diff --git a/script/ci.sh b/script/ci.sh
index eb6ef0c61f..137abc506e 100755
--- a/script/ci.sh
+++ b/script/ci.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ mkdir build
 cd build
 eval cmake ../src $CMAKE_OPTIONS
 cmake --build .
-# -T to create .xml file
-ctest -j8 --output-on-failure --no-compress-output -T Test
+# -T to create .xml file for CI display
+# `<&-` to close stdin so that assertion dialog doesn't wait for input
+ctest -j8 --output-on-failure --no-compress-output -T Test <&-
 cpack