diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-fixed_regex_linter.R b/tests/testthat/test-fixed_regex_linter.R
index 98a279a02..83a00c141 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-fixed_regex_linter.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-fixed_regex_linter.R
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ test_that("fixed_regex_linter blocks simple disallowed usages", {
 })
 
 patrick::with_parameters_test_that(
-  "fixed_regex_linter is robust to unrecognized escapes error",
+  "fixed_regex_linter is robust to unrecognized escapes error for {char}",
   {
     expect_lint(
       sprintf(R"{grep('\\%s', x)}", char),
@@ -56,14 +56,11 @@ patrick::with_parameters_test_that(
       fixed_regex_linter()
     )
   },
-  .cases = local({
-    char <- c(
-      "^", "$", "{", "}", "(", ")", ".", "*", "+", "?",
-      "|", "[", "]", R"(\\)", "<", ">", "=", ":", ";", "/",
-      "_", "-", "!", "@", "#", "%", "&", "~"
-    )
-    data.frame(char = char, .test_name = char)
-  })
+  char = c(
+    "^", "$", "{", "}", "(", ")", ".", "*", "+", "?",
+    "|", "[", "]", R"(\\)", "<", ">", "=", ":", ";", "/",
+    "_", "-", "!", "@", "#", "%", "&", "~"
+  )
 )
 
 test_that("fixed_regex_linter catches regex like [.] or [$]", {
@@ -326,7 +323,7 @@ local({
     skip_cases <- character()
   }
   patrick::with_parameters_test_that(
-    "fixed replacements are correct",
+    "fixed replacements of {regex_expr} with {fixed_expr} is correct",
     {
       # TODO(google/patrick#19): handle this more cleanly by skipping up-front
       skip_if(
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-pipe_continuation_linter.R b/tests/testthat/test-pipe_continuation_linter.R
index 528f0c011..0d3350bca 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-pipe_continuation_linter.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-pipe_continuation_linter.R
@@ -138,46 +138,42 @@ test_that("pipe-continuation linter handles native pipe", {
 
 local({
   linter <- pipe_continuation_linter()
-  valid_code <- c(
-    # all on one line
+  .cases <- tibble::tribble(
+    ~code_string,            ~.test_name,
     trim_some("
       my_fun <- function() {
         a %>% b()
       }
-    "),
+    "),                      "two on one line",
     trim_some("
       my_fun <- function() {
         a %>% b() %>% c()
       }
-    "),
+    "),                      "three on one line",
     trim_some("
       with(
         diamonds,
         x %>% head(10) %>% tail(5)
       )
-    "),
+    "),                      "three inside with()",
     trim_some("
       test_that('blah', {
         test_data <- diamonds %>% head(10) %>% tail(5)
       })
-    "),
-
-    # two different single-line pipelines
+    "),                      "three inside test_that()",
     trim_some("
       {
         x <- a %>% b %>% c
         y <- c %>% b %>% a
       }
-    "),
-
-    # at most one pipe-character per line
+    "),                      "two different single-line pipelines",
     trim_some("
       my_fun <- function() {
         a %>%
           b() %>%
           c()
       }
-    ")
+    "),                      "at most one pipe-character per line"
   )
   patrick::with_parameters_test_that(
     "valid nesting is handled",
@@ -185,8 +181,7 @@ local({
     {
       expect_lint(code_string, NULL, linter)
     },
-    .test_name = valid_code,
-    code_string = valid_code
+    .cases = .cases
   )
 })