diff --git a/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/each.rs b/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/each.rs
index f8c89ebf66..fe30a8acbf 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/each.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/each.rs
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 use nu_test_support::{nu, pipeline};
 
-// FIXME: jt: needs more work
-#[ignore]
 #[test]
 fn each_works_separately() {
     let actual = nu!(
         cwd: "tests/fixtures/formats", pipeline(
         r#"
-        echo [1 2 3] | each { echo $it 10 | math sum } | to json
+        echo [1 2 3] | each { echo $it 10 | math sum } | to json -r
         "#
     ));
 
@@ -56,18 +54,16 @@ fn each_window_stride() {
     assert_eq!(actual.out, "[[1,2,3],[3,4,5]]");
 }
 
-// FIXME: jt: needs more work
-#[ignore]
 #[test]
 fn each_no_args_in_block() {
     let actual = nu!(
         cwd: "tests/fixtures/formats", pipeline(
         r#"
-        echo [[foo bar]; [a b] [c d] [e f]] | each { to json } | nth 1 | str collect
+        echo [[foo bar]; [a b] [c d] [e f]] | each {|i| $i | to json -r } | nth 1
         "#
     ));
 
-    assert_eq!(actual.out, r#"{"foo":"c","bar":"d"}"#);
+    assert_eq!(actual.out, r#"{"foo": "c","bar": "d"}"#);
 }
 
 #[test]
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/math/mod.rs b/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/math/mod.rs
index 23193d83d0..01a60556ab 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/math/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/math/mod.rs
@@ -259,30 +259,26 @@ fn compound_comparison2() {
     assert_eq!(actual.out, "true");
 }
 
-// FIXME: jt: needs more work
-#[ignore]
 #[test]
 fn compound_where() {
     let actual = nu!(
         cwd: "tests/fixtures/formats", pipeline(
         r#"
-            echo '[{"a": 1, "b": 1}, {"a": 2, "b": 1}, {"a": 2, "b": 2}]' | from json | where a == 2 && b == 1 | to json
+            echo '[{"a": 1, "b": 1}, {"a": 2, "b": 1}, {"a": 2, "b": 2}]' | from json | where a == 2 && b == 1 | to json -r
         "#
     ));
 
-    assert_eq!(actual.out, r#"{"a":2,"b":1}"#);
+    assert_eq!(actual.out, r#"[{"a": 2,"b": 1}]"#);
 }
 
-// FIXME: jt: needs more work
-#[ignore]
 #[test]
 fn compound_where_paren() {
     let actual = nu!(
         cwd: "tests/fixtures/formats", pipeline(
         r#"
-            echo '[{"a": 1, "b": 1}, {"a": 2, "b": 1}, {"a": 2, "b": 2}]' | from json | where ($it.a == 2 && $it.b == 1) || $it.b == 2 | to json
+            echo '[{"a": 1, "b": 1}, {"a": 2, "b": 1}, {"a": 2, "b": 2}]' | from json | where ($it.a == 2 && $it.b == 1) || $it.b == 2 | to json -r
         "#
     ));
 
-    assert_eq!(actual.out, r#"[{"a":2,"b":1},{"a":2,"b":2}]"#);
+    assert_eq!(actual.out, r#"[{"a": 2,"b": 1},{"a": 2,"b": 2}]"#);
 }