diff --git a/tests/unit/utils/test_hf_transformers.py b/tests/unit/utils/test_hf_transformers.py
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+import pytest
+import transformers
+from transformers import PreTrainedTokenizerBase
+
+from guidellm.utils.hf_transformers import check_load_processor
+
+
+class DummyTokenizer(PreTrainedTokenizerBase):
+    pass
+
+
+def test_processor_is_none():
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="Processor/Tokenizer is required for test."):
+        check_load_processor(None, None, "test")
+
+
+def test_processor_not_isinstance():
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="Invalid processor/Tokenizer for test."):
+        check_load_processor(123, None, "test")  # type: ignore
+
+
+def test_processor_load_by_path(monkeypatch, tmp_path):
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        transformers.AutoTokenizer,
+        "from_pretrained",
+        lambda *args, **kwargs: DummyTokenizer(),
+    )
+    tokenizer = check_load_processor(tmp_path, None, "test")
+    assert isinstance(tokenizer, PreTrainedTokenizerBase)
+
+
+def test_processor_load_error(monkeypatch):
+    def raise_error(*args, **kwargs):
+        raise RuntimeError("test error")
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr("transformers.AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained", raise_error)
+    with pytest.raises(
+        ValueError, match="Failed to load processor/Tokenizer for test."
+    ):
+        check_load_processor("gpt2", None, "test")