Check docker run in Gitlab CICD pipeline

We are using Gitlab CICD to build Docker images of our Node server. I am wondering if there is a way to test that docker run of the image can be tested? We've had few occasions where the Docker builds but it is missing some files/env variables and it fails to start the server. Is there anyway we can run the docker image and test it is starting up correctly in the CICD pipeline?

Cheers.