diff --git a/src/analyze.cpp b/src/analyze.cpp
index 9fe2516..9c61e61 100644
--- a/src/analyze.cpp
+++ b/src/analyze.cpp
@@ -126,7 +126,10 @@ namespace i18n_check
         // load file content into analyzers
         for (const auto& file : filesToAnalyze)
             {
-            callback(++currentFileIndex, filesToAnalyze.size(), file);
+            if (!callback(++currentFileIndex, filesToAnalyze.size(), file))
+                {
+                return;
+                }
 
             const file_review_type fileType = [&file]()
             {
diff --git a/src/analyze.h b/src/analyze.h
index 7c9e3b1..fe64dd5 100644
--- a/src/analyze.h
+++ b/src/analyze.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 namespace i18n_check
     {
     /// @brief Progress callback for analyze().
-    using analyze_callback = std::function<void(const size_t, const size_t, const std::wstring&)>;
+    using analyze_callback = std::function<bool(const size_t, const size_t, const std::wstring&)>;
 
     /// @private
     std::pair<bool, std::wstring> read_utf16_file(const std::wstring& file_name);
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ namespace i18n_check
         @param[out] filesThatContainUTF8Signature UTF-8 files that contain a
             Windows UTF-8 file signature.
         @param callback Callback function to display the progress.
-            Takes the current file index, overall file count, and the name of the current file.*/
+            Takes the current file index, overall file count, and the name of the current file.
+            Returning @c indicates that the user cancelled the analysis.*/
     void analyze(const std::vector<std::wstring>& filesToAnalyze, i18n_check::cpp_i18n_review& cpp,
                  i18n_check::rc_file_review& rc, i18n_check::po_file_review& po,
                  std::vector<std::wstring>& filesThatShouldBeConvertedToUTF8,
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index b866f5f..003aa10 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -379,11 +379,12 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
         filesToAnalyze, cpp, rc, po, filesThatShouldBeConvertedToUTF8,
         filesThatContainUTF8Signature,
         readBoolOption("quiet", false) ?
-            [](const size_t, const size_t, const std::wstring&) {} :
+            [](const size_t, const size_t, const std::wstring&) { return true; } :
             [](const size_t currentFileIndex, const size_t fileCount, const std::wstring& file)
             {
                 std::wcout << L"Examining " << currentFileIndex << L" of " << fileCount
                            << L" files (" << std::filesystem::path(file).filename() << L")\n";
+                return true;
             });
 
     const std::wstringstream report =