diff --git a/src/FSharp.Analyzers.Cli/FSharp.Analyzers.Cli.fsproj b/src/FSharp.Analyzers.Cli/FSharp.Analyzers.Cli.fsproj
index eb2711a..9fd4150 100644
--- a/src/FSharp.Analyzers.Cli/FSharp.Analyzers.Cli.fsproj
+++ b/src/FSharp.Analyzers.Cli/FSharp.Analyzers.Cli.fsproj
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <Compile Include="CustomLogging.fs" />
+    <Compile Include="Result.fs" />
     <Compile Include="Program.fs" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
diff --git a/src/FSharp.Analyzers.Cli/Program.fs b/src/FSharp.Analyzers.Cli/Program.fs
index f347dab..ecadd79 100644
--- a/src/FSharp.Analyzers.Cli/Program.fs
+++ b/src/FSharp.Analyzers.Cli/Program.fs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ open Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Sarif
 open Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Sarif.Writers
 open Microsoft.Extensions.Logging
 open Ionide.ProjInfo
+open FSharp.Analyzers.Cli
 open FSharp.Analyzers.Cli.CustomLogging
 
 type Arguments =
@@ -136,6 +137,7 @@ let runProjectAux
     (fsharpOptions: FSharpProjectOptions)
     (excludeIncludeFiles: Choice<Glob list, Glob list>)
     (mappings: SeverityMappings)
+    : Async<Result<AnalyzerMessage list, AnalysisFailure> list>
     =
     async {
         let! checkProjectResults = fcs.ParseAndCheckProject(fsharpOptions)
@@ -157,26 +159,33 @@ let runProjectAux
                         true
                     | None -> false
             )
-            |> Array.choose (fun fileName ->
+            |> Array.map (fun fileName ->
                 let fileContent = File.ReadAllText fileName
                 let sourceText = SourceText.ofString fileContent
 
                 Utils.typeCheckFile fcs logger fsharpOptions fileName (Utils.SourceOfSource.SourceText sourceText)
-                |> Option.map (Utils.createContext checkProjectResults fileName sourceText)
+                |> Result.map (Utils.createContext checkProjectResults fileName sourceText)
             )
             |> Array.map (fun ctx ->
-                logger.LogInformation("Running analyzers for {0}", ctx.FileName)
-                client.RunAnalyzers ctx
+                match ctx with
+                | Error e -> async.Return(Error e)
+                | Ok ctx ->
+                    async {
+                        logger.LogInformation("Running analyzers for {0}", ctx.FileName)
+                        let! results = client.RunAnalyzers ctx
+                        return Ok results
+                    }
             )
             |> Async.Parallel
 
         return
-            Some
-                [
-                    for messages in messagesPerAnalyzer do
-                        let mappedMessages = messages |> List.map (mapMessageToSeverity mappings)
-                        yield! mappedMessages
-                ]
+            messagesPerAnalyzer
+            |> Seq.map (fun messages ->
+                match messages with
+                | Error e -> Error e
+                | Ok messages -> messages |> List.map (mapMessageToSeverity mappings) |> Ok
+            )
+            |> Seq.toList
     }
 
 let runProject
@@ -267,7 +276,7 @@ let printMessages (msgs: AnalyzerMessage list) =
     let msgLogger = factory.CreateLogger("")
 
     msgs
-    |> Seq.iter (fun analyzerMessage ->
+    |> List.iter (fun analyzerMessage ->
         let m = analyzerMessage.Message
 
         msgLogger.Log(
@@ -284,7 +293,7 @@ let printMessages (msgs: AnalyzerMessage list) =
 
     ()
 
-let writeReport (results: AnalyzerMessage list option) (codeRoot: string option) (report: string) =
+let writeReport (results: AnalyzerMessage list) (codeRoot: string option) (report: string) =
     try
         let codeRoot =
             match codeRoot with
@@ -319,7 +328,7 @@ let writeReport (results: AnalyzerMessage list option) (codeRoot: string option)
 
         sarifLogger.AnalysisStarted()
 
-        for analyzerResult in (Option.defaultValue List.empty results) do
+        for analyzerResult in results do
             let reportDescriptor = ReportingDescriptor()
             reportDescriptor.Id <- analyzerResult.Message.Code
             reportDescriptor.Name <- analyzerResult.Message.Message
@@ -375,20 +384,6 @@ let writeReport (results: AnalyzerMessage list option) (codeRoot: string option)
         logger.LogError(ex, "Could not write sarif to {report}", report)
         logger.LogInformation("{0}", ex)
 
-let calculateExitCode (msgs: AnalyzerMessage list option) : int =
-    match msgs with
-    | None -> -1
-    | Some msgs ->
-        let check =
-            msgs
-            |> List.exists (fun analyzerMessage ->
-                let message = analyzerMessage.Message
-
-                message.Severity = Severity.Error
-            )
-
-        if check then -2 else 0
-
 /// If multiple MSBuild properties are given in one -p flag like -p:prop1="val1a;val1b;val1c";prop2="1;2;3";prop3=val3
 /// argu will think it means prop1 has the value: "val1a;val1b;val1c";prop2="1;2;3";prop3=val3
 /// so this function expands the value into multiple key-value properties
@@ -623,6 +618,7 @@ let main argv =
             | [], Some fscArgs ->
                 runFscArgs client fscArgs exclInclFiles severityMapping
                 |> Async.RunSynchronously
+                |> Some
             | projects, None ->
                 for projPath in projects do
                     if not (File.Exists(projPath)) then
@@ -635,19 +631,39 @@ let main argv =
                 )
                 |> Async.Sequential
                 |> Async.RunSynchronously
-                |> Array.choose id
                 |> List.concat
                 |> Some
 
-    results |> Option.iter printMessages
-    report |> Option.iter (writeReport results codeRoot)
+    match results with
+    | None -> -1
+    | Some results ->
+        let results, hasError =
+            match Result.allOkOrError results with
+            | Ok results -> results, false
+            | Error(results, _errors) -> results, true
+
+        let results = results |> List.concat
 
-    if failedAssemblies > 0 then
-        logger.LogError(
-            "Because we failed to load some assemblies to obtain analyzers from them, exiting (failure count: {FailedAssemblyLoadCount})",
-            failedAssemblies
-        )
+        printMessages results
+
+        report |> Option.iter (writeReport results codeRoot)
+
+        let check =
+            results
+            |> List.exists (fun analyzerMessage ->
+                let message = analyzerMessage.Message
+
+                message.Severity = Severity.Error
+            )
+
+        if failedAssemblies > 0 then
+            logger.LogError(
+                "Because we failed to load some assemblies to obtain analyzers from them, exiting (failure count: {FailedAssemblyLoadCount})",
+                failedAssemblies
+            )
 
-        exit -3
+            exit -3
 
-    calculateExitCode results
+        if check then -2
+        elif hasError then -4
+        else 0
diff --git a/src/FSharp.Analyzers.Cli/Result.fs b/src/FSharp.Analyzers.Cli/Result.fs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f83daeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/FSharp.Analyzers.Cli/Result.fs
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+module FSharp.Analyzers.Cli.Result
+
+let allOkOrError<'ok, 'err> (results: Result<'ok, 'err> list) : Result<'ok list, 'ok list * 'err list> =
+    let oks, errs =
+        (([], []), results)
+        ||> List.fold (fun (oks, errs) result ->
+            match result with
+            | Ok ok -> ok :: oks, errs
+            | Error err -> oks, err :: errs
+        )
+
+    let oks = List.rev oks
+    let errs = List.rev errs
+
+    if List.isEmpty errs then Ok oks else Error(oks, errs)
diff --git a/src/FSharp.Analyzers.SDK.Testing/FSharp.Analyzers.SDK.Testing.fs b/src/FSharp.Analyzers.SDK.Testing/FSharp.Analyzers.SDK.Testing.fs
index 30b0762..064e949 100644
--- a/src/FSharp.Analyzers.SDK.Testing/FSharp.Analyzers.SDK.Testing.fs
+++ b/src/FSharp.Analyzers.SDK.Testing/FSharp.Analyzers.SDK.Testing.fs
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ let getContextFor (opts: FSharpProjectOptions) isSignature source =
             fileName
             (Utils.SourceOfSource.DiscreteSource source)
     with
-    | Some(parseFileResults, checkFileResults) ->
+    | Ok(parseFileResults, checkFileResults) ->
         let diagErrors =
             checkFileResults.Diagnostics
             |> Array.filter (fun d -> d.Severity = FSharpDiagnosticSeverity.Error)
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ let getContextFor (opts: FSharpProjectOptions) isSignature source =
 
         let sourceText = SourceText.ofString source
         Utils.createContext checkProjectResults fileName sourceText (parseFileResults, checkFileResults)
-    | None -> failwith "typechecking file failed"
+    | Error e -> failwith $"typechecking file failed: %O{e}"
 
 let getContext (opts: FSharpProjectOptions) source = getContextFor opts false source
 let getContextForSignature (opts: FSharpProjectOptions) source = getContextFor opts true source
diff --git a/src/FSharp.Analyzers.SDK/FSharp.Analyzers.SDK.fs b/src/FSharp.Analyzers.SDK/FSharp.Analyzers.SDK.fs
index c0b9414..ada105d 100644
--- a/src/FSharp.Analyzers.SDK/FSharp.Analyzers.SDK.fs
+++ b/src/FSharp.Analyzers.SDK/FSharp.Analyzers.SDK.fs
@@ -176,6 +176,8 @@ type AnalyzerMessage =
         HelpUri: string option
     }
 
+type AnalysisFailure = | Aborted
+
 module Utils =
     let currentFSharpAnalyzersSDKVersion =
         Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().Version
@@ -230,6 +232,7 @@ module Utils =
         (options: FSharpProjectOptions)
         (fileName: string)
         (source: SourceOfSource)
+        : Result<FSharpParseFileResults * FSharpCheckFileResults, AnalysisFailure>
         =
 
         let sourceText =
@@ -247,5 +250,5 @@ module Utils =
         match checkAnswer with
         | FSharpCheckFileAnswer.Aborted ->
             logger.LogError("Checking of file {0} aborted", fileName)
-            None
-        | FSharpCheckFileAnswer.Succeeded result -> Some(parseRes, result)
+            Error AnalysisFailure.Aborted
+        | FSharpCheckFileAnswer.Succeeded result -> Ok(parseRes, result)
diff --git a/src/FSharp.Analyzers.SDK/FSharp.Analyzers.SDK.fsi b/src/FSharp.Analyzers.SDK/FSharp.Analyzers.SDK.fsi
index 5748001..6afca2e 100644
--- a/src/FSharp.Analyzers.SDK/FSharp.Analyzers.SDK.fsi
+++ b/src/FSharp.Analyzers.SDK/FSharp.Analyzers.SDK.fsi
@@ -152,6 +152,12 @@ type AnalyzerMessage =
         HelpUri: string option
     }
 
+/// Represents a failure to run FSC analysis.
+[<RequireQualifiedAccess>]
+type AnalysisFailure =
+    /// The F# compiler service aborted during analysis.
+    | Aborted
+
 module Utils =
 
     [<RequireQualifiedAccess>]
@@ -171,7 +177,7 @@ module Utils =
         options: FSharpProjectOptions ->
         fileName: string ->
         source: SourceOfSource ->
-            option<FSharpParseFileResults * FSharpCheckFileResults>
+            Result<FSharpParseFileResults * FSharpCheckFileResults, AnalysisFailure>
 
     val createContext:
         checkProjectResults: FSharpCheckProjectResults ->