diff --git a/.github/workflows/benchmark-sqlglot.yml b/.github/workflows/benchmark-sqlglot.yml
index 6bdea3e9a9..19e396c245 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/benchmark-sqlglot.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/benchmark-sqlglot.yml
@@ -20,26 +20,33 @@ jobs:
       - name: Create a virtual environment
         run: |
           python -m venv .venv
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: |
           source ./.venv/bin/activate
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
           pip install pyperf
-          make install-dev
-          make install-dev-rs-release
       - name: Run benchmark on PR branch
         run: |
           source ./.venv/bin/activate
+          make install-dev
+          make install-dev-rs-release
           python benchmarks/parse.py --quiet --output bench_parse_pr.json
           python benchmarks/optimize.py --quiet --fast --output bench_optimize_pr.json
       - name: Checkout main branch into subdir
         run: |
           git fetch origin main
           git worktree add main-branch origin/main
+      - name: Reset virtual environment
+        run: |
+          rm -rf .venv
+          python -m venv .venv
+          source ./.venv/bin/activate
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install pyperf
       - name: Run benchmark on main branch
         run: |
           source ./.venv/bin/activate
           cd main-branch
+          make install-dev
+          make install-dev-rs-release
           python benchmarks/parse.py --quiet --output ../bench_parse_main.json
           python benchmarks/optimize.py --quiet --fast --output ../bench_optimize_main.json
           cd ..
diff --git a/sqlglot/tokens.py b/sqlglot/tokens.py
index 5af5d27d54..0a5667551f 100644
--- a/sqlglot/tokens.py
+++ b/sqlglot/tokens.py
@@ -1507,10 +1507,14 @@ def tokenize_rs(self, sql: str) -> t.List[Token]:
         if not self._RS_TOKENIZER:
             raise SqlglotError("Rust tokenizer is not available")
 
-        try:
-            tokens = self._RS_TOKENIZER.tokenize(sql, self._rs_dialect_settings)
-            for token in tokens:
-                token.token_type = _ALL_TOKEN_TYPES[token.token_type_index]
-            return tokens
-        except Exception as e:
-            raise TokenError(str(e))
+        tokens, error_msg = self._RS_TOKENIZER.tokenize(sql, self._rs_dialect_settings)
+        for token in tokens:
+            token.token_type = _ALL_TOKEN_TYPES[token.token_type_index]
+
+        # Setting this here so partial token lists can be inspected even if there is a failure
+        self.tokens = tokens
+
+        if error_msg is not None:
+            raise TokenError(error_msg)
+
+        return tokens
diff --git a/sqlglotrs/src/tokenizer.rs b/sqlglotrs/src/tokenizer.rs
index 9849299a10..6ca02a1421 100644
--- a/sqlglotrs/src/tokenizer.rs
+++ b/sqlglotrs/src/tokenizer.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 use crate::settings::TokenType;
 use crate::trie::{Trie, TrieResult};
 use crate::{Token, TokenTypeSettings, TokenizerDialectSettings, TokenizerSettings};
-use pyo3::exceptions::PyException;
 use pyo3::prelude::*;
 use std::cmp::{max, min};
 
@@ -45,7 +44,7 @@ impl Tokenizer {
         &self,
         sql: &str,
         dialect_settings: &TokenizerDialectSettings,
-    ) -> Result<Vec<Token>, PyErr> {
+    ) -> (Vec<Token>, Option<String>) {
         let mut state = TokenizerState::new(
             sql,
             &self.settings,
@@ -53,9 +52,14 @@ impl Tokenizer {
             dialect_settings,
             &self.keyword_trie,
         );
-        state.tokenize().map_err(|e| {
-            PyException::new_err(format!("Error tokenizing '{}': {}", e.context, e.message))
-        })
+        let tokenize_result = state.tokenize();
+        match tokenize_result {
+            Ok(tokens) => (tokens, None),
+            Err(e) => {
+                let msg = format!("Error tokenizing '{}': {}", e.context, e.message);
+                (state.tokens, Some(msg))
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/test_tokens.py b/tests/test_tokens.py
index d9242eff28..c2f1255e17 100644
--- a/tests/test_tokens.py
+++ b/tests/test_tokens.py
@@ -186,3 +186,18 @@ def test_jinja(self):
                 (TokenType.STRING, ") }}"),
             ],
         )
+
+    def test_partial_token_list(self):
+        tokenizer = Tokenizer()
+
+        try:
+            # This is expected to fail due to the unbalanced string quotes
+            tokenizer.tokenize("foo 'bar")
+        except TokenError as e:
+            self.assertIn("Error tokenizing 'foo 'ba'", str(e))
+
+        partial_tokens = tokenizer.tokens
+
+        self.assertEqual(len(partial_tokens), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(partial_tokens[0].token_type, TokenType.VAR)
+        self.assertEqual(partial_tokens[0].text, "foo")