diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/AbstractAnalyzer.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/AbstractAnalyzer.java
index 1c933af59..d3a7201e9 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/AbstractAnalyzer.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/AbstractAnalyzer.java
@@ -17,16 +17,86 @@
  */
 package org.owasp.dependencycheck.analyzer;
 
+import org.owasp.dependencycheck.Engine;
+import org.owasp.dependencycheck.analyzer.exception.AnalysisException;
+import org.owasp.dependencycheck.dependency.Dependency;
 import org.owasp.dependencycheck.exception.InitializationException;
+import org.owasp.dependencycheck.utils.InvalidSettingException;
+import org.owasp.dependencycheck.utils.Settings;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 /**
- * Base class for analyzers to avoid code duplication of initialize and close
- * as most analyzers do not need these methods.
+ * Base class for analyzers to avoid code duplication of initialize and close as
+ * most analyzers do not need these methods.
  *
  * @author Jeremy Long
  */
 public abstract class AbstractAnalyzer implements Analyzer {
 
+    /**
+     * The logger.
+     */
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(AbstractAnalyzer.class);
+    /**
+     * A flag indicating whether or not the analyzer is enabled.
+     */
+    private volatile boolean enabled = true;
+
+    /**
+     * Get the value of enabled.
+     *
+     * @return the value of enabled
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean isEnabled() {
+        return enabled;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set the value of enabled.
+     *
+     * @param enabled new value of enabled
+     */
+    public void setEnabled(boolean enabled) {
+        this.enabled = enabled;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * <p>
+     * Returns the setting key to determine if the analyzer is enabled.</p>
+     *
+     * @return the key for the analyzer's enabled property
+     */
+    protected abstract String getAnalyzerEnabledSettingKey();
+
+    /**
+     * Analyzes a given dependency. If the dependency is an archive, such as a
+     * WAR or EAR, the contents are extracted, scanned, and added to the list of
+     * dependencies within the engine.
+     *
+     * @param dependency the dependency to analyze
+     * @param engine the engine scanning
+     * @throws AnalysisException thrown if there is an analysis exception
+     */
+    protected abstract void analyzeDependency(Dependency dependency, Engine engine) throws AnalysisException;
+
+    /**
+     * Analyzes a given dependency. If the dependency is an archive, such as a
+     * WAR or EAR, the contents are extracted, scanned, and added to the list of
+     * dependencies within the engine.
+     *
+     * @param dependency the dependency to analyze
+     * @param engine the engine scanning
+     * @throws AnalysisException thrown if there is an analysis exception
+     */
+    @Override
+    public final void analyze(Dependency dependency, Engine engine) throws AnalysisException {
+        if (this.isEnabled()) {
+            analyzeDependency(dependency, engine);
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * The initialize method does nothing for this Analyzer.
      *
@@ -34,7 +104,14 @@ public abstract class AbstractAnalyzer implements Analyzer {
      */
     @Override
     public void initialize() throws InitializationException {
-        //do nothing
+        final String key = getAnalyzerEnabledSettingKey();
+        try {
+            this.setEnabled(Settings.getBoolean(key, true));
+        } catch (InvalidSettingException ex) {
+            LOGGER.warn("Invalid setting for property '{}'", key);
+            LOGGER.debug("", ex);
+            LOGGER.warn("{} has been disabled", getName());
+        }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -49,6 +126,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractAnalyzer implements Analyzer {
 
     /**
      * The default is to support parallel processing.
+     *
+     * @return true
      */
     @Override
     public boolean supportsParallelProcessing() {
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/AbstractFileTypeAnalyzer.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/AbstractFileTypeAnalyzer.java
index 7023cb912..4ebcc6b68 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/AbstractFileTypeAnalyzer.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/AbstractFileTypeAnalyzer.java
@@ -17,11 +17,6 @@
  */
 package org.owasp.dependencycheck.analyzer;
 
-import org.owasp.dependencycheck.Engine;
-import org.owasp.dependencycheck.analyzer.exception.AnalysisException;
-import org.owasp.dependencycheck.dependency.Dependency;
-import org.owasp.dependencycheck.utils.InvalidSettingException;
-import org.owasp.dependencycheck.utils.Settings;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -40,17 +35,7 @@ import org.owasp.dependencycheck.exception.InitializationException;
  */
 public abstract class AbstractFileTypeAnalyzer extends AbstractAnalyzer implements FileTypeAnalyzer {
 
-    //<editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc="Constructor">
-    /**
-     * Base constructor that all children must call. This checks the
-     * configuration to determine if the analyzer is enabled.
-     */
-    public AbstractFileTypeAnalyzer() {
-        reset();
-    }
-//</editor-fold>
-
-    //<editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc="Field definitions">
+    //<editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc="Field definitions, getters, and setters ">
     /**
      * The logger.
      */
@@ -80,30 +65,25 @@ public abstract class AbstractFileTypeAnalyzer extends AbstractAnalyzer implemen
         this.filesMatched = filesMatched;
     }
 
+    //</editor-fold>
+    //<editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc="Final implementations for the Analyzer interface">
     /**
-     * A flag indicating whether or not the analyzer is enabled.
-     */
-    private volatile boolean enabled = true;
-
-    /**
-     * Get the value of enabled.
+     * Initializes the analyzer.
      *
-     * @return the value of enabled
+     * @throws InitializationException thrown if there is an exception during
+     * initialization
      */
-    public boolean isEnabled() {
-        return enabled;
+    @Override
+    public final void initialize() throws InitializationException {
+        super.initialize();
+        if (filesMatched) {
+            initializeFileTypeAnalyzer();
+        } else {
+            this.setEnabled(false);
+        }
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Set the value of enabled.
-     *
-     * @param enabled new value of enabled
-     */
-    public void setEnabled(boolean enabled) {
-        this.enabled = enabled;
-    }
-//</editor-fold>
-
+    //</editor-fold>
     //<editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc="Abstract methods children must implement">
     /**
      * <p>
@@ -127,80 +107,21 @@ public abstract class AbstractFileTypeAnalyzer extends AbstractAnalyzer implemen
      */
     protected abstract void initializeFileTypeAnalyzer() throws InitializationException;
 
+    //</editor-fold>
     /**
-     * Analyzes a given dependency. If the dependency is an archive, such as a
-     * WAR or EAR, the contents are extracted, scanned, and added to the list of
-     * dependencies within the engine.
+     * Determines if the file can be analyzed by the analyzer.
      *
-     * @param dependency the dependency to analyze
-     * @param engine the engine scanning
-     * @throws AnalysisException thrown if there is an analysis exception
+     * @param pathname the path to the file
+     * @return true if the file can be analyzed by the given analyzer; otherwise
+     * false
      */
-    protected abstract void analyzeFileType(Dependency dependency, Engine engine) throws AnalysisException;
-
-    /**
-     * <p>
-     * Returns the setting key to determine if the analyzer is enabled.</p>
-     *
-     * @return the key for the analyzer's enabled property
-     */
-    protected abstract String getAnalyzerEnabledSettingKey();
-
-//</editor-fold>
-    //<editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc="Final implementations for the Analyzer interface">
-    /**
-     * Initializes the analyzer.
-     *
-     * @throws InitializationException thrown if there is an exception during
-     * initialization
-     */
-    @Override
-    public final void initialize() throws InitializationException {
-        if (filesMatched) {
-            initializeFileTypeAnalyzer();
-        } else {
-            enabled = false;
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Resets the enabled flag on the analyzer.
-     */
-    @Override
-    public final void reset() {
-        final String key = getAnalyzerEnabledSettingKey();
-        try {
-            enabled = Settings.getBoolean(key, true);
-        } catch (InvalidSettingException ex) {
-            LOGGER.warn("Invalid setting for property '{}'", key);
-            LOGGER.debug("", ex);
-            LOGGER.warn("{} has been disabled", getName());
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Analyzes a given dependency. If the dependency is an archive, such as a
-     * WAR or EAR, the contents are extracted, scanned, and added to the list of
-     * dependencies within the engine.
-     *
-     * @param dependency the dependency to analyze
-     * @param engine the engine scanning
-     * @throws AnalysisException thrown if there is an analysis exception
-     */
-    @Override
-    public final void analyze(Dependency dependency, Engine engine) throws AnalysisException {
-        if (enabled) {
-            analyzeFileType(dependency, engine);
-        }
-    }
-
     @Override
     public boolean accept(File pathname) {
         final FileFilter filter = getFileFilter();
         boolean accepted = false;
         if (null == filter) {
             LOGGER.error("The '{}' analyzer is misconfigured and does not have a file filter; it will be disabled", getName());
-        } else if (enabled) {
+        } else if (this.isEnabled()) {
             accepted = filter.accept(pathname);
             if (accepted) {
                 filesMatched = true;
@@ -209,8 +130,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractFileTypeAnalyzer extends AbstractAnalyzer implemen
         return accepted;
     }
 
-    //</editor-fold>
-    //<editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc="Static utility methods">
     /**
      * <p>
      * Utility method to help in the creation of the extensions set. This
@@ -227,6 +146,4 @@ public abstract class AbstractFileTypeAnalyzer extends AbstractAnalyzer implemen
         Collections.addAll(set, strings);
         return set;
     }
-
-//</editor-fold>
 }
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/Analyzer.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/Analyzer.java
index 420f24042..0180a0d01 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/Analyzer.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/Analyzer.java
@@ -83,4 +83,10 @@ public interface Analyzer {
      * @return {@code true} if the analyzer supports parallel processing, {@code false} else
      */
     boolean supportsParallelProcessing();
+    /**
+     * Get the value of enabled.
+     *
+     * @return the value of enabled
+     */
+    boolean isEnabled();
 }
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/ArchiveAnalyzer.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/ArchiveAnalyzer.java
index ed40d75e8..8cbdc9f0b 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/ArchiveAnalyzer.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/ArchiveAnalyzer.java
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ public class ArchiveAnalyzer extends AbstractFileTypeAnalyzer {
      * Does not support parallel processing as it both modifies and iterates
      * over the engine's list of dependencies.
      *
-     * @see #analyzeFileType(Dependency, Engine)
+     * @see #analyzeDependency(Dependency, Engine)
      * @see #findMoreDependencies(Engine, File)
      */
     @Override
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ public class ArchiveAnalyzer extends AbstractFileTypeAnalyzer {
      * @throws AnalysisException thrown if there is an analysis exception
      */
     @Override
-    public void analyzeFileType(Dependency dependency, Engine engine) throws AnalysisException {
+    public void analyzeDependency(Dependency dependency, Engine engine) throws AnalysisException {
         final File f = new File(dependency.getActualFilePath());
         final File tmpDir = getNextTempDirectory();
         extractFiles(f, tmpDir, engine);
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/AssemblyAnalyzer.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/AssemblyAnalyzer.java
index 690ab6499..6d1e21ce7 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/AssemblyAnalyzer.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/AssemblyAnalyzer.java
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ public class AssemblyAnalyzer extends AbstractFileTypeAnalyzer {
      * @throws AnalysisException if anything goes sideways
      */
     @Override
-    public void analyzeFileType(Dependency dependency, Engine engine)
+    public void analyzeDependency(Dependency dependency, Engine engine)
             throws AnalysisException {
         if (grokAssemblyExe == null) {
             LOGGER.warn("GrokAssembly didn't get deployed");
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/AutoconfAnalyzer.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/AutoconfAnalyzer.java
index ed5c29f6c..88beaa168 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/AutoconfAnalyzer.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/AutoconfAnalyzer.java
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ public class AutoconfAnalyzer extends AbstractFileTypeAnalyzer {
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected void analyzeFileType(Dependency dependency, Engine engine)
+    protected void analyzeDependency(Dependency dependency, Engine engine)
             throws AnalysisException {
         final File actualFile = dependency.getActualFile();
         final String name = actualFile.getName();
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/CMakeAnalyzer.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/CMakeAnalyzer.java
index e81ea6e12..5a889b7d7 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/CMakeAnalyzer.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/CMakeAnalyzer.java
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ public class CMakeAnalyzer extends AbstractFileTypeAnalyzer {
      * analyzing the dependency
      */
     @Override
-    protected void analyzeFileType(Dependency dependency, Engine engine)
+    protected void analyzeDependency(Dependency dependency, Engine engine)
             throws AnalysisException {
         final File file = dependency.getActualFile();
         final String parentName = file.getParentFile().getName();
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/CPEAnalyzer.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/CPEAnalyzer.java
index 5d8c577bf..cea9beffc 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/CPEAnalyzer.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/CPEAnalyzer.java
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ import org.owasp.dependencycheck.dependency.VulnerableSoftware;
 import org.owasp.dependencycheck.exception.InitializationException;
 import org.owasp.dependencycheck.utils.DependencyVersion;
 import org.owasp.dependencycheck.utils.DependencyVersionUtil;
+import org.owasp.dependencycheck.utils.Settings;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -122,7 +123,14 @@ public class CPEAnalyzer extends AbstractAnalyzer {
     public AnalysisPhase getAnalysisPhase() {
         return AnalysisPhase.IDENTIFIER_ANALYSIS;
     }
-
+    /**
+     * The default is to support parallel processing.
+     * @return false
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean supportsParallelProcessing() {
+        return false;
+    }
     /**
      * Creates the CPE Lucene Index.
      *
@@ -131,6 +139,7 @@ public class CPEAnalyzer extends AbstractAnalyzer {
      */
     @Override
     public void initialize() throws InitializationException {
+        super.initialize();
         try {
             this.open();
         } catch (IOException ex) {
@@ -515,7 +524,7 @@ public class CPEAnalyzer extends AbstractAnalyzer {
      * dependency.
      */
     @Override
-    public synchronized void analyze(Dependency dependency, Engine engine) throws AnalysisException {
+    protected synchronized void analyzeDependency(Dependency dependency, Engine engine) throws AnalysisException {
         try {
             determineCPE(dependency);
         } catch (CorruptIndexException ex) {
@@ -628,6 +637,17 @@ public class CPEAnalyzer extends AbstractAnalyzer {
         return identifierAdded;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * <p>
+     * Returns the setting key to determine if the analyzer is enabled.</p>
+     *
+     * @return the key for the analyzer's enabled property
+     */
+    @Override
+    protected String getAnalyzerEnabledSettingKey() {
+        return Settings.KEYS.ANALYZER_CPE_ENABLED;
+    }
+
     /**
      * The confidence whether the identifier is an exact match, or a best guess.
      */
@@ -808,16 +828,6 @@ public class CPEAnalyzer extends AbstractAnalyzer {
                     .append(evidenceConfidence, o.evidenceConfidence)
                     .append(identifier, o.identifier)
                     .toComparison();
-            /*
-            int conf = this.confidence.compareTo(o.confidence);
-            if (conf == 0) {
-                conf = this.evidenceConfidence.compareTo(o.evidenceConfidence);
-                if (conf == 0) {
-                    conf = identifier.compareTo(o.identifier);
-                }
-            }
-            return conf;
-             */
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/CentralAnalyzer.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/CentralAnalyzer.java
index 489184bc9..d0f92469c 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/CentralAnalyzer.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/CentralAnalyzer.java
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ public class CentralAnalyzer extends AbstractFileTypeAnalyzer {
      * @throws AnalysisException when there's an exception during analysis
      */
     @Override
-    public void analyzeFileType(Dependency dependency, Engine engine) throws AnalysisException {
+    public void analyzeDependency(Dependency dependency, Engine engine) throws AnalysisException {
         if (errorFlag || !isEnabled()) {
             return;
         }
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/CocoaPodsAnalyzer.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/CocoaPodsAnalyzer.java
index 1108d5e6a..a8a33121e 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/CocoaPodsAnalyzer.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/CocoaPodsAnalyzer.java
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ public class CocoaPodsAnalyzer extends AbstractFileTypeAnalyzer {
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected void analyzeFileType(Dependency dependency, Engine engine)
+    protected void analyzeDependency(Dependency dependency, Engine engine)
             throws AnalysisException {
 
         String contents;
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/ComposerLockAnalyzer.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/ComposerLockAnalyzer.java
index bb1a24a7f..57c8bf791 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/ComposerLockAnalyzer.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/ComposerLockAnalyzer.java
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ public class ComposerLockAnalyzer extends AbstractFileTypeAnalyzer {
      * @throws AnalysisException if there's a failure during analysis
      */
     @Override
-    protected void analyzeFileType(Dependency dependency, Engine engine) throws AnalysisException {
+    protected void analyzeDependency(Dependency dependency, Engine engine) throws AnalysisException {
         FileInputStream fis = null;
         try {
             fis = new FileInputStream(dependency.getActualFile());
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/CpeSuppressionAnalyzer.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/CpeSuppressionAnalyzer.java
index 537fa731c..18415431a 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/CpeSuppressionAnalyzer.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/CpeSuppressionAnalyzer.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ package org.owasp.dependencycheck.analyzer;
 import org.owasp.dependencycheck.analyzer.exception.AnalysisException;
 import org.owasp.dependencycheck.Engine;
 import org.owasp.dependencycheck.dependency.Dependency;
+import org.owasp.dependencycheck.utils.Settings;
 import org.owasp.dependencycheck.xml.suppression.SuppressionRule;
 
 /**
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ public class CpeSuppressionAnalyzer extends AbstractSuppressionAnalyzer {
     //</editor-fold>
 
     @Override
-    public void analyze(final Dependency dependency, final Engine engine) throws AnalysisException {
+    protected void analyzeDependency(Dependency dependency, Engine engine) throws AnalysisException {
 
         if (getRules() == null || getRules().size() <= 0) {
             return;
@@ -72,4 +73,15 @@ public class CpeSuppressionAnalyzer extends AbstractSuppressionAnalyzer {
             rule.process(dependency);
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * <p>
+     * Returns the setting key to determine if the analyzer is enabled.</p>
+     *
+     * @return the key for the analyzer's enabled property
+     */
+    @Override
+    protected String getAnalyzerEnabledSettingKey() {
+        return Settings.KEYS.ANALYZER_CPE_SUPPRESSION_ENABLED;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/DependencyBundlingAnalyzer.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/DependencyBundlingAnalyzer.java
index dab37cafd..08f4b54c4 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/DependencyBundlingAnalyzer.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/DependencyBundlingAnalyzer.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import org.owasp.dependencycheck.dependency.Dependency;
 import org.owasp.dependencycheck.dependency.Identifier;
 import org.owasp.dependencycheck.utils.DependencyVersion;
 import org.owasp.dependencycheck.utils.DependencyVersionUtil;
+import org.owasp.dependencycheck.utils.Settings;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -119,6 +120,17 @@ public class DependencyBundlingAnalyzer extends AbstractAnalyzer {
         return false;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * <p>
+     * Returns the setting key to determine if the analyzer is enabled.</p>
+     *
+     * @return the key for the analyzer's enabled property
+     */
+    @Override
+    protected String getAnalyzerEnabledSettingKey() {
+        return Settings.KEYS.ANALYZER_DEPENDENCY_BUNDLING_ENABLED;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Analyzes a set of dependencies. If they have been found to have the same
      * base path and the same set of identifiers they are likely related. The
@@ -130,7 +142,7 @@ public class DependencyBundlingAnalyzer extends AbstractAnalyzer {
      * file.
      */
     @Override
-    public synchronized void analyze(Dependency ignore, Engine engine) throws AnalysisException {
+    protected synchronized void analyzeDependency(Dependency ignore, Engine engine) throws AnalysisException {
         if (!analyzed) {
             analyzed = true;
             final Set<Dependency> dependenciesToRemove = new HashSet<Dependency>();
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/DependencyMergingAnalyzer.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/DependencyMergingAnalyzer.java
index 3ffbaeced..26c1c5bca 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/DependencyMergingAnalyzer.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/DependencyMergingAnalyzer.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import java.util.Set;
 import org.owasp.dependencycheck.Engine;
 import org.owasp.dependencycheck.analyzer.exception.AnalysisException;
 import org.owasp.dependencycheck.dependency.Dependency;
+import org.owasp.dependencycheck.utils.Settings;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -100,6 +101,17 @@ public class DependencyMergingAnalyzer extends AbstractAnalyzer {
     public boolean supportsParallelProcessing() {
         return false;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * <p>
+     * Returns the setting key to determine if the analyzer is enabled.</p>
+     *
+     * @return the key for the analyzer's enabled property
+     */
+    @Override
+    protected String getAnalyzerEnabledSettingKey() {
+        return Settings.KEYS.ANALYZER_DEPENDENCY_MERGING_ENABLED;
+    }
     //</editor-fold>
 
     /**
@@ -114,7 +126,7 @@ public class DependencyMergingAnalyzer extends AbstractAnalyzer {
      * file.
      */
     @Override
-    public synchronized void analyze(Dependency ignore, Engine engine) throws AnalysisException {
+    protected synchronized void analyzeDependency(Dependency ignore, Engine engine) throws AnalysisException {
         if (!analyzed) {
             analyzed = true;
             final Set<Dependency> dependenciesToRemove = new HashSet<Dependency>();
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/FalsePositiveAnalyzer.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/FalsePositiveAnalyzer.java
index 93a36e15a..6312ac14e 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/FalsePositiveAnalyzer.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/FalsePositiveAnalyzer.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import org.owasp.dependencycheck.dependency.Dependency;
 import org.owasp.dependencycheck.dependency.Identifier;
 import org.owasp.dependencycheck.dependency.VulnerableSoftware;
 import org.owasp.dependencycheck.utils.FileFilterBuilder;
+import org.owasp.dependencycheck.utils.Settings;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -83,6 +84,16 @@ public class FalsePositiveAnalyzer extends AbstractAnalyzer {
     public AnalysisPhase getAnalysisPhase() {
         return ANALYSIS_PHASE;
     }
+    /**
+     * <p>
+     * Returns the setting key to determine if the analyzer is enabled.</p>
+     *
+     * @return the key for the analyzer's enabled property
+     */
+    @Override
+    protected String getAnalyzerEnabledSettingKey() {
+        return Settings.KEYS.ANALYZER_FALSE_POSITIVE_ENABLED;
+    }
     //</editor-fold>
 
     /**
@@ -93,7 +104,7 @@ public class FalsePositiveAnalyzer extends AbstractAnalyzer {
      * @throws AnalysisException is thrown if there is an error reading the JAR file.
      */
     @Override
-    public void analyze(Dependency dependency, Engine engine) throws AnalysisException {
+    protected void analyzeDependency(Dependency dependency, Engine engine) throws AnalysisException {
         removeJreEntries(dependency);
         removeBadMatches(dependency);
         removeBadSpringMatches(dependency);
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/FileNameAnalyzer.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/FileNameAnalyzer.java
index 3ed5b0ffd..21b1d186a 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/FileNameAnalyzer.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/FileNameAnalyzer.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import org.owasp.dependencycheck.dependency.Confidence;
 import org.owasp.dependencycheck.dependency.Dependency;
 import org.owasp.dependencycheck.utils.DependencyVersion;
 import org.owasp.dependencycheck.utils.DependencyVersionUtil;
+import org.owasp.dependencycheck.utils.Settings;
 
 /**
  *
@@ -65,6 +66,16 @@ public class FileNameAnalyzer extends AbstractAnalyzer {
     public AnalysisPhase getAnalysisPhase() {
         return ANALYSIS_PHASE;
     }
+    /**
+     * <p>
+     * Returns the setting key to determine if the analyzer is enabled.</p>
+     *
+     * @return the key for the analyzer's enabled property
+     */
+    @Override
+    protected String getAnalyzerEnabledSettingKey() {
+        return Settings.KEYS.ANALYZER_FILE_NAME_ENABLED;
+    }
     //</editor-fold>
 
     /**
@@ -86,7 +97,7 @@ public class FileNameAnalyzer extends AbstractAnalyzer {
      * file.
      */
     @Override
-    public void analyze(Dependency dependency, Engine engine) throws AnalysisException {
+    protected void analyzeDependency(Dependency dependency, Engine engine) throws AnalysisException {
 
         //strip any path information that may get added by ArchiveAnalyzer, etc.
         final File f = dependency.getActualFile();
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/FileTypeAnalyzer.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/FileTypeAnalyzer.java
index bb7467a4c..8a6fa0722 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/FileTypeAnalyzer.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/FileTypeAnalyzer.java
@@ -26,8 +26,4 @@ import java.io.FileFilter;
  */
 public interface FileTypeAnalyzer extends Analyzer, FileFilter {
 
-    /**
-     * Resets the analyzers state.
-     */
-    void reset();
 }
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/HintAnalyzer.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/HintAnalyzer.java
index 47bf33d92..a0a8b00d0 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/HintAnalyzer.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/HintAnalyzer.java
@@ -82,6 +82,16 @@ public class HintAnalyzer extends AbstractAnalyzer {
     public AnalysisPhase getAnalysisPhase() {
         return ANALYSIS_PHASE;
     }
+    /**
+     * <p>
+     * Returns the setting key to determine if the analyzer is enabled.</p>
+     *
+     * @return the key for the analyzer's enabled property
+     */
+    @Override
+    protected String getAnalyzerEnabledSettingKey() {
+        return Settings.KEYS.ANALYZER_HINT_ENABLED;
+    }
 
     /**
      * The initialize method does nothing for this Analyzer.
@@ -90,8 +100,8 @@ public class HintAnalyzer extends AbstractAnalyzer {
      */
     @Override
     public void initialize() throws InitializationException {
+        super.initialize();
         try {
-            super.initialize();
             loadHintRules();
         } catch (HintParseException ex) {
             LOGGER.debug("Unable to parse hint file", ex);
@@ -123,7 +133,7 @@ public class HintAnalyzer extends AbstractAnalyzer {
      * the dependency.
      */
     @Override
-    public void analyze(Dependency dependency, Engine engine) throws AnalysisException {
+    protected void analyzeDependency(Dependency dependency, Engine engine) throws AnalysisException {
         for (HintRule hint : hints.getHintRules()) {
             boolean shouldAdd = false;
             for (Evidence given : hint.getGivenVendor()) {
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/JarAnalyzer.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/JarAnalyzer.java
index 77fc4eeed..58d396b83 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/JarAnalyzer.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/JarAnalyzer.java
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ public class JarAnalyzer extends AbstractFileTypeAnalyzer {
      * file.
      */
     @Override
-    public void analyzeFileType(Dependency dependency, Engine engine) throws AnalysisException {
+    public void analyzeDependency(Dependency dependency, Engine engine) throws AnalysisException {
         try {
             final List<ClassNameInformation> classNames = collectClassNames(dependency);
             final String fileName = dependency.getFileName().toLowerCase();
@@ -633,7 +633,8 @@ public class JarAnalyzer extends AbstractFileTypeAnalyzer {
      * @return whether evidence was identified parsing the manifest
      * @throws IOException if there is an issue reading the JAR file
      */
-    protected boolean parseManifest(Dependency dependency, List<ClassNameInformation> classInformation) throws IOException {
+    protected boolean parseManifest(Dependency dependency, List<ClassNameInformation> classInformation)
+            throws IOException {
         boolean foundSomething = false;
         JarFile jar = null;
         try {
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/NexusAnalyzer.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/NexusAnalyzer.java
index e01ee9962..8dff9242d 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/NexusAnalyzer.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/NexusAnalyzer.java
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ public class NexusAnalyzer extends AbstractFileTypeAnalyzer {
      * @throws AnalysisException when there's an exception during analysis
      */
     @Override
-    public void analyzeFileType(Dependency dependency, Engine engine) throws AnalysisException {
+    public void analyzeDependency(Dependency dependency, Engine engine) throws AnalysisException {
         if (!isEnabled()) {
             return;
         }
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/NodePackageAnalyzer.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/NodePackageAnalyzer.java
index 50d20b38e..15f7e6d37 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/NodePackageAnalyzer.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/NodePackageAnalyzer.java
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ public class NodePackageAnalyzer extends AbstractFileTypeAnalyzer {
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected void analyzeFileType(Dependency dependency, Engine engine)
+    protected void analyzeDependency(Dependency dependency, Engine engine)
             throws AnalysisException {
         final File file = dependency.getActualFile();
         JsonReader jsonReader;
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/NuspecAnalyzer.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/NuspecAnalyzer.java
index b5d5de5b2..2d6fd1993 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/NuspecAnalyzer.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/NuspecAnalyzer.java
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ public class NuspecAnalyzer extends AbstractFileTypeAnalyzer {
      * @throws AnalysisException when there's an exception during analysis
      */
     @Override
-    public void analyzeFileType(Dependency dependency, Engine engine) throws AnalysisException {
+    public void analyzeDependency(Dependency dependency, Engine engine) throws AnalysisException {
         LOGGER.debug("Checking Nuspec file {}", dependency);
         try {
             final NuspecParser parser = new XPathNuspecParser();
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/NvdCveAnalyzer.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/NvdCveAnalyzer.java
index ffced1d16..4b7c55619 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/NvdCveAnalyzer.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/NvdCveAnalyzer.java
@@ -28,15 +28,18 @@ import org.owasp.dependencycheck.dependency.Dependency;
 import org.owasp.dependencycheck.dependency.Identifier;
 import org.owasp.dependencycheck.dependency.Vulnerability;
 import org.owasp.dependencycheck.exception.InitializationException;
+import org.owasp.dependencycheck.utils.Settings;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 /**
- * NvdCveAnalyzer is a utility class that takes a project dependency and attempts to discern if there is an associated
- * CVEs. It uses the the identifiers found by other analyzers to lookup the CVE data.
+ * NvdCveAnalyzer is a utility class that takes a project dependency and
+ * attempts to discern if there is an associated CVEs. It uses the the
+ * identifiers found by other analyzers to lookup the CVE data.
  *
  * @author Jeremy Long
  */
 public class NvdCveAnalyzer extends AbstractAnalyzer {
+
     /**
      * The Logger for use throughout the class
      */
@@ -56,7 +59,8 @@ public class NvdCveAnalyzer extends AbstractAnalyzer {
      * @throws SQLException thrown when there is a SQL Exception
      * @throws IOException thrown when there is an IO Exception
      * @throws DatabaseException thrown when there is a database exceptions
-     * @throws ClassNotFoundException thrown if the h2 database driver cannot be loaded
+     * @throws ClassNotFoundException thrown if the h2 database driver cannot be
+     * loaded
      */
     public void open() throws SQLException, IOException, DatabaseException, ClassNotFoundException {
         cveDB = new CveDB();
@@ -95,14 +99,16 @@ public class NvdCveAnalyzer extends AbstractAnalyzer {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Analyzes a dependency and attempts to determine if there are any CPE identifiers for this dependency.
+     * Analyzes a dependency and attempts to determine if there are any CPE
+     * identifiers for this dependency.
      *
      * @param dependency The Dependency to analyze
      * @param engine The analysis engine
-     * @throws AnalysisException thrown if there is an issue analyzing the dependency
+     * @throws AnalysisException thrown if there is an issue analyzing the
+     * dependency
      */
     @Override
-    public void analyze(Dependency dependency, Engine engine) throws AnalysisException {
+    protected void analyzeDependency(Dependency dependency, Engine engine) throws AnalysisException {
         for (Identifier id : dependency.getIdentifiers()) {
             if ("cpe".equals(id.getType())) {
                 try {
@@ -147,13 +153,26 @@ public class NvdCveAnalyzer extends AbstractAnalyzer {
         return AnalysisPhase.FINDING_ANALYSIS;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * <p>
+     * Returns the setting key to determine if the analyzer is enabled.</p>
+     *
+     * @return the key for the analyzer's enabled property
+     */
+    @Override
+    protected String getAnalyzerEnabledSettingKey() {
+        return Settings.KEYS.ANALYZER_NVD_CVE_ENABLED;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Opens the database used to gather NVD CVE data.
      *
-     * @throws InitializationException is thrown if there is an issue opening the index.
+     * @throws InitializationException is thrown if there is an issue opening
+     * the index.
      */
     @Override
     public void initialize() throws InitializationException {
+        super.initialize();
         try {
             this.open();
         } catch (SQLException ex) {
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/OpenSSLAnalyzer.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/OpenSSLAnalyzer.java
index c886814b6..37ecb6ce2 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/OpenSSLAnalyzer.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/OpenSSLAnalyzer.java
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ public class OpenSSLAnalyzer extends AbstractFileTypeAnalyzer {
      * analyzing the dependency
      */
     @Override
-    protected void analyzeFileType(Dependency dependency, Engine engine)
+    protected void analyzeDependency(Dependency dependency, Engine engine)
             throws AnalysisException {
         final File file = dependency.getActualFile();
         final String parentName = file.getParentFile().getName();
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/PythonDistributionAnalyzer.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/PythonDistributionAnalyzer.java
index f9e60a1c0..8fa73202e 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/PythonDistributionAnalyzer.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/PythonDistributionAnalyzer.java
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ public class PythonDistributionAnalyzer extends AbstractFileTypeAnalyzer {
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected void analyzeFileType(Dependency dependency, Engine engine)
+    protected void analyzeDependency(Dependency dependency, Engine engine)
             throws AnalysisException {
         final File actualFile = dependency.getActualFile();
         if (WHL_FILTER.accept(actualFile)) {
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/PythonPackageAnalyzer.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/PythonPackageAnalyzer.java
index 02b3ec4cb..7d9bf88e9 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/PythonPackageAnalyzer.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/PythonPackageAnalyzer.java
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ public class PythonPackageAnalyzer extends AbstractFileTypeAnalyzer {
      * analyzing the dependency
      */
     @Override
-    protected void analyzeFileType(Dependency dependency, Engine engine)
+    protected void analyzeDependency(Dependency dependency, Engine engine)
             throws AnalysisException {
         final File file = dependency.getActualFile();
         final File parent = file.getParentFile();
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/RubyBundleAuditAnalyzer.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/RubyBundleAuditAnalyzer.java
index 9f4da5b78..83b691e7c 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/RubyBundleAuditAnalyzer.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/RubyBundleAuditAnalyzer.java
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ public class RubyBundleAuditAnalyzer extends AbstractFileTypeAnalyzer {
     }
 
     /**
-     * If {@link #analyzeFileType(Dependency, Engine)} is called, then we have
+     * If {@link #analyzeDependency(Dependency, Engine)} is called, then we have
      * successfully initialized, and it will be necessary to disable
      * {@link RubyGemspecAnalyzer}.
      */
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ public class RubyBundleAuditAnalyzer extends AbstractFileTypeAnalyzer {
      * @throws AnalysisException thrown if there is an analysis exception.
      */
     @Override
-    protected void analyzeFileType(Dependency dependency, Engine engine)
+    protected void analyzeDependency(Dependency dependency, Engine engine)
             throws AnalysisException {
         if (needToDisableGemspecAnalyzer) {
             boolean failed = true;
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/RubyBundlerAnalyzer.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/RubyBundlerAnalyzer.java
index df394760f..6502d02ab 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/RubyBundlerAnalyzer.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/RubyBundlerAnalyzer.java
@@ -27,8 +27,9 @@ import org.owasp.dependencycheck.dependency.Dependency;
 /**
  * This analyzer accepts the fully resolved .gemspec created by the Ruby bundler
  * (http://bundler.io) for better evidence results. It also tries to resolve the
- * dependency packagePath to where the gem is actually installed. Then during {@link org.owasp.dependencycheck.analyzer.AnalysisPhase#PRE_FINDING_ANALYSIS}
- * {@link DependencyBundlingAnalyzer} will merge two .gemspec dependencies
+ * dependency packagePath to where the gem is actually installed. Then during
+ * the {@link org.owasp.dependencycheck.analyzer.AnalysisPhase#PRE_FINDING_ANALYSIS}
+ * {@link DependencyMergingAnalyzer} will merge two .gemspec dependencies
  * together if <code>Dependency.getPackagePath()</code> are the same.
  *
  * Ruby bundler creates new .gemspec files under a folder called
@@ -39,8 +40,8 @@ import org.owasp.dependencycheck.dependency.Dependency;
  * can't be used for evidences.
  *
  * Note this analyzer share the same
- * {@link org.owasp.dependencycheck.utils.Settings.KEYS#ANALYZER_RUBY_GEMSPEC_ENABLED} as
- * {@link RubyGemspecAnalyzer}, so it will enabled/disabled with
+ * {@link org.owasp.dependencycheck.utils.Settings.KEYS#ANALYZER_RUBY_GEMSPEC_ENABLED}
+ * as {@link RubyGemspecAnalyzer}, so it will enabled/disabled with
  * {@link RubyGemspecAnalyzer}.
  *
  * @author Bianca Jiang (https://twitter.com/biancajiang)
@@ -93,9 +94,9 @@ public class RubyBundlerAnalyzer extends RubyGemspecAnalyzer {
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected void analyzeFileType(Dependency dependency, Engine engine)
+    protected void analyzeDependency(Dependency dependency, Engine engine)
             throws AnalysisException {
-        super.analyzeFileType(dependency, engine);
+        super.analyzeDependency(dependency, engine);
 
         //find the corresponding gem folder for this .gemspec stub by "bundle install --deployment"
         final File gemspecFile = dependency.getActualFile();
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/RubyGemspecAnalyzer.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/RubyGemspecAnalyzer.java
index 020f15434..b600236d2 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/RubyGemspecAnalyzer.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/RubyGemspecAnalyzer.java
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ public class RubyGemspecAnalyzer extends AbstractFileTypeAnalyzer {
     private static final Pattern GEMSPEC_BLOCK_INIT = Pattern.compile("Gem::Specification\\.new\\s+?do\\s+?\\|(.+?)\\|");
 
     @Override
-    protected void analyzeFileType(Dependency dependency, Engine engine)
+    protected void analyzeDependency(Dependency dependency, Engine engine)
             throws AnalysisException {
         String contents;
         try {
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/SwiftPackageManagerAnalyzer.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/SwiftPackageManagerAnalyzer.java
index d0a6bb0b9..5823d8aaf 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/SwiftPackageManagerAnalyzer.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/SwiftPackageManagerAnalyzer.java
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ public class SwiftPackageManagerAnalyzer extends AbstractFileTypeAnalyzer {
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected void analyzeFileType(Dependency dependency, Engine engine)
+    protected void analyzeDependency(Dependency dependency, Engine engine)
             throws AnalysisException {
 
         String contents;
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/VulnerabilitySuppressionAnalyzer.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/VulnerabilitySuppressionAnalyzer.java
index 4ceac47ce..3325262fe 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/VulnerabilitySuppressionAnalyzer.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/VulnerabilitySuppressionAnalyzer.java
@@ -20,11 +20,13 @@ package org.owasp.dependencycheck.analyzer;
 import org.owasp.dependencycheck.analyzer.exception.AnalysisException;
 import org.owasp.dependencycheck.Engine;
 import org.owasp.dependencycheck.dependency.Dependency;
+import org.owasp.dependencycheck.utils.Settings;
 import org.owasp.dependencycheck.xml.suppression.SuppressionRule;
 
 /**
- * The suppression analyzer processes an externally defined XML document that complies with the suppressions.xsd schema.
- * Any identified Vulnerability entries within the dependencies that match will be removed.
+ * The suppression analyzer processes an externally defined XML document that
+ * complies with the suppressions.xsd schema. Any identified Vulnerability
+ * entries within the dependencies that match will be removed.
  *
  * @author Jeremy Long
  */
@@ -59,10 +61,29 @@ public class VulnerabilitySuppressionAnalyzer extends AbstractSuppressionAnalyze
     public AnalysisPhase getAnalysisPhase() {
         return ANALYSIS_PHASE;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * <p>
+     * Returns the setting key to determine if the analyzer is enabled.</p>
+     *
+     * @return the key for the analyzer's enabled property
+     */
+    @Override
+    protected String getAnalyzerEnabledSettingKey() {
+        return Settings.KEYS.ANALYZER_VULNERABILITY_SUPPRESSION_ENABLED;
+    }
     //</editor-fold>
 
+    /**
+     * Analyzes a dependency's vulnerabilities against the configured CVE
+     * suppressions.
+     *
+     * @param dependency the dependency being analyzed
+     * @param engine a reference to the engine orchestrating the analysis
+     * @throws AnalysisException thrown if there is an error during analysis
+     */
     @Override
-    public void analyze(final Dependency dependency, final Engine engine) throws AnalysisException {
+    protected void analyzeDependency(Dependency dependency, Engine engine) throws AnalysisException {
 
         if (getRules() == null || getRules().size() <= 0) {
             return;
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/dependencycheck.properties b/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/dependencycheck.properties
index 53dc1c862..474fff4ee 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/dependencycheck.properties
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/dependencycheck.properties
@@ -101,4 +101,12 @@ analyzer.cocoapods.enabled=true
 analyzer.swift.package.manager.enabled=true
 #whether the nexus analyzer uses the proxy
 analyzer.nexus.proxy=true
-
+analyzer.cpe.enabled=true
+analyzer.cpesuppression.enabled=true
+analyzer.dependencybundling.enabled=true
+analyzer.dependencymerging.enabled=true
+analyzer.falsepositive.enabled=true
+analyzer.filename.enabled=true
+analyzer.hint.enabled=true
+analyzer.nvdcve.enabled=true
+analyzer.vulnerabilitysuppression.enabled=true
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/test/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/AbstractSuppressionAnalyzerTest.java b/dependency-check-core/src/test/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/AbstractSuppressionAnalyzerTest.java
index ddb075af2..0b8baa362 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/test/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/AbstractSuppressionAnalyzerTest.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/test/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/AbstractSuppressionAnalyzerTest.java
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ public class AbstractSuppressionAnalyzerTest extends BaseTest {
     public class AbstractSuppressionAnalyzerImpl extends AbstractSuppressionAnalyzer {
 
         @Override
-        public void analyze(Dependency dependency, Engine engine) throws AnalysisException {
+        public void analyzeDependency(Dependency dependency, Engine engine) throws AnalysisException {
             throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not supported yet."); //To change body of generated methods, choose Tools | Templates.
         }
 
@@ -117,6 +117,11 @@ public class AbstractSuppressionAnalyzerTest extends BaseTest {
         public AnalysisPhase getAnalysisPhase() {
             throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not supported yet."); //To change body of generated methods, choose Tools | Templates.
         }
+
+        @Override
+        protected String getAnalyzerEnabledSettingKey() {
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not supported yet."); //To change body of generated methods, choose Tools | Templates.
+        }
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/test/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/ArchiveAnalyzerTest.java b/dependency-check-core/src/test/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/ArchiveAnalyzerTest.java
index 9855d73ad..be418c069 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/test/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/ArchiveAnalyzerTest.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/test/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/ArchiveAnalyzerTest.java
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public class ArchiveAnalyzerTest extends BaseTest {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Test of analyzeFileType method, of class ArchiveAnalyzer.
+     * Test of analyzeDependency method, of class ArchiveAnalyzer.
      */
     @Test
     public void testZippableExtensions() throws Exception {
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/test/resources/dependencycheck.properties b/dependency-check-core/src/test/resources/dependencycheck.properties
index 8ac69695b..a53133293 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/test/resources/dependencycheck.properties
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/test/resources/dependencycheck.properties
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ autoupdate=true
 max.download.threads=3
 
 # the url to obtain the current engine version from
-engine.version.url=http://jeremylong.github.io/DependencyCheck/current.txt
+engine.version.url=https://jeremylong.github.io/DependencyCheck/current.txt
 
 #temp.directory defaults to System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir")
 #temp.directory=[path to temp directory]
@@ -54,9 +54,10 @@ cve.url-1.2.base=https://nvd.nist.gov/download/nvdcve-%d.xml.gz
 #cve.url-1.2.base=http://nvd.nist.gov/download/nvdcve-%d.xml
 cve.url-2.0.base=https://nvd.nist.gov/feeds/xml/cve/nvdcve-2.0-%d.xml.gz
 #cve.url-2.0.base=http://static.nvd.nist.gov/feeds/xml/cve/nvdcve-2.0-%d.xml
+cve.cpe.startswith.filter=cpe:/a:
 
 cpe.validfordays=30
-cpe.url=http://static.nvd.nist.gov/feeds/xml/cpe/dictionary/official-cpe-dictionary_v2.3.xml.gz
+cpe.url=https://static.nvd.nist.gov/feeds/xml/cpe/dictionary/official-cpe-dictionary_v2.3.xml.gz
 
 
 # the URL for searching Nexus for SHA-1 hashes and whether it's enabled
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ analyzer.nexus.proxy=true
 
 # the URL for searching search.maven.org for SHA-1 and whether it's enabled
 analyzer.central.enabled=true
-analyzer.central.url=http://search.maven.org/solrsearch/select
+analyzer.central.url=https://search.maven.org/solrsearch/select
 
 # the number of nested archives that will be searched.
 archive.scan.depth=3
@@ -92,8 +93,19 @@ analyzer.nuspec.enabled=true
 analyzer.openssl.enabled=true
 analyzer.central.enabled=true
 analyzer.nexus.enabled=false
+analyzer.cocoapods.enabled=true
+analyzer.swift.package.manager.enabled=true
 #whether the nexus analyzer uses the proxy
 analyzer.nexus.proxy=true
 
 #Use your own bundle-audit install directory.
 analyzer.bundle.audit.path=/usr/local/bin/bundle-audit
+analyzer.cpe.enabled=true
+analyzer.cpesuppression.enabled=true
+analyzer.dependencybundling.enabled=true
+analyzer.dependencymerging.enabled=true
+analyzer.falsepositive.enabled=true
+analyzer.filename.enabled=true
+analyzer.hint.enabled=true
+analyzer.nvdcve.enabled=true
+analyzer.vulnerabilitysuppression.enabled=true
diff --git a/dependency-check-utils/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/utils/Settings.java b/dependency-check-utils/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/utils/Settings.java
index cb8ac2559..21784e0c1 100644
--- a/dependency-check-utils/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/utils/Settings.java
+++ b/dependency-check-utils/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/utils/Settings.java
@@ -45,13 +45,6 @@ public final class Settings {
      */
     public static final class KEYS {
 
-        /**
-         * private constructor because this is a "utility" class containing
-         * constants
-         */
-        private KEYS() {
-            //do nothing
-        }
         /**
          * The key to obtain the application name.
          */
@@ -336,13 +329,58 @@ public final class Settings {
         public static final String VFEED_UPDATE_STATUS = "vfeed.update_status";
 
         /**
-         * The HTTP request method for query last modified date.
+         * The key to the HTTP request method for query last modified date.
          */
         public static final String DOWNLOADER_QUICK_QUERY_TIMESTAMP = "downloader.quick.query.timestamp";
         /**
-         * The HTTP protocol list to use.
+         * The key to HTTP protocol list to use.
          */
         public static final String DOWNLOADER_TLS_PROTOCOL_LIST = "downloader.tls.protocols";
+        
+        /**
+         * The key to determine if the CPE analyzer is enabled.
+         */
+        public static String ANALYZER_CPE_ENABLED = "analyzer.cpe.enabled";
+        /**
+         * The key to determine if the CPE Suppression analyzer is enabled.
+         */
+        public static String ANALYZER_CPE_SUPPRESSION_ENABLED = "analyzer.cpesuppression.enabled";
+        /**
+         * The key to determine if the Dependency Bundling analyzer is enabled.
+         */
+        public static String ANALYZER_DEPENDENCY_BUNDLING_ENABLED = "analyzer.dependencybundling.enabled";
+        /**
+         * The key to determine if the Dependency Merging analyzer is enabled.
+         */
+        public static String ANALYZER_DEPENDENCY_MERGING_ENABLED = "analyzer.dependencymerging.enabled";
+        /**
+         * The key to determine if the False Positive analyzer is enabled.
+         */
+        public static String ANALYZER_FALSE_POSITIVE_ENABLED = "analyzer.falsepositive.enabled";
+        /**
+         * The key to determine if the File Name analyzer is enabled.
+         */
+        public static String ANALYZER_FILE_NAME_ENABLED = "analyzer.filename.enabled";
+        /**
+         * The key to determine if the Hint analyzer is enabled.
+         */
+        public static String ANALYZER_HINT_ENABLED = "analyzer.hint.enabled";
+        /**
+         * The key to determine if the NVD CVE analyzer is enabled.
+         */
+        public static String ANALYZER_NVD_CVE_ENABLED = "analyzer.nvdcve.enabled";
+        /**
+         * The key to determine if the Vulnerability Suppression analyzer is enabled.
+         */
+        public static String ANALYZER_VULNERABILITY_SUPPRESSION_ENABLED = "analyzer.vulnerabilitysuppression.enabled";
+
+        /**
+         * private constructor because this is a "utility" class containing
+         * constants
+         */
+        private KEYS() {
+            //do nothing
+        }
     }
     //</editor-fold>