diff --git a/pandas/core/computation/eval.py b/pandas/core/computation/eval.py
index 6dc110e3f8d07..2e5a563b815b3 100644
--- a/pandas/core/computation/eval.py
+++ b/pandas/core/computation/eval.py
@@ -306,6 +306,9 @@ def eval(
             "multi-line expressions are only valid in the "
             "context of data, use DataFrame.eval"
         )
+    engine = _check_engine(engine)
+    _check_parser(parser)
+    _check_resolvers(resolvers)
 
     ret = None
     first_expr = True
@@ -313,9 +316,6 @@ def eval(
 
     for expr in exprs:
         expr = _convert_expression(expr)
-        engine = _check_engine(engine)
-        _check_parser(parser)
-        _check_resolvers(resolvers)
         _check_for_locals(expr, level, parser)
 
         # get our (possibly passed-in) scope
diff --git a/pandas/tests/arrays/test_datetimelike.py b/pandas/tests/arrays/test_datetimelike.py
index 5cab0c1fe6d59..84b6d45b78fe8 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/arrays/test_datetimelike.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/arrays/test_datetimelike.py
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ def datetime_index(request):
     """
     freqstr = request.param
     # TODO: non-monotone indexes; NaTs, different start dates, timezones
-    pi = pd.date_range(start=pd.Timestamp("2000-01-01"), periods=100, freq=freqstr)
-    return pi
+    dti = pd.date_range(start=pd.Timestamp("2000-01-01"), periods=100, freq=freqstr)
+    return dti
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
diff --git a/pandas/tests/test_strings.py b/pandas/tests/test_strings.py
index d08c8b1cc13e5..584550d562b0d 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/test_strings.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/test_strings.py
@@ -2974,14 +2974,10 @@ def test_partition_sep_kwarg(self):
         # GH 22676; depr kwarg "pat" in favor of "sep"
         values = Series(["a_b_c", "c_d_e", np.nan, "f_g_h"])
 
-        # str.partition
-        # using sep -> no warning
         expected = values.str.partition(sep="_")
         result = values.str.partition("_")
         tm.assert_frame_equal(result, expected)
 
-        # str.rpartition
-        # using sep -> no warning
         expected = values.str.rpartition(sep="_")
         result = values.str.rpartition("_")
         tm.assert_frame_equal(result, expected)