diff --git a/britney.py b/britney.py
index 8e44e3a..53326c4 100755
--- a/britney.py
+++ b/britney.py
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ class Britney(object):
             'DEBUG': 'N',
         }
 
-        def record_factory(*args, **kwargs):
+        def record_factory(*args, **kwargs):   # pragma: no cover
             record = old_factory(*args, **kwargs)
             try:
                 record.shortlevelname = short_level_mapping[record.levelname]
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ class Britney(object):
                          not getattr(self.options, k.lower()):
                         setattr(self.options, k.lower(), v)
 
-        if hasattr(self.options, 'components'):
+        if hasattr(self.options, 'components'):  # pragma: no cover
             self.logger.error("The COMPONENTS configuration has been removed.")
             self.logger.error("Britney will read the value from the Release file automatically")
             sys.exit(1)
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ class Britney(object):
 
         try:
             self.suite_info = suite_loader.load_suites()
-        except MissingRequiredConfigurationError as e:
+        except MissingRequiredConfigurationError as e:   # pragma: no cover
             self.logger.error("Could not load the suite content due to missing configuration: %s", str(e))
             sys.exit(1)
         self.all_binaries = suite_loader.all_binaries()
diff --git a/britney2/inputs/suiteloader.py b/britney2/inputs/suiteloader.py
index 3c66174..62a56c6 100644
--- a/britney2/inputs/suiteloader.py
+++ b/britney2/inputs/suiteloader.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class SuiteContentLoader(object):
         return self._all_binaries
 
     @abstractmethod
-    def load_suites(self):
+    def load_suites(self):   # pragma: no cover
         pass
 
 
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ class DebMirrorLikeSuiteContentLoader(SuiteContentLoader):
             self.logger.info("Using components listed in Release file: %s", ' '.join(self._components))
 
         if self._architectures is None:
-            if release_file is None:
+            if release_file is None:  # pragma: no cover
                 self.logger.error("No configured architectures and there is no release file in the %s suite.",
                                   target_suite.name)
                 self.logger.error("Please check if there is a \"Release\" file in %s",
diff --git a/britney2/policies/policy.py b/britney2/policies/policy.py
index 6c5b523..42058aa 100644
--- a/britney2/policies/policy.py
+++ b/britney2/policies/policy.py
@@ -334,11 +334,11 @@ class AgePolicy(BasePolicy):
                         continue
                     # <source> <version> <date>)
                     l = line.split()
-                    if len(l) != 3:
+                    if len(l) != 3:  # pragma: no cover
                         continue
                     try:
                         dates[l[0]] = (l[1], int(l[2]))
-                    except ValueError:
+                    except ValueError:  # pragma: no cover
                         pass
         except FileNotFoundError:
             if not using_new_name:
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ class RCBugPolicy(BasePolicy):
         self.logger.info("Loading RC bugs data from %s", filename)
         for line in open(filename, encoding='ascii'):
             l = line.split()
-            if len(l) != 2:
+            if len(l) != 2:  # pragma: no cover
                 self.logger.warning("Malformed line found in line %s", line)
                 continue
             pkg = l[0]
diff --git a/britney2/utils.py b/britney2/utils.py
index 5b2ee36..c887f2e 100644
--- a/britney2/utils.py
+++ b/britney2/utils.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def ifilter_only(container, iterable=None):
 
 
 # iter_except is from the "itertools" recipe
-def iter_except(func, exception, first=None):
+def iter_except(func, exception, first=None):  # pragma: no cover - itertools recipe function
     """ Call a function repeatedly until an exception is raised.
 
     Converts a call-until-exception interface to an iterator interface.
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ def write_excuses(excuselist, dest_file, output_format="yaml"):
             for e in excuselist:
                 f.write("<li>%s" % e.html())
             f.write("</ul></body></html>\n")
-    else:
+    else:   # pragma: no cover
         raise ValueError('Output format must be either "yaml or "legacy-html"')
 
 
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ def possibly_compressed(path, *, permitted_compressions=None):
         cpath = "%s.%s" % (path, ext)
         if os.path.exists(cpath):
             return cpath
-    raise FileNotFoundError(errno.ENOENT, os.strerror(errno.ENOENT), path)
+    raise FileNotFoundError(errno.ENOENT, os.strerror(errno.ENOENT), path)  # pragma: no cover
 
 
 def create_provides_map(packages):