diff --git a/src/pyrecest/filters/gaussian_hypothesis_mixture.py b/src/pyrecest/filters/gaussian_hypothesis_mixture.py
index 55d5c70f3..30004bde5 100644
--- a/src/pyrecest/filters/gaussian_hypothesis_mixture.py
+++ b/src/pyrecest/filters/gaussian_hypothesis_mixture.py
@@ -7,8 +7,18 @@
 
 import numpy as np
 
-_TEXT_OR_BOOL_KINDS = {"b", "S", "U"}
-_TEXT_OR_BOOL_SCALAR_TYPES = (bool, np.bool_, str, bytes, bytearray, np.str_, np.bytes_)
+_INVALID_FLOAT_ARRAY_KINDS = {"b", "S", "U", "c"}
+_INVALID_FLOAT_ARRAY_SCALAR_TYPES = (
+    bool,
+    np.bool_,
+    str,
+    bytes,
+    bytearray,
+    np.str_,
+    np.bytes_,
+    complex,
+    np.complexfloating,
+)
 
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
@@ -91,16 +101,16 @@ def _as_float_array(value: Any, name: str) -> np.ndarray:
     try:
         array = np.asarray(value)
     except (TypeError, ValueError, OverflowError) as exc:
-        raise ValueError(f"{name} must contain numeric values") from exc
-    if array.dtype.kind in _TEXT_OR_BOOL_KINDS or (
+        raise ValueError(f"{name} must contain real numeric values") from exc
+    if array.dtype.kind in _INVALID_FLOAT_ARRAY_KINDS or (
         array.dtype.kind == "O"
-        and any(isinstance(item, _TEXT_OR_BOOL_SCALAR_TYPES) for item in array.flat)
+        and any(isinstance(item, _INVALID_FLOAT_ARRAY_SCALAR_TYPES) for item in array.flat)
     ):
-        raise ValueError(f"{name} must contain numeric values")
+        raise ValueError(f"{name} must contain real numeric values")
     try:
         return array.astype(float, copy=False)
     except (TypeError, ValueError, OverflowError) as exc:
-        raise ValueError(f"{name} must contain numeric values") from exc
+        raise ValueError(f"{name} must contain real numeric values") from exc
 
 
 def _as_log_weight(value: Any) -> float:
diff --git a/tests/filters/test_gaussian_hypothesis_mixture.py b/tests/filters/test_gaussian_hypothesis_mixture.py
index 7fe960ce9..b7cf5f752 100644
--- a/tests/filters/test_gaussian_hypothesis_mixture.py
+++ b/tests/filters/test_gaussian_hypothesis_mixture.py
@@ -52,6 +52,23 @@ def test_log_weights_reject_bool_and_text_inputs(self):
                 with self.assertRaisesRegex(ValueError, "log_weights"):
                     normalize_log_weights(log_weights)
 
+    def test_complex_numeric_inputs_are_rejected_without_dropping_imaginary_parts(self):
+        with self.assertRaisesRegex(ValueError, "mean"):
+            WeightedGaussianHypothesis(np.array([1.0 + 2.0j]), np.array([[1.0]]))
+
+        with self.assertRaisesRegex(ValueError, "covariance"):
+            WeightedGaussianHypothesis(
+                np.array([0.0]), np.array([[1.0 + 2.0j]])
+            )
+
+        with self.assertRaisesRegex(ValueError, "log_weight"):
+            WeightedGaussianHypothesis(
+                np.array([0.0]), np.array([[1.0]]), log_weight=1.0 + 2.0j
+            )
+
+        with self.assertRaisesRegex(ValueError, "log_weights"):
+            normalize_log_weights([0.0, 1.0 + 2.0j])
+
     def test_hypotheses_reject_nonfinite_mean_and_covariance(self):
         with self.assertRaisesRegex(ValueError, "mean"):
             WeightedGaussianHypothesis(np.array([np.nan]), np.array([[1.0]]))