diff --git a/src/Interval.php b/src/Interval.php
index 6a21aac..9da613a 100644
--- a/src/Interval.php
+++ b/src/Interval.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 namespace ArrayLookup;
 
 use ArrayLookup\Assert\Filter;
+use InvalidArgumentException;
 use Traversable;
 use Webmozart\Assert\Assert;
 
@@ -59,7 +60,9 @@ public static function isExclusiveOf(
         Filter::boolean($filter);
 
         if ($max - $min <= 1) {
-            return false;
+            throw new InvalidArgumentException(
+                'The difference between min and max must be greater than 1 for an exclusive interval.'
+            );
         }
 
         $totalFound = 0;
diff --git a/tests/IntervalTest.php b/tests/IntervalTest.php
index 85aaad2..2d8d79c 100644
--- a/tests/IntervalTest.php
+++ b/tests/IntervalTest.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 namespace ArrayLookup\Tests;
 
 use ArrayLookup\Interval;
+use InvalidArgumentException;
 use Iterator;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\DataProvider;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
@@ -134,12 +135,20 @@ public static function exclusiveDataProvider(): Iterator
             5,
             false,
         ];
-        yield 'no space between bounds' => [
-            [1, 2, 3],
-            static fn($datum): bool => $datum > 1,
-            2,
-            3,
-            false,
-        ];
+    }
+
+    public function testNoSpaceIntervalIsExclusiveOf(): void
+    {
+        $this->expectException(InvalidArgumentException::class);
+        $this->expectExceptionMessage(
+            'The difference between min and max must be greater than 1 for an exclusive interval.'
+        );
+
+        $data   = [1, 2, 3];
+        $filter = static fn($datum): bool => $datum > 1;
+        $min    = 2;
+        $max    = 3;
+
+        Interval::isExclusiveOf($data, $filter, $min, $max);
     }
 }