diff --git a/crates/typos-cli/src/file.rs b/crates/typos-cli/src/file.rs
index fd57e2a2..421ddc90 100644
--- a/crates/typos-cli/src/file.rs
+++ b/crates/typos-cli/src/file.rs
@@ -960,7 +960,14 @@ fn walk_entry(
             (path, cwd)
         } else {
             let path = entry.path();
-            let abs_path = report_result(path.canonicalize(), Some(path), reporter)?;
+            let abs_path = match path.canonicalize() {
+                Ok(abs_path) => abs_path,
+                Err(err) => {
+                    report_error(err, Some(path), reporter)?;
+                    // Avoid a failed `engine.policy` lookup
+                    return Ok(());
+                }
+            };
             (path, abs_path)
         };
         let policy = engine.policy(&lookup_path);
diff --git a/crates/typos-cli/tests/walk_canonicalize.rs b/crates/typos-cli/tests/walk_canonicalize.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..214141a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/typos-cli/tests/walk_canonicalize.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+//! Regression test for <https://github.com/crate-ci/typos/issues/1444>
+//!
+//! `walk_entry` canonicalizes each entry's path to look up its policy. When that failed,
+//! `report_result` reported the error and then handed back `PathBuf::default()`, an empty
+//! path that is never a key in `ConfigEngine`'s directory map, so the `policy()` call
+//! right after it panicked with `` `walk()` should be called first ``.
+#![cfg(unix)]
+
+struct CollectingReporter {
+    errors: std::sync::Mutex<Vec<String>>,
+}
+
+impl CollectingReporter {
+    fn new() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            errors: std::sync::Mutex::new(Vec::new()),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl typos_cli::report::Report for CollectingReporter {
+    fn report(&self, msg: typos_cli::report::Message<'_>) -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
+        if msg.is_error() {
+            self.errors.lock().unwrap().push(format!("{msg:?}"));
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn walk_path_reports_file_removed_mid_walk() {
+    let temp = assert_fs::TempDir::new().unwrap();
+    let vanishing = temp.path().join("vanishing.txt");
+    std::fs::write(&vanishing, b"helllo world\n").unwrap();
+
+    let storage = typos_cli::policy::ConfigStorage::new();
+    let mut engine = typos_cli::policy::ConfigEngine::new(&storage);
+    engine.set_isolated(true);
+    engine.set_overrides(typos_cli::config::Config::default());
+    let cwd = temp.path().canonicalize().unwrap();
+    engine.init_dir(&cwd).unwrap();
+
+    // Remove the file as the walker visits it. `ignore` still yields it as an `Ok` entry,
+    // but the `canonicalize()` in `walk_entry` then fails with `NotFound` -- the same
+    // outcome as a file that a concurrent process removes mid-scan.
+    let mut builder = ignore::WalkBuilder::new(temp.path());
+    let target = vanishing.clone();
+    let removed = std::sync::atomic::AtomicBool::new(false);
+    builder.filter_entry(move |entry| {
+        if entry.path() == target && !removed.swap(true, std::sync::atomic::Ordering::SeqCst) {
+            std::fs::remove_file(&target).unwrap();
+        }
+        true
+    });
+    let reporter = CollectingReporter::new();
+
+    let result = typos_cli::file::walk_path(
+        builder.build(),
+        &typos_cli::file::Typos,
+        &engine,
+        &reporter,
+        false,
+    );
+
+    assert!(
+        result.is_ok(),
+        "walk_path should not surface an ignore::Error: {result:?}"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        !reporter.errors.lock().unwrap().is_empty(),
+        "expected the vanished file's canonicalize() failure to be reported"
+    );
+}