diff --git a/apis/python/src/tiledbsoma/query_condition.py b/apis/python/src/tiledbsoma/query_condition.py
index ebe6d505b9..9440bbdb15 100644
--- a/apis/python/src/tiledbsoma/query_condition.py
+++ b/apis/python/src/tiledbsoma/query_condition.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 import ast
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
-from typing import Any, Callable, List, Tuple, Type, Union
+from typing import Any, Callable, List, Tuple, Union
 
 import numpy as np
 import tiledb
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ def visit_In(self, node):
     def visit_List(self, node):
         return list(node.elts)
 
-    def visit_Compare(self, node: Type[ast.Compare]) -> PyQueryCondition:
+    def visit_Compare(self, node: ast.Compare) -> PyQueryCondition:
         operator = self.visit(node.ops[0])
 
         if operator in (
diff --git a/apis/python/tests/__init__.py b/apis/python/tests/__init__.py
index 5df0213e85..110ab9a200 100644
--- a/apis/python/tests/__init__.py
+++ b/apis/python/tests/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,18 @@
 import pyarrow as pa
-from typeguard.importhook import install_import_hook
+from typeguard.importhook import TypeguardFinder, install_import_hook
 
-install_import_hook("tiledbsoma")
+class CustomFinder(TypeguardFinder):
+    """
+    As noted in apis/python/src/tiledbsoma/query_condition.py we intentionally
+    suppress ``mypy`` there. However we need this extra step to also suppress
+    ``typeguard`` there.
+    """
+    def should_instrument(self, module_name: str):
+        if module_name == 'tiledbsoma.query_condition':
+            return False
+        return True
+
+install_import_hook("tiledbsoma", cls=CustomFinder)
 
 """Types supported in a SOMA*NdArray """
 NDARRAY_ARROW_TYPES_SUPPORTED = [