref name="args"/>` and return true if the command succeeded, otherwise false.
         /// The output of the command is returned in `output`.
diff --git a/csharp/extractor/Semmle.Extraction.Tests/DotNet.cs b/csharp/extractor/Semmle.Extraction.Tests/DotNet.cs
index 904ad04ce82f..be6745dd0725 100644
--- a/csharp/extractor/Semmle.Extraction.Tests/DotNet.cs
+++ b/csharp/extractor/Semmle.Extraction.Tests/DotNet.cs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ internal class DotNetCliInvokerStub : IDotNetCliInvoker
         private string lastArgs = "";
         public string WorkingDirectory { get; private set; } = "";
         public bool Success { get; set; } = true;
+        public int ExitCode { get; set; } = 0;
 
         public DotNetCliInvokerStub(IList<string> output)
         {
@@ -26,6 +27,12 @@ public bool RunCommand(string args, bool silent)
             return Success;
         }
 
+        public int RunCommandExitCode(string args, bool silent)
+        {
+            lastArgs = args;
+            return ExitCode;
+        }
+
         public bool RunCommand(string args, out IList<string> output, bool silent)
         {
             lastArgs = args;
@@ -83,7 +90,7 @@ public void TestDotnetInfo()
         public void TestDotnetInfoFailure()
         {
             // Setup
-            var dotnetCliInvoker = new DotNetCliInvokerStub(new List<string>()) { Success = false };
+            var dotnetCliInvoker = new DotNetCliInvokerStub(new List<string>()) { ExitCode = 1 };
 
             // Execute
             try
@@ -94,12 +101,26 @@ public void TestDotnetInfoFailure()
             // Verify
             catch (Exception e)
             {
-                Assert.Equal("dotnet --info failed.", e.Message);
+                Assert.Equal("dotnet --info failed with exit code 1.", e.Message);
                 return;
             }
             Assert.Fail("Expected exception");
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void TestDotnetInfoExitCode143()
+        {
+            // Setup
+            var dotnetCliInvoker = new DotNetCliInvokerStub(new List<string>()) { ExitCode = 143 };
+
+            // Execute
+            _ = MakeDotnet(dotnetCliInvoker);
+
+            // Verify
+            var lastArgs = dotnetCliInvoker.GetLastArgs();
+            Assert.Equal("--info", lastArgs);
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public void TestDotnetRestoreProjectToDirectory1()
         {