diff --git a/catalogue/__init__.py b/catalogue/__init__.py
index 4c946e2..5f40ec4 100644
--- a/catalogue/__init__.py
+++ b/catalogue/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from typing import Sequence, Any, Dict, Tuple, Callable, Optional, TypeVar, Union, Generic
+from types import ModuleType, MethodType, FunctionType, TracebackType, FrameType, CodeType
 from typing import List
 import inspect
 
@@ -158,6 +159,9 @@ def find(self, name: str) -> Dict[str, Optional[Union[str, int]]]:
         line_no: Optional[int] = None
         file_name: Optional[str] = None
         try:
+            if not isinstance(func, (ModuleType, MethodType, FunctionType, TracebackType, FrameType, CodeType, type)):
+                raise TypeError(f"func type {type(func)} is not a valid type for inspect.getsourcelines()")
+
             _, line_no = inspect.getsourcelines(func)
             file_name = inspect.getfile(func)
         except (TypeError, ValueError):
diff --git a/catalogue/tests/test_catalogue.py b/catalogue/tests/test_catalogue.py
index e53ebf2..7cff281 100644
--- a/catalogue/tests/test_catalogue.py
+++ b/catalogue/tests/test_catalogue.py
@@ -159,3 +159,31 @@ def a():
     assert info["file"] == str(Path(__file__))
     assert info["docstring"] == "This is a registered function."
     assert info["line_no"]
+
+def test_registry_find_module():
+    import json
+
+    test_registry = catalogue.create("test_registry_find_module")
+
+    test_registry.register("json", func=json)
+
+    info = test_registry.find("json")
+    assert info["module"] == "json"
+    assert info["file"] == json.__file__
+    assert info["docstring"] == json.__doc__.strip('\n')
+    assert info["line_no"] == 0
+
+def test_registry_find_class():
+    test_registry = catalogue.create("test_registry_find_class")
+
+    class TestClass:
+        """This is a registered class."""
+        pass
+
+    test_registry.register("test_class", func=TestClass)
+
+    info = test_registry.find("test_class")
+    assert info["module"] == "catalogue.tests.test_catalogue"
+    assert info["file"] == str(Path(__file__))
+    assert info["docstring"] == TestClass.__doc__
+    assert info["line_no"]
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