diff --git a/cli/cmdlineparser.cpp b/cli/cmdlineparser.cpp
index 4fe8211b3..f45bd7408 100644
--- a/cli/cmdlineparser.cpp
+++ b/cli/cmdlineparser.cpp
@@ -347,6 +347,7 @@ bool CmdLineParser::ParseFromArgs(int argc, const char* const argv[])
         {
             //_cppcheck->getErrorMessages();
             _showErrorMessages = true;
+            _settings->_xml = true;
             return true;
         }
 
diff --git a/cli/cppcheckexecutor.cpp b/cli/cppcheckexecutor.cpp
index 50905607d..ac33e8ecf 100644
--- a/cli/cppcheckexecutor.cpp
+++ b/cli/cppcheckexecutor.cpp
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ bool CppCheckExecutor::parseFromArgs(CppCheck *cppcheck, int argc, const char* c
         if (parser.GetShowErrorMessages())
         {
             cppcheck->getErrorMessages();
-            return true;
+            std::exit(0);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/lib/check.h b/lib/check.h
index 22fb5b009..45bf07bf8 100644
--- a/lib/check.h
+++ b/lib/check.h
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ public:
     virtual void runSimplifiedChecks(const Tokenizer *tokenizer, const Settings *settings, ErrorLogger *errorLogger) = 0;
 
     /** get error messages */
-    virtual void getErrorMessages() = 0;
+    virtual void getErrorMessages(ErrorLogger *errorLogger, const Settings *settings) = 0;
 
     /** class name, used to generate documentation */
     virtual std::string name() const = 0;
diff --git a/lib/checkautovariables.h b/lib/checkautovariables.h
index 3f1cdcef7..974659989 100644
--- a/lib/checkautovariables.h
+++ b/lib/checkautovariables.h
@@ -87,14 +87,15 @@ private:
     void errorReturnAutocstr(const Token *tok);
     void errorReturnTempPointer(const Token *tok);
 
-    void getErrorMessages()
+    void getErrorMessages(ErrorLogger *errorLogger, const Settings *settings)
     {
-        errorAutoVariableAssignment(0);
-        errorReturnPointerToLocalArray(0);
-        errorReturnReference(0);
-        errorReturnTempReference(0);
-        errorReturnAutocstr(0);
-        errorReturnTempPointer(0);
+        CheckAutoVariables c(0,settings,errorLogger);
+        c.errorAutoVariableAssignment(0);
+        c.errorReturnPointerToLocalArray(0);
+        c.errorReturnReference(0);
+        c.errorReturnTempReference(0);
+        c.errorReturnAutocstr(0);
+        c.errorReturnTempPointer(0);
     }
 
     std::string name() const
diff --git a/lib/checkbufferoverrun.h b/lib/checkbufferoverrun.h
index 942afbe69..91681a022 100644
--- a/lib/checkbufferoverrun.h
+++ b/lib/checkbufferoverrun.h
@@ -188,17 +188,18 @@ public:
     void cmdLineArgsError(const Token *tok);
     void pointerOutOfBounds(const Token *tok);	// UB when result of calculation is out of bounds
 
-    void getErrorMessages()
+    void getErrorMessages(ErrorLogger *errorLogger, const Settings *settings)
     {
-        arrayIndexOutOfBounds(0, 2, 2);
-        bufferOverrun(0, std::string("buffer"));
-        strncatUsage(0);
-        outOfBounds(0, "index");
-        sizeArgumentAsChar(0);
-        terminateStrncpyError(0);
-        negativeIndexError(0, -1);
-        cmdLineArgsError(0);
-        pointerOutOfBounds(0);
+        CheckBufferOverrun c(0, settings, errorLogger);
+        c.arrayIndexOutOfBounds(0, 2, 2);
+        c.bufferOverrun(0, std::string("buffer"));
+        c.strncatUsage(0);
+        c.outOfBounds(0, "index");
+        c.sizeArgumentAsChar(0);
+        c.terminateStrncpyError(0);
+        c.negativeIndexError(0, -1);
+        c.cmdLineArgsError(0);
+        c.pointerOutOfBounds(0);
     }
 
     std::string name() const
diff --git a/lib/checkclass.h b/lib/checkclass.h
index 06178893d..5ec791224 100644
--- a/lib/checkclass.h
+++ b/lib/checkclass.h
@@ -127,20 +127,21 @@ private:
     void checkConstError(const Token *tok, const std::string &classname, const std::string &funcname);
     void checkConstError2(const Token *tok1, const Token *tok2, const std::string &classname, const std::string &funcname);
 
-    void getErrorMessages()
+    void getErrorMessages(ErrorLogger *errorLogger, const Settings *settings)
     {
-        noConstructorError(0, "classname", false);
-        uninitVarError(0, "classname", "varname");
-        operatorEqVarError(0, "classname", "");
-        unusedPrivateFunctionError(0, "classname", "funcname");
-        memsetClassError(0, "memfunc");
-        memsetStructError(0, "memfunc", "classname");
-        operatorEqReturnError(0);
-        //virtualDestructorError(0, "Base", "Derived");
-        thisSubtractionError(0);
-        operatorEqRetRefThisError(0);
-        operatorEqToSelfError(0);
-        checkConstError(0, "class", "function");
+        CheckClass c(0, settings, errorLogger);
+        c.noConstructorError(0, "classname", false);
+        c.uninitVarError(0, "classname", "varname");
+        c.operatorEqVarError(0, "classname", "");
+        c.unusedPrivateFunctionError(0, "classname", "funcname");
+        c.memsetClassError(0, "memfunc");
+        c.memsetStructError(0, "memfunc", "classname");
+        c.operatorEqReturnError(0);
+        //c.virtualDestructorError(0, "Base", "Derived");
+        c.thisSubtractionError(0);
+        c.operatorEqRetRefThisError(0);
+        c.operatorEqToSelfError(0);
+        c.checkConstError(0, "class", "function");
     }
 
     std::string name() const
diff --git a/lib/checkexceptionsafety.h b/lib/checkexceptionsafety.h
index 933393998..82e16b9ba 100644
--- a/lib/checkexceptionsafety.h
+++ b/lib/checkexceptionsafety.h
@@ -78,10 +78,11 @@ private:
     }
 
     /** Generate all possible errors (for --errorlist) */
-    void getErrorMessages()
+    void getErrorMessages(ErrorLogger *errorLogger, const Settings *settings)
     {
-        destructorsError(0);
-        deallocThrowError(0, "p");
+        CheckExceptionSafety c(0, settings, errorLogger);
+        c.destructorsError(0);
+        c.deallocThrowError(0, "p");
     }
 
     /** Short description of class (for --doc) */
diff --git a/lib/checkmemoryleak.h b/lib/checkmemoryleak.h
index 2281b934f..109b40316 100644
--- a/lib/checkmemoryleak.h
+++ b/lib/checkmemoryleak.h
@@ -180,7 +180,10 @@ public:
         : Check(tokenizr, settings, errLog), CheckMemoryLeak(tokenizr, errLog)
     {
         // get the symbol database
-        symbolDatabase = tokenizr->getSymbolDatabase();
+        if (tokenizr)
+            symbolDatabase = tokenizr->getSymbolDatabase();
+        else
+            symbolDatabase = 0;
     }
 
     /** @brief run all simplified checks */
@@ -307,17 +310,19 @@ public:
     void checkScope(const Token *Tok1, const std::string &varname, unsigned int varid, bool classmember, unsigned int sz);
 
     /** Report all possible errors (for the --errorlist) */
-    void getErrorMessages()
+    void getErrorMessages(ErrorLogger *e, const Settings *settings)
     {
-        memleakError(0, "varname");
-        resourceLeakError(0, "varname");
+        CheckMemoryLeakInFunction c(0, settings, e);
 
-        deallocDeallocError(0, "varname");
-        deallocuseError(0, "varname");
-        mismatchSizeError(0, "sz");
+        c.memleakError(0, "varname");
+        c.resourceLeakError(0, "varname");
+
+        c.deallocDeallocError(0, "varname");
+        c.deallocuseError(0, "varname");
+        c.mismatchSizeError(0, "sz");
         std::list<const Token *> callstack;
-        mismatchAllocDealloc(callstack, "varname");
-        memleakUponReallocFailureError(0, "varname");
+        c.mismatchAllocDealloc(callstack, "varname");
+        c.memleakUponReallocFailureError(0, "varname");
     }
 
     /**
@@ -385,7 +390,7 @@ private:
     void checkPublicFunctions(const SymbolDatabase::SpaceInfo *spaceinfo, const Token *classtok);
     void publicAllocationError(const Token *tok, const std::string &varname);
 
-    void getErrorMessages()
+    void getErrorMessages(ErrorLogger * /*errorLogger*/, const Settings * /*settings*/)
     { }
 
     std::string name() const
@@ -423,7 +428,7 @@ public:
 
 private:
 
-    void getErrorMessages()
+    void getErrorMessages(ErrorLogger * /*errorLogger*/, const Settings * /*settings*/)
     { }
 
     std::string name() const
@@ -463,7 +468,7 @@ private:
 
     void functionCallLeak(const Token *loc, const std::string &alloc, const std::string &functionCall);
 
-    void getErrorMessages()
+    void getErrorMessages(ErrorLogger * /*errorLogger*/, const Settings * /*settings*/)
     { }
 
     std::string name() const
diff --git a/lib/checknullpointer.h b/lib/checknullpointer.h
index bbc0a79c2..848ec4a6c 100644
--- a/lib/checknullpointer.h
+++ b/lib/checknullpointer.h
@@ -101,9 +101,10 @@ public:
     void nullPointerError(const Token *tok, const std::string &varname);
     void nullPointerError(const Token *tok, const std::string &varname, const unsigned int line);
 
-    void getErrorMessages()
+    void getErrorMessages(ErrorLogger *errorLogger, const Settings *settings)
     {
-        nullPointerError(0, "pointer");
+        CheckNullPointer c(0, settings, errorLogger);
+        c.nullPointerError(0, "pointer");
     }
 
     std::string name() const
diff --git a/lib/checkobsoletefunctions.h b/lib/checkobsoletefunctions.h
index ff93793c3..d9e7f6bb9 100644
--- a/lib/checkobsoletefunctions.h
+++ b/lib/checkobsoletefunctions.h
@@ -112,12 +112,14 @@ private:
 
     }
 
-    void getErrorMessages()
+    void getErrorMessages(ErrorLogger *errorLogger, const Settings *settings)
     {
+        CheckObsoleteFunctions c(0, settings, errorLogger);
+
         std::list< std::pair<const std::string, const std::string> >::const_iterator it(_obsoleteFunctions.begin()), itend(_obsoleteFunctions.end());
         for (; it!=itend; ++it)
         {
-            reportError(0, Severity::style, "obsoleteFunctions"+it->first, it->second);
+            c.reportError(0, Severity::style, "obsoleteFunctions"+it->first, it->second);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/lib/checkother.h b/lib/checkother.h
index bc4af9f10..1117fee42 100644
--- a/lib/checkother.h
+++ b/lib/checkother.h
@@ -184,38 +184,40 @@ public:
     void incorrectLogicOperatorError(const Token *tok);
     void misusedScopeObjectError(const Token *tok, const std::string &varname);
 
-    void getErrorMessages()
+    void getErrorMessages(ErrorLogger *errorLogger, const Settings *settings)
     {
+        CheckOther c(0, settings, errorLogger);
+
         // error
-        sprintfOverlappingDataError(0, "varname");
-        udivError(0);
-        zerodivError(0);
-        mathfunctionCallError(0);
-        fflushOnInputStreamError(0, "stdin");
-        misusedScopeObjectError(NULL, "varname");
+        c.sprintfOverlappingDataError(0, "varname");
+        c.udivError(0);
+        c.zerodivError(0);
+        c.mathfunctionCallError(0);
+        c.fflushOnInputStreamError(0, "stdin");
+        c.misusedScopeObjectError(NULL, "varname");
 
         // style/warning
-        cstyleCastError(0);
-        dangerousUsageStrtolError(0);
-        unusedStructMemberError(0, "structname", "variable");
-        passedByValueError(0, "parametername");
-        constStatementError(0, "type");
-        charArrayIndexError(0);
-        charBitOpError(0);
-        variableScopeError(0, "varname");
-        conditionAlwaysTrueFalse(0, "true/false");
-        strPlusChar(0);
-        sizeofsizeofError(0);
-        sizeofCalculationError(0);
-        redundantAssignmentInSwitchError(0, "varname");
-        selfAssignmentError(0, "varname");
-        assignmentInAssertError(0, "varname");
-        invalidScanfError(0);
-        incorrectLogicOperatorError(0);
-        unusedVariableError(0, "varname");
-        allocatedButUnusedVariableError(0, "varname");
-        unreadVariableError(0, "varname");
-        unassignedVariableError(0, "varname");
+        c.cstyleCastError(0);
+        c.dangerousUsageStrtolError(0);
+        c.unusedStructMemberError(0, "structname", "variable");
+        c.passedByValueError(0, "parametername");
+        c.constStatementError(0, "type");
+        c.charArrayIndexError(0);
+        c.charBitOpError(0);
+        c.variableScopeError(0, "varname");
+        c.conditionAlwaysTrueFalse(0, "true/false");
+        c.strPlusChar(0);
+        c.sizeofsizeofError(0);
+        c.sizeofCalculationError(0);
+        c.redundantAssignmentInSwitchError(0, "varname");
+        c.selfAssignmentError(0, "varname");
+        c.assignmentInAssertError(0, "varname");
+        c.invalidScanfError(0);
+        c.incorrectLogicOperatorError(0);
+        c.unusedVariableError(0, "varname");
+        c.allocatedButUnusedVariableError(0, "varname");
+        c.unreadVariableError(0, "varname");
+        c.unassignedVariableError(0, "varname");
     }
 
     std::string name() const
diff --git a/lib/checkpostfixoperator.h b/lib/checkpostfixoperator.h
index b557edb77..eee5ad021 100644
--- a/lib/checkpostfixoperator.h
+++ b/lib/checkpostfixoperator.h
@@ -56,9 +56,10 @@ private:
     /** Report Error */
     void postfixOperatorError(const Token *tok);
 
-    void getErrorMessages()
+    void getErrorMessages(ErrorLogger *errorLogger, const Settings *settings)
     {
-        postfixOperatorError(0);
+        CheckPostfixOperator c(0, settings, errorLogger);
+        c.postfixOperatorError(0);
     }
 
     std::string name() const
diff --git a/lib/checkstl.h b/lib/checkstl.h
index 0d64b5641..896dfbdda 100644
--- a/lib/checkstl.h
+++ b/lib/checkstl.h
@@ -154,22 +154,23 @@ private:
     void sizeError(const Token *tok);
     void redundantIfRemoveError(const Token *tok);
 
-    void getErrorMessages()
+    void getErrorMessages(ErrorLogger *errorLogger, const Settings *settings)
     {
-        invalidIteratorError(0, "iterator");
-        iteratorsError(0, "container1", "container2");
-        mismatchingContainersError(0);
-        dereferenceErasedError(0, "iter");
-        stlOutOfBoundsError(0, "i", "foo");
-        eraseError(0);
-        invalidIteratorError(0, "push_back|push_front|insert", "iterator");
-        invalidPointerError(0, "pointer");
-        stlBoundriesError(0, "container");
-        if_findError(0, false);
-        if_findError(0, true);
-        string_c_strError(0);
-        sizeError(0);
-        redundantIfRemoveError(0);
+        CheckStl c(0, settings, errorLogger);
+        c.invalidIteratorError(0, "iterator");
+        c.iteratorsError(0, "container1", "container2");
+        c.mismatchingContainersError(0);
+        c.dereferenceErasedError(0, "iter");
+        c.stlOutOfBoundsError(0, "i", "foo");
+        c.eraseError(0);
+        c.invalidIteratorError(0, "push_back|push_front|insert", "iterator");
+        c.invalidPointerError(0, "pointer");
+        c.stlBoundriesError(0, "container");
+        c.if_findError(0, false);
+        c.if_findError(0, true);
+        c.string_c_strError(0);
+        c.sizeError(0);
+        c.redundantIfRemoveError(0);
     }
 
     std::string name() const
diff --git a/lib/checkuninitvar.h b/lib/checkuninitvar.h
index 58f4c4ddb..dd643c75c 100644
--- a/lib/checkuninitvar.h
+++ b/lib/checkuninitvar.h
@@ -77,12 +77,14 @@ public:
     void uninitdataError(const Token *tok, const std::string &varname);
     void uninitvarError(const Token *tok, const std::string &varname);
 
-    void getErrorMessages()
+    void getErrorMessages(ErrorLogger *errorLogger, const Settings *settings)
     {
+        CheckUninitVar c(0, settings, errorLogger);
+
         // error
-        uninitstringError(0, "varname");
-        uninitdataError(0, "varname");
-        uninitvarError(0, "varname");
+        c.uninitstringError(0, "varname");
+        c.uninitdataError(0, "varname");
+        c.uninitvarError(0, "varname");
     }
 
     std::string name() const
diff --git a/lib/checkunusedfunctions.h b/lib/checkunusedfunctions.h
index 54cfc5e5d..d64fa7944 100644
--- a/lib/checkunusedfunctions.h
+++ b/lib/checkunusedfunctions.h
@@ -50,9 +50,10 @@ public:
 
 private:
 
-    void getErrorMessages()
+    void getErrorMessages(ErrorLogger *errorLogger, const Settings *settings)
     {
-        unusedFunctionError(0, "", "funcName");
+        CheckUnusedFunctions c(0, settings, errorLogger);
+        c.unusedFunctionError(errorLogger, "", "funcName");
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/lib/cppcheck.cpp b/lib/cppcheck.cpp
index 160b7560c..b0f96fe6e 100644
--- a/lib/cppcheck.cpp
+++ b/lib/cppcheck.cpp
@@ -436,16 +436,14 @@ void CppCheck::reportStatus(unsigned int /*index*/, unsigned int /*max*/)
 void CppCheck::getErrorMessages()
 {
     // call all "getErrorMessages" in all registered Check classes
-    std::cout << ErrorLogger::ErrorMessage::getXMLHeader(1);
+    std::cout << ErrorLogger::ErrorMessage::getXMLHeader(_settings._xml_version);
     for (std::list<Check *>::iterator it = Check::instances().begin(); it != Check::instances().end(); ++it)
-    {
-        (*it)->getErrorMessages();
-    }
+        (*it)->getErrorMessages(this, &_settings);
 
     Tokenizer tokenizer(&_settings, 0);
-    tokenizer.getErrorMessages();
+    tokenizer.getErrorMessages(this, &_settings);
 
-    Preprocessor::getErrorMessages(std::cout);
+    Preprocessor::getErrorMessages(this, &_settings);
 
     std::cout << ErrorLogger::ErrorMessage::getXMLFooter() << std::endl;
 }
diff --git a/lib/preprocessor.cpp b/lib/preprocessor.cpp
index 8a127446a..6def6da55 100644
--- a/lib/preprocessor.cpp
+++ b/lib/preprocessor.cpp
@@ -1399,9 +1399,9 @@ std::string Preprocessor::getcode(const std::string &filedata, std::string cfg,
         {
             if (settings && !settings->userDefines.empty())
             {
-                std::ostringstream errmsg;
-                errmsg << line;
-                writeError(filename, lineno, errorLogger, "preprocessorErrorDirective", errmsg.str());
+                Settings settings2(*settings);
+                Preprocessor preprocessor(&settings2, errorLogger);
+                preprocessor.error(filename, lineno, line);
             }
             return "";
         }
@@ -1433,6 +1433,22 @@ std::string Preprocessor::getcode(const std::string &filedata, std::string cfg,
     return expandMacros(ret.str(), filename, errorLogger);
 }
 
+void Preprocessor::error(const std::string &filename, unsigned int linenr, const std::string &msg)
+{
+    std::list<ErrorLogger::ErrorMessage::FileLocation> locationList;
+    if (!filename.empty())
+    {
+        ErrorLogger::ErrorMessage::FileLocation loc;
+        loc.line = linenr;
+        loc.setfile(filename);
+        locationList.push_back(loc);
+    }
+    _errorLogger->reportErr(ErrorLogger::ErrorMessage(locationList,
+                            Severity::error,
+                            msg,
+                            "preprocessorErrorDirective"));
+}
+
 Preprocessor::HeaderTypes Preprocessor::getHeaderFileName(std::string &str)
 {
     std::string result;
@@ -1606,24 +1622,36 @@ void Preprocessor::handleIncludes(std::string &code,
                     }
                 }
 
-                std::list<ErrorLogger::ErrorMessage::FileLocation> locationList;
-                ErrorLogger::ErrorMessage::FileLocation loc;
-                loc.line = linenr;		/** @todo set correct line */
-                loc.setfile(Path::toNativeSeparators(filePath));
-                locationList.push_back(loc);
-
-                // If the missing include is a system header then this is
-                // currently a debug-message.
-                const Severity::SeverityType severity = (headerType == UserHeader) ? Severity::information : Severity::debug;
-                const std::string id = (headerType == UserHeader) ? "missingInclude" : "debug";
-                ErrorLogger::ErrorMessage errmsg(locationList, severity, "Include file: \"" + filename + "\" not found.", id);
-                errmsg.file0 = file0;
-                _errorLogger->reportErr(errmsg);
+                missingInclude(Path::toNativeSeparators(filePath),
+                               linenr,
+                               filename,
+                               headerType == UserHeader);
             }
         }
     }
 }
 
+// Report that include is missing
+void Preprocessor::missingInclude(const std::string &filename, unsigned int linenr, const std::string &header, bool userheader)
+{
+    std::list<ErrorLogger::ErrorMessage::FileLocation> locationList;
+    if (!filename.empty())
+    {
+        ErrorLogger::ErrorMessage::FileLocation loc;
+        loc.line = linenr;
+        loc.setfile(filename);
+        locationList.push_back(loc);
+    }
+
+    // If the missing include is a system header then this is
+    // currently a debug-message.
+    const Severity::SeverityType severity = userheader ? Severity::information : Severity::debug;
+    const std::string id = userheader ? "missingInclude" : "debug";
+    ErrorLogger::ErrorMessage errmsg(locationList, severity, "Include file: \"" + header + "\" not found.", id);
+    errmsg.file0 = file0;
+    _errorLogger->reportErr(errmsg);
+}
+
 /**
  * Skip string in line. A string begins and ends with either a &quot; or a &apos;
  * @param line the string
@@ -2405,18 +2433,11 @@ std::string Preprocessor::expandMacros(const std::string &code, std::string file
     return ostr.str();
 }
 
-void Preprocessor::getErrorMessages(std::ostream &ostr)
-{
-    std::list<ErrorLogger::ErrorMessage::FileLocation> locationList;
-    const ErrorLogger::ErrorMessage errmsg(locationList,
-                                           Severity::style,
-                                           "Include file: \"\" not found.",
-                                           "missingInclude");
-    ostr << errmsg.toXML(false, 1) << std::endl;
 
-    const ErrorLogger::ErrorMessage errmsg2(locationList,
-                                            Severity::error,
-                                            "#error ...",
-                                            "preprocessorErrorDirective");
-    ostr << errmsg2.toXML(false, 1) << std::endl;
+void Preprocessor::getErrorMessages(ErrorLogger *errorLogger, const Settings *settings)
+{
+    Settings settings2(*settings);
+    Preprocessor preprocessor(&settings2, errorLogger);
+    preprocessor.missingInclude("", 1, "", true);
+    preprocessor.error("", 1, "#error message");   // #error ..
 }
diff --git a/lib/preprocessor.h b/lib/preprocessor.h
index e1d849cd7..8c31568b6 100644
--- a/lib/preprocessor.h
+++ b/lib/preprocessor.h
@@ -196,9 +196,13 @@ public:
      */
     static bool match_cfg_def(const std::map<std::string, std::string> &cfg, std::string def);
 
-    static void getErrorMessages(std::ostream &ostr);
+    static void getErrorMessages(ErrorLogger *errorLogger, const Settings *settings);
 
 private:
+    void missingInclude(const std::string &filename, unsigned int linenr, const std::string &header, bool userheader);
+
+    void error(const std::string &filename, unsigned int linenr, const std::string &msg);
+
     /**
      * Search includes from code and append code from the included
      * file
diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index 3efb06e2f..3b801f4d3 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -8224,10 +8224,11 @@ void Tokenizer::simplifyConst()
     }
 }
 
-void Tokenizer::getErrorMessages()
+void Tokenizer::getErrorMessages(ErrorLogger *errorLogger, const Settings *settings)
 {
-    syntaxError(0, ' ');
-    cppcheckError(0);
+    Tokenizer t(settings, errorLogger);
+    t.syntaxError(0, ' ');
+    t.cppcheckError(0);
 }
 
 /** find pattern */
diff --git a/lib/tokenize.h b/lib/tokenize.h
index 7d8953fd2..47b4e5afc 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.h
+++ b/lib/tokenize.h
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ public:
     /**
      * get error messages
      */
-    virtual void getErrorMessages();
+    virtual void getErrorMessages(ErrorLogger *errorLogger, const Settings *settings);
 
     /** Simplify assignment in function call "f(x=g());" => "x=g();f(x);"
      */
diff --git a/test/testbufferoverrun.cpp b/test/testbufferoverrun.cpp
index ad192fc97..0708837cc 100644
--- a/test/testbufferoverrun.cpp
+++ b/test/testbufferoverrun.cpp
@@ -2763,7 +2763,7 @@ private:
     {
         // Ticket #2292: segmentation fault when using --errorlist
         CheckBufferOverrun c;
-        c.getErrorMessages();
+        c.getErrorMessages(this, 0);
     }
 };