diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dd9b356fb..06a8bed65 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
   proxies used by some third-party runners.
 - `WIREIT_PARALLEL`, `WIREIT_WATCH_POLL_MS`, and `WIREIT_MAX_OPEN_FILES` now
   reject any value that is not a positive integer, such as `2abc` or `1.5`.
+- An `"env"` setting that is a non-empty array, such as `["FOO"]`, now reports
+  `Expected an object` instead of crashing Wireit and the VSCode extension with
+  an internal error.
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/src/analyzer.ts b/src/analyzer.ts
index d5ce866c4..5fb99ecb9 100644
--- a/src/analyzer.ts
+++ b/src/analyzer.ts
@@ -1355,6 +1355,7 @@ export class Analyzer {
           },
         },
       });
+      return {};
     }
     if (envNode.children === undefined) {
       return {};
diff --git a/src/test/errors-analysis.test.ts b/src/test/errors-analysis.test.ts
index 0f35fb7a3..7ce29d6ab 100644
--- a/src/test/errors-analysis.test.ts
+++ b/src/test/errors-analysis.test.ts
@@ -2097,6 +2097,39 @@ void test(
   }),
 );
 
+void test(
+  'env must be an object even when it has entries',
+  rigTest(async ({rig}) => {
+    await rig.write({
+      'package.json': {
+        scripts: {
+          a: 'wireit',
+        },
+        wireit: {
+          a: {
+            command: 'true',
+            env: ['FOO'],
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    });
+    const result = rig.exec('npm run a');
+    const done = await result.exit;
+    assert.equal(done.code, 1);
+    checkScriptOutput(
+      done.stderr,
+      `
+        ❌ package.json:8:14 Expected an object
+          "env": [
+                 ~
+            "FOO"
+    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+          ]
+    ~~~~~~~`,
+    );
+  }),
+);
+
 void test(
   'env entry value must be a string or object',
   rigTest(async ({rig}) => {