diff --git a/model/src/main/kotlin/Provenance.kt b/model/src/main/kotlin/Provenance.kt
index 5290e442ac5f6..29eb27441f2ba 100644
--- a/model/src/main/kotlin/Provenance.kt
+++ b/model/src/main/kotlin/Provenance.kt
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 
 package org.ossreviewtoolkit.model
 
+import java.nio.file.Files
+import java.nio.file.Path
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationContext
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode
@@ -45,6 +47,8 @@ sealed interface KnownProvenance : Provenance
 
 sealed interface RemoteProvenance : KnownProvenance
 
+sealed interface LocalProvenance : KnownProvenance
+
 /**
  * Provenance information for a source artifact.
  */