diff --git a/src/MOLECULE/angle_table.cpp b/src/MOLECULE/angle_table.cpp
index 4a89591612..03027700a6 100644
--- a/src/MOLECULE/angle_table.cpp
+++ b/src/MOLECULE/angle_table.cpp
@@ -405,6 +405,9 @@ void AngleTable::read_table(Table *tb, char *file, char *keyword)
   reader.skip_line();
   for (int i = 0; i < tb->ninput; i++) {
     line = reader.next_line();
+    if (!line)
+      error->one(FLERR, "Data missing when parsing angle table '{}' line {} of {}.", keyword, i + 1,
+                 tb->ninput);
     try {
       ValueTokenizer values(line);
       values.next_int();
diff --git a/src/MOLECULE/bond_table.cpp b/src/MOLECULE/bond_table.cpp
index 0b9cde32e1..5978d63561 100644
--- a/src/MOLECULE/bond_table.cpp
+++ b/src/MOLECULE/bond_table.cpp
@@ -330,6 +330,9 @@ void BondTable::read_table(Table *tb, char *file, char *keyword)
   reader.skip_line();
   for (int i = 0; i < tb->ninput; i++) {
     line = reader.next_line();
+    if (!line)
+      error->one(FLERR, "Data missing when parsing bond table '{}' line {} of {}.", keyword, i + 1,
+                 tb->ninput);
     try {
       ValueTokenizer values(line);
       values.next_int();
diff --git a/src/MOLECULE/dihedral_table.cpp b/src/MOLECULE/dihedral_table.cpp
index 4ad2a57a46..070d0a6972 100644
--- a/src/MOLECULE/dihedral_table.cpp
+++ b/src/MOLECULE/dihedral_table.cpp
@@ -1021,6 +1021,9 @@ void DihedralTable::read_table(Table *tb, char *file, char *keyword)
 
   for (int i = 0; i < tb->ninput; i++) {
     line = reader.next_line();
+    if (!line)
+      error->one(FLERR, "Data missing when parsing dihedral table '{}' line {} of {}.",
+                 keyword, i + 1, tb->ninput);
     try {
       ValueTokenizer values(line);
       if (tb->f_unspecified) {
diff --git a/src/pair_table.cpp b/src/pair_table.cpp
index e8a7530d6b..3e293cb414 100644
--- a/src/pair_table.cpp
+++ b/src/pair_table.cpp
@@ -398,6 +398,9 @@ void PairTable::read_table(Table *tb, char *file, char *keyword)
   reader.skip_line();
   for (int i = 0; i < tb->ninput; i++) {
     line = reader.next_line();
+    if (!line)
+      error->one(FLERR, "Data missing when parsing pair table '{}' line {} of {}.", keyword, i + 1,
+                 tb->ninput);
     try {
       ValueTokenizer values(line);
       values.next_int();