diff --git a/poethepoet/app.py b/poethepoet/app.py
index 058b9f9b0..0b98e7c79 100644
--- a/poethepoet/app.py
+++ b/poethepoet/app.py
@@ -173,7 +173,8 @@ def print_help(
         from .task.args import PoeTaskArgs
 
         if isinstance(error, str):
-            error == PoeException(error)
+            error = PoeException(error)
+
         tasks_help: Dict[str, Tuple[str, Sequence[Tuple[Tuple[str, ...], str]]]] = {
             task_name: (
                 (
@@ -185,4 +186,5 @@ def print_help(
             )
             for task_name, content in self.config.tasks.items()
         }
-        self.ui.print_help(tasks=tasks_help, info=info, error=error)  # type: ignore
+
+        self.ui.print_help(tasks=tasks_help, info=info, error=error)
diff --git a/poethepoet/exceptions.py b/poethepoet/exceptions.py
index 0312d99f1..68d916e1e 100644
--- a/poethepoet/exceptions.py
+++ b/poethepoet/exceptions.py
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
+from typing import Optional
+
+
 class PoeException(RuntimeError):
+    cause: Optional[str]
+
     def __init__(self, msg, *args):
         self.msg = msg
         self.cause = args[0].args[0] if args else None
@@ -14,6 +19,8 @@ class ExpressionParseError(PoeException):
 
 
 class ExecutionError(RuntimeError):
+    cause: Optional[str]
+
     def __init__(self, msg, *args):
         self.msg = msg
         self.cause = args[0].args[0] if args else None
diff --git a/poethepoet/helpers/python.py b/poethepoet/helpers/python.py
index 1d514e657..6331100d6 100644
--- a/poethepoet/helpers/python.py
+++ b/poethepoet/helpers/python.py
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ def _get_name_source_segment(source: str, node: ast.Name):
     performant in common cases.
     """
     if sys.version_info.minor >= 8:
-        return ast.get_source_segment(source, node)  # type: ignore
+        return ast.get_source_segment(source, node)
 
     partial_result = (
         re.split(r"(?:\r\n|\r|\n)", source)[node.lineno - 1]
diff --git a/poethepoet/ui.py b/poethepoet/ui.py
index ea11053a1..537f2b793 100644
--- a/poethepoet/ui.py
+++ b/poethepoet/ui.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 from typing import IO, TYPE_CHECKING, List, Mapping, Optional, Sequence, Tuple, Union
 
 from .__version__ import __version__
-from .exceptions import PoeException
+from .exceptions import ExecutionError, PoeException
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from argparse import ArgumentParser, Namespace
@@ -142,7 +142,9 @@ def set_default_verbosity(self, default_verbosity: int):
 
     def print_help(
         self,
-        tasks: Optional[Mapping[str, Tuple[str, Sequence[Tuple[str, str]]]]] = None,
+        tasks: Optional[
+            Mapping[str, Tuple[str, Sequence[Tuple[Tuple[str, ...], str]]]]
+        ] = None,
         info: Optional[str] = None,
         error: Optional[PoeException] = None,
     ):
@@ -165,9 +167,10 @@ def print_help(
 
         if error:
             # TODO: send this to stderr instead?
-            result.append([f"<error>Error: {error.msg} </error>"])
+            error_line = [f"<error>Error: {error.msg} </error>"]
             if error.cause:
-                result[-1].append(f"<error> From: {error.cause} </error>")  # type: ignore
+                error_line.append(f"<error> From: {error.cause} </error>")
+            result.append(error_line)
 
         if verbosity >= 0:
             # Use argparse for usage summary
@@ -233,10 +236,10 @@ def print_msg(self, message: str, verbosity=0, end="\n"):
         if verbosity <= self.verbosity:
             self._print(message, end=end)
 
-    def print_error(self, error: Exception):
-        self._print(f"<error>Error: {error.msg} </error>")  # type: ignore
-        if error.cause:  # type: ignore
-            self._print(f"<error> From: {error.cause} </error>")  # type: ignore
+    def print_error(self, error: Union[PoeException, ExecutionError]):
+        self._print(f"<error>Error: {error.msg} </error>")
+        if error.cause:
+            self._print(f"<error> From: {error.cause} </error>")
 
     def print_version(self):
         if self.verbosity >= 0:
diff --git a/poethepoet/virtualenv.py b/poethepoet/virtualenv.py
index 56887cf56..11a48dac7 100644
--- a/poethepoet/virtualenv.py
+++ b/poethepoet/virtualenv.py
@@ -70,7 +70,9 @@ def valid(self) -> bool:
             and bin_dir.joinpath("python").is_file()
             and bool(
                 next(
-                    self.path.glob(os.path.sep.join(("lib", "python3*", "site-packages"))),  # type: ignore
+                    self.path.glob(
+                        os.path.sep.join(("lib", "python3*", "site-packages"))
+                    ),
                     False,
                 )
             )