diff --git a/application/argumentparser.cpp b/application/argumentparser.cpp
index f176c9f..5de11a4 100644
--- a/application/argumentparser.cpp
+++ b/application/argumentparser.cpp
@@ -684,6 +684,24 @@ void ArgumentParser::parseArgs(int argc, const char *const *argv)
     }
 }
 
+/*!
+ * \brief Parses the specified command line arguments.
+ * \remarks The same as parseArgs(), except that this method will not throw an exception in the error
+ *          case. Instead, it will print an error message and terminate the application with exit
+ *          code 1.
+ * \sa parseArgs(), readArgs()
+ */
+void ArgumentParser::parseArgsOrExit(int argc, const char *const *argv)
+{
+    try {
+        parseArgs(argc, argv);
+    } catch (const Failure &failure) {
+        CMD_UTILS_START_CONSOLE;
+        cerr << failure;
+        exit(1);
+    }
+}
+
 /*!
  * \brief Parses the specified command line arguments.
  * \remarks
diff --git a/application/argumentparser.h b/application/argumentparser.h
index 39b262d..f367e71 100644
--- a/application/argumentparser.h
+++ b/application/argumentparser.h
@@ -243,6 +243,7 @@ public:
     void addMainArgument(Argument *argument);
     void printHelp(std::ostream &os) const;
     void parseArgs(int argc, const char *const *argv);
+    void parseArgsOrExit(int argc, const char *const *argv);
     void readArgs(int argc, const char *const *argv);
     void resetArgs();
     unsigned int actualArgumentCount() const;
diff --git a/application/failure.cpp b/application/failure.cpp
index cee1799..5f9b7b5 100644
--- a/application/failure.cpp
+++ b/application/failure.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 #include "./failure.h"
 
+#include "../io/ansiescapecodes.h"
+
+#include <iostream>
+
 namespace ApplicationUtilities {
 
 /*!
@@ -41,4 +45,16 @@ const char *Failure::what() const USE_NOTHROW
 {
     return m_what.c_str();
 }
+
+/*!
+ * \brief Prints an error message "Unable to parse arguments: ..." for the specified \a failure.
+ */
+std::ostream &operator<<(std::ostream &o, const Failure &failure)
+{
+    using namespace std;
+    using namespace EscapeCodes;
+    return o << Phrases::Error << "Unable to parse arguments: " << TextAttribute::Reset << failure.what() << "\nSee --help for available commands."
+             << endl;
+}
+
 } // namespace ApplicationUtilities
diff --git a/application/failure.h b/application/failure.h
index 3098698..6001fde 100644
--- a/application/failure.h
+++ b/application/failure.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "../global.h"
 
 #include <exception>
+#include <iosfwd>
 #include <string>
 
 namespace ApplicationUtilities {
@@ -19,6 +20,9 @@ public:
 private:
     std::string m_what;
 };
+
+std::ostream &operator<<(std::ostream &o, const Failure &failure);
+
 } // namespace ApplicationUtilities
 
 #endif // APPLICATION_UTILITIES_FAILURE_H