diff --git a/src/support/ParallelExecutor.cpp b/src/support/ParallelExecutor.cpp
index 73b5716..d67ab49 100644
--- a/src/support/ParallelExecutor.cpp
+++ b/src/support/ParallelExecutor.cpp
@@ -4,18 +4,49 @@
 #include "support/ParallelExecutor.hpp"
 #include "spdlog/spdlog.h"
 
+#include "clang/Basic/Diagnostic.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/VirtualFileSystem.h"
 
-void hdoc::indexer::ParallelExecutor::execute(std::unique_ptr<clang::tooling::FrontendActionFactory> action) {
-  std::mutex mutex;
+#include <atomic>
+
+class MyDiagnosticConsumer : public clang::DiagnosticConsumer {
+public:
+  MyDiagnosticConsumer(std::string fileName) : fileName(fileName){};
+
+  void HandleDiagnostic(clang::DiagnosticsEngine::Level DiagLevel, const clang::Diagnostic& Info) override {
+    // Note: We deliberately don't call the parent implementation, which counts the number of warnings and errors
+    // This is because those counts are used by the tool to determine whether a file was successfully processed
+    // clang::DiagnosticConsumer::HandleDiagnostic(DiagLevel, Info);
+
+    if (DiagLevel == clang::DiagnosticsEngine::Level::Error) {
+      clang::SmallString<100> message;
+      Info.FormatDiagnostic(message);
+      // There's probably a better way of doing this...
+      if (message.find("no such file or directory") != std::string::npos) {
+        // The message already contains the file name; no need to repeat it here
+        spdlog::error("{}", message.c_str());
+      } else {
+        // Running with --verbose sets the log level to info , so we emit additional errors as info
+        // Message is very bare bones w/o any location information, but it's better than nothing
+        spdlog::info("Encountered error while processing {}: {}", fileName, message.c_str());
+      }
+      numErrors++;
+    } else if (DiagLevel == clang::DiagnosticsEngine::Level::Warning) {
+      numWarnings++;
+    }
+  }
+
+  // We have to keep count manually because we don't call the parent implementation
+  size_t numWarnings = 0;
+  size_t numErrors   = 0;
 
-  // Add a counter to track progress
-  uint32_t    i                = 0;
-  std::string totalNumFiles    = std::to_string(this->cmpdb.getAllFiles().size());
-  auto        incrementCounter = [&]() {
-    std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(mutex);
-    return ++i;
-  };
+private:
+  std::string fileName;
+};
+
+void hdoc::indexer::ParallelExecutor::execute(std::unique_ptr<clang::tooling::FrontendActionFactory> action) {
+  std::atomic_size_t i             = 0;
+  std::string        totalNumFiles = std::to_string(this->cmpdb.getAllFiles().size());
 
   std::vector<std::string> allFilesInCmpdb = this->cmpdb.getAllFiles();
 
@@ -24,10 +55,12 @@ void hdoc::indexer::ParallelExecutor::execute(std::unique_ptr<clang::tooling::Fr
     totalNumFiles = std::to_string(this->debugLimitNumIndexedFiles);
   }
 
+  std::atomic_size_t totalWarnings = 0;
+  std::atomic_size_t totalErrors   = 0;
   for (const std::string& file : allFilesInCmpdb) {
     this->pool.async(
         [&](const std::string path) {
-          spdlog::info("[{}/{}] processing {}", incrementCounter(), totalNumFiles, path);
+          spdlog::info("[{}/{}] processing {}", ++i, totalNumFiles, path);
 
           // Each thread gets an independent copy of a VFS to allow different concurrent working directories
           llvm::IntrusiveRefCntPtr<llvm::vfs::FileSystem> FS = llvm::vfs::createPhysicalFileSystem().release();
@@ -41,12 +74,13 @@ void hdoc::indexer::ParallelExecutor::execute(std::unique_ptr<clang::tooling::Fr
           Tool.appendArgumentsAdjuster(clang::tooling::getInsertArgumentAdjuster(
               this->includePaths, clang::tooling::ArgumentInsertPosition::END));
 
-          // Ignore all diagnostics that clang might throw. Clang often has weird diagnostic settings that don't
-          // match what's in compile_commands.json, resulting in spurious errors. Instead of trying to change clang's
-          // behavior, we'll ignore all diagnostics and assume that the user supplied a project that builds on their
-          // machine.
-          clang::IgnoringDiagConsumer ignore;
-          Tool.setDiagnosticConsumer(&ignore);
+          // We ignore most diagnostics by default, except for files that cannot be found.
+          // Additional error messages are printed when using --verbose output.
+          MyDiagnosticConsumer diagConsumer(path);
+          Tool.setDiagnosticConsumer(&diagConsumer);
+
+          // Disable error messages from the tool itself, as they don't add any value ("Error while processing <file>")
+          Tool.setPrintErrorMessage(false);
 
           // Run the tool and print an error message if something goes wrong
           if (Tool.run(action.get())) {
@@ -54,9 +88,20 @@ void hdoc::indexer::ParallelExecutor::execute(std::unique_ptr<clang::tooling::Fr
                 "Clang failed to parse source file: {}. Information from this file may be missing from hdoc's output",
                 path);
           }
+
+          totalWarnings += diagConsumer.numWarnings;
+          totalErrors += diagConsumer.numErrors;
         },
         file);
   }
   // Make sure all tasks have finished before resetting the working directory
   this->pool.wait();
+
+  if (totalErrors > 0) {
+    const auto logVerboseMsg =
+        spdlog::get_level() > spdlog::level::info ? " (run with --verbose for more details)" : "";
+    spdlog::error("Clang encountered {} errors and {} warnings{}", totalErrors, totalWarnings, logVerboseMsg);
+  } else if (totalWarnings > 0) {
+    spdlog::warn("Clang encountered {} warnings", totalWarnings);
+  }
 }