import json


def validate_is_json(target_json_file):
    """ Ensure that the JSON file can be parsed

    Parameters
    ----------
    target_json_file : json file to inspect

    Returns
    -------
    is_json : Bool, if parseable, return true
    """
    try:
        dummy_holder = json.load(open(target_json_file, 'r'))
        return True
    except Exception:
        return False