diff --git a/src/utility/checks.doc.sh b/src/utility/checks.doc.sh
index 3409c277..4a571f62 100644
--- a/src/utility/checks.doc.sh
+++ b/src/utility/checks.doc.sh
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ function foo() {
 	checkArgIsArrayWithTuples arr 3 "names" 1 describeTriple
 
 	exitIfArgIsNotArray arr 1
+	exitIfArgIsNotArrayOrIsEmpty arr 1
 	exitIfArgIsNotFunction "$fn" 2
 
 	# shellcheck disable=SC2317   # is passed by name to exitIfArgIsNotArrayWithTuples
diff --git a/src/utility/checks.sh b/src/utility/checks.sh
index d86aae38..0b437b75 100644
--- a/src/utility/checks.sh
+++ b/src/utility/checks.sh
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #    	checkArgIsArrayWithTuples arr 3 "names" 1 describeTriple
 #
 #    	exitIfArgIsNotArray arr 1
+#    	exitIfArgIsNotArrayOrIsEmpty arr 1
 #    	exitIfArgIsNotFunction "$fn" 2
 #
 #    	# shellcheck disable=SC2317   # is passed by name to exitIfArgIsNotArrayWithTuples
@@ -106,6 +107,16 @@ function exitIfArgIsNotArray() {
 	checkArgIsArray "$@" || exit $?
 }
 
+function exitIfArgIsNotArrayOrIsEmpty() {
+	exitIfArgIsNotArray "$@"
+		local -rn exitIfArgIsNotArrayOrIsEmpty_arr=$1
+		local -r argNumber=$2
+		shift 2 || die "could not shift by 2"
+		if [[ ${#exitIfArgIsNotArrayOrIsEmpty_arr[@]} -lt 1 ]]; then
+			die "the passed argument \033[0;36m%s\033[0m is an empty array" "${!checkArgIsArray_arr}"
+		fi
+}
+
 function checkArgIsArrayWithTuples() {
 	if ! (($# == 5)); then
 		logError "Five arguments needs to be passed to checkArgIsArrayWithTuples, given \033[0;36m%s\033[0m\n" "$#"