It's waiting for the semicolon to indicate the end of a statement. If you get into that situation keep hitting the keys "semicolon, enter" until it recognises the end of the statement. <code>SQLite version 3.32.3 2020-06-18 14:16:19 Enter ".help" for usage hints. Connected to a transient in-memory database. Use ".open FILENAME" to reopen on a persistent database. sqlite> SELECT * FROM COMPANY WHERE ( ...> ; Error: near ";": syntax error sqlite> </code>