diff --git a/python/extractor/cli-integration-test/string-encoding/repo_dir/test.py b/python/extractor/cli-integration-test/string-encoding/repo_dir/test.py
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index 0000000000000..8e7efcaf92606
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+++ b/python/extractor/cli-integration-test/string-encoding/repo_dir/test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+"\uD800"
+"?"
diff --git a/python/extractor/cli-integration-test/string-encoding/test.sh b/python/extractor/cli-integration-test/string-encoding/test.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -Eeuo pipefail # see https://vaneyckt.io/posts/safer_bash_scripts_with_set_euxo_pipefail/
+
+set -x
+
+CODEQL=${CODEQL:-codeql}
+
+SCRIPTDIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
+cd "$SCRIPTDIR"
+
+rm -rf db
+
+$CODEQL database create db --language python --source-root repo_dir/
+
+# Note the negation in front -- it witnesses the fact that currently the dataset check FAILS.
+! $CODEQL dataset check db/db-python
+
+echo "Test successfully completed."