diff --git a/analyzer/codechecker_analyzer/analyzer.py b/analyzer/codechecker_analyzer/analyzer.py
index d9fb71009c..fb4e521ae0 100644
--- a/analyzer/codechecker_analyzer/analyzer.py
+++ b/analyzer/codechecker_analyzer/analyzer.py
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ def perform_analysis(args, skip_handlers, actions, metadata_tool,
     in the given analysis context for the supplied build actions.
     Additionally, insert statistical information into the metadata dict.
     """
-
     context = analyzer_context.get_context()
 
     ctu_reanalyze_on_failure = 'ctu_reanalyze_on_failure' in args and \
@@ -141,7 +140,6 @@ def perform_analysis(args, skip_handlers, actions, metadata_tool,
         else analyzer_types.supported_analyzers
     analyzers, errored = analyzer_types.check_supported_analyzers(analyzers)
     analyzer_types.check_available_analyzers(analyzers, errored)
-
     ctu_collect = False
     ctu_analyze = False
     ctu_dir = ''
@@ -231,7 +229,7 @@ def perform_analysis(args, skip_handlers, actions, metadata_tool,
 
         # TODO: cppcheck may require a different environment than clang.
         version = analyzer_types.supported_analyzers[analyzer] \
-            .get_version(context.analyzer_env)
+            .get_version(env=context.analyzer_env)
         metadata_info['analyzer_statistics']['version'] = version
 
         metadata_tool['analyzers'][analyzer] = metadata_info
diff --git a/analyzer/codechecker_analyzer/analyzers/analyzer_base.py b/analyzer/codechecker_analyzer/analyzers/analyzer_base.py
index 639e6eb0b9..a9f0be9b0d 100644
--- a/analyzer/codechecker_analyzer/analyzers/analyzer_base.py
+++ b/analyzer/codechecker_analyzer/analyzers/analyzer_base.py
@@ -63,6 +63,15 @@ def version_compatible(cls, configured_binary, environ):
         """
         raise NotImplementedError("Subclasses should implement this!")
 
+    @classmethod
+    @abstractmethod
+    def version_info(cls):
+        """
+        A subclass should have a version_info method
+        to return with the analyzer's version number.
+        """
+        pass
+
     @classmethod
     def construct_config_handler(cls, args):
         """ Should return a subclass of AnalyzerConfigHandler."""
diff --git a/analyzer/codechecker_analyzer/analyzers/analyzer_types.py b/analyzer/codechecker_analyzer/analyzers/analyzer_types.py
index b1400b2258..4cc02debe3 100644
--- a/analyzer/codechecker_analyzer/analyzers/analyzer_types.py
+++ b/analyzer/codechecker_analyzer/analyzers/analyzer_types.py
@@ -113,8 +113,9 @@ def print_unsupported_analyzers(errored):
     for analyzer_binary, reason in errored:
         LOG.warning("Analyzer '%s' is enabled but CodeChecker is failed to "
                     "execute analysis with it: '%s'. Please check your "
-                    "'PATH' environment variable and the "
-                    "'config/package_layout.json' file!",
+                    "'PATH' environment variable, the "
+                    "'config/package_layout.json' file "
+                    "and the argument parameters!",
                     analyzer_binary, reason)
 
 
@@ -148,8 +149,11 @@ def check_supported_analyzers(analyzers):
 
     enabled_analyzers = set()
     failed_analyzers = set()
-
     for analyzer_name in analyzers:
+        analyzer_name, analyzer_version = analyzer_name.split('=', 1) \
+            if len(analyzer_name.split('=', 1)) == 2 \
+            else [analyzer_name, None]
+
         if analyzer_name not in supported_analyzers:
             failed_analyzers.add((analyzer_name,
                                   "Analyzer unsupported by CodeChecker!"))
@@ -184,6 +188,14 @@ def check_supported_analyzers(analyzers):
         # Check version compatibility of the analyzer binary.
         if analyzer_bin:
             analyzer = supported_analyzers[analyzer_name]
+            bin_version = str(analyzer.version_info(env=context.analyzer_env))
+            if analyzer_version and analyzer_version != bin_version:
+                LOG.warning(
+                    f"Given version: {analyzer_version}, found version "
+                    f"for {analyzer_name} analyzer: {bin_version}"
+                )
+                failed_analyzers.add((analyzer_name, "Wrong version given."))
+                available_analyzer = False
             if not analyzer.version_compatible(analyzer_bin, check_env):
                 failed_analyzers.add((analyzer_name,
                                      "Incompatible version."))
diff --git a/analyzer/codechecker_analyzer/analyzers/clangsa/analyzer.py b/analyzer/codechecker_analyzer/analyzers/clangsa/analyzer.py
index 8fc231e9e8..274e5b51d8 100644
--- a/analyzer/codechecker_analyzer/analyzers/clangsa/analyzer.py
+++ b/analyzer/codechecker_analyzer/analyzers/clangsa/analyzer.py
@@ -152,9 +152,10 @@ def __add_plugin_load_flags(cls, analyzer_cmd: List[str]):
             analyzer_cmd.extend(["-load", plugin])
 
     @classmethod
-    def get_version(cls, env=None):
+    def get_version(cls, analyzer_binary=None, env=None):
         """ Get analyzer version information. """
-        version = [cls.analyzer_binary(), '--version']
+        version = [analyzer_binary, "--version"] if analyzer_binary \
+            else [cls.analyzer_binary(), '--version']
         try:
             output = subprocess.check_output(version,
                                              env=env,
@@ -170,7 +171,7 @@ def get_version(cls, env=None):
         return None
 
     @classmethod
-    def version_info(cls):
+    def version_info(cls, analyzer_binary=None, env=None):
         return version.get(cls.analyzer_binary())
 
     @classmethod
diff --git a/analyzer/codechecker_analyzer/analyzers/clangsa/version.py b/analyzer/codechecker_analyzer/analyzers/clangsa/version.py
index 3749766b93..104fc74c50 100644
--- a/analyzer/codechecker_analyzer/analyzers/clangsa/version.py
+++ b/analyzer/codechecker_analyzer/analyzers/clangsa/version.py
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ def __init__(self,
         self.installed_dir = str(installed_dir)
         self.vendor = str(vendor)
 
+    def __str__(self):
+        return f"{self.major_version}." \
+            f"{self.minor_version}." \
+            f"{self.patch_version}"
+
 
 class ClangVersionInfoParser:
     """
diff --git a/analyzer/codechecker_analyzer/analyzers/clangtidy/analyzer.py b/analyzer/codechecker_analyzer/analyzers/clangtidy/analyzer.py
index 7bc5d92b95..dac8862899 100644
--- a/analyzer/codechecker_analyzer/analyzers/clangtidy/analyzer.py
+++ b/analyzer/codechecker_analyzer/analyzers/clangtidy/analyzer.py
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 import subprocess
 from typing import List, Tuple
 
+from distutils.version import StrictVersion
+
 import yaml
 
 from codechecker_common.logger import get_logger
@@ -178,9 +180,10 @@ def analyzer_binary(cls):
             .analyzer_binaries[cls.ANALYZER_NAME]
 
     @classmethod
-    def get_version(cls, env=None):
+    def get_version(cls, analyzer_binary=None, env=None):
         """ Get analyzer version information. """
-        version = [cls.analyzer_binary(), '--version']
+        version = [analyzer_binary, "--version"] if analyzer_binary \
+            else [cls.analyzer_binary(), '--version']
         try:
             output = subprocess.check_output(version,
                                              env=env,
@@ -195,6 +198,21 @@ def get_version(cls, env=None):
 
         return None
 
+    @classmethod
+    def version_info(cls, analyzer_binary=None, env=None):
+        """
+        Run the Clang-tidy version command
+        parse the output
+        and return the analyzer's version.
+        """
+        version_output = cls.get_version(analyzer_binary, env)
+        version_re = re.compile(r'(?P<version>[\d\.]+)')
+        match = version_re.match(version_output)
+        if match:
+            return StrictVersion(match.group('version'))
+        else:
+            return []
+
     def add_checker_config(self, checker_cfg):
         LOG.error("Not implemented yet")
 
diff --git a/analyzer/codechecker_analyzer/analyzers/cppcheck/analyzer.py b/analyzer/codechecker_analyzer/analyzers/cppcheck/analyzer.py
index 8d4559bb81..d1c65a06d1 100644
--- a/analyzer/codechecker_analyzer/analyzers/cppcheck/analyzer.py
+++ b/analyzer/codechecker_analyzer/analyzers/cppcheck/analyzer.py
@@ -59,16 +59,6 @@ def parse_checkers(cppcheck_output):
     return checkers
 
 
-def parse_version(cppcheck_output):
-    """
-    Parse cppcheck version output and return the version number.
-    """
-    version_re = re.compile(r'^Cppcheck (?P<version>[\d\.]+)')
-    match = version_re.match(cppcheck_output)
-    if match:
-        return StrictVersion(match.group('version'))
-
-
 class Cppcheck(analyzer_base.SourceAnalyzer):
     """
     Constructs the Cppcheck analyzer commands.
@@ -82,9 +72,10 @@ def analyzer_binary(cls):
             .analyzer_binaries[cls.ANALYZER_NAME]
 
     @classmethod
-    def get_version(cls, env=None):
+    def get_version(cls, analyzer_binary=None, env=None):
         """ Get analyzer version information. """
-        version = [cls.analyzer_binary(), '--version']
+        version = [analyzer_binary, "--version"] if analyzer_binary \
+            else [cls.analyzer_binary(), '--version']
         try:
             output = subprocess.check_output(version,
                                              env=env,
@@ -331,20 +322,18 @@ def resolve_missing_binary(cls, configured_binary, env):
         return cppcheck
 
     @classmethod
-    def __get_analyzer_version(cls, analyzer_binary, env):
+    def version_info(cls, analyzer_binary=None, env=None):
         """
-        Return the analyzer version.
+        Run the Cppcheck version command
+        parse the output
+        and return the analyzer's version.
         """
-        command = [analyzer_binary, "--version"]
-
-        try:
-            result = subprocess.check_output(
-                    command,
-                    env=env,
-                    encoding="utf-8",
-                    errors="ignore")
-            return parse_version(result)
-        except (subprocess.CalledProcessError, OSError):
+        version_output = cls.get_version(analyzer_binary, env)
+        version_re = re.compile(r'^Cppcheck (?P<version>[\d\.]+)')
+        match = version_re.match(version_output)
+        if match:
+            return StrictVersion(match.group('version'))
+        else:
             return []
 
     @classmethod
@@ -353,7 +342,7 @@ def version_compatible(cls, configured_binary, environ):
         Check the version compatibility of the given analyzer binary.
         """
         analyzer_version = \
-            cls.__get_analyzer_version(configured_binary, environ)
+            cls.version_info(configured_binary, environ)
 
         # The analyzer version should be above 1.80 because '--plist-output'
         # argument was introduced in this release.
diff --git a/analyzer/codechecker_analyzer/cmd/analyze.py b/analyzer/codechecker_analyzer/cmd/analyze.py
index 5daf73858a..b2a6894ad4 100644
--- a/analyzer/codechecker_analyzer/cmd/analyze.py
+++ b/analyzer/codechecker_analyzer/cmd/analyze.py
@@ -347,7 +347,6 @@ def add_arguments_to_parser(parser):
                                dest='analyzers',
                                metavar='ANALYZER',
                                required=False,
-                               choices=analyzer_types.supported_analyzers,
                                default=argparse.SUPPRESS,
                                help="Run analysis only with the analyzers "
                                     "specified. Currently supported analyzers "