Annotator

Reports issues essential to this file (e.g., syntax errors) in the result of a batch code inspection run. These issues are usually always highlighted in the editor and can't be configured, unlike inspections. These options control the scope of checks performed by this inspection:

Option "Report syntax errors": report parser-related issues.
Option "Report issues from language-specific annotators": report issues found by annotators configured for the relevant language. See Custom Language Support: Annotators for details.
Option "Report other highlighting problems": report issues specific to the language of the current file (e.g., type mismatches or unreported exceptions). See Custom Language Support: Highlighting for details.

Locating this inspection

By ID

Can be used to locate inspection in e.g. Qodana configuration files, where you can quickly enable or disable it, or adjust its settings.

Annotator

Via Settings dialog

Path to the inspection settings via IntelliJ Platform IDE Settings dialog, when you need to adjust inspection settings directly from your IDE.

Settings or Preferences | Editor | Inspections | General

Inspection ID: Annotator

Inspection options

Here you can find the description of settings available for the Annotator inspection, and the reference of their default values.

Report syntax errors

Option ID:

highlightErrorElements

Default value:

Selected

Report issues from language-specific annotators

Option ID:

runAnnotators

Default value:

Selected

Report other highlighting problems

Option ID:

runVisitors

Default value:

Not selected

Suppressing Inspection

You can suppress this inspection by placing the following comment marker before the code fragment where you no longer want messages from this inspection to appear:

//noinspection Annotator

More detailed instructions as well as other ways and options that you have can be found in the product documentation:

Inspection Details
By default bundled with:	CLion 2026.1, DataGrip 2026.1, DataSpell 2026.1, GoLand 2026.1, IntelliJ IDEA 2026.1, JetBrains Rider 2025.3, PhpStorm 2026.1, PyCharm 2026.1, Qodana for .NET 2025.3, Qodana for Go 2026.1, Qodana for JS 2026.1, Qodana for JVM 2026.1, Qodana for PHP 2026.1, Qodana for Ruby 2026.1, RubyMine 2026.1, WebStorm 2026.1

Last modified: 31 March 2026