diff --git a/src/cli.ts b/src/cli.ts
index 8c86395a1..8b4fe72cd 100644
--- a/src/cli.ts
+++ b/src/cli.ts
@@ -2,12 +2,11 @@
 
 import './util/register.js';
 import prettyMilliseconds from 'pretty-ms';
-import internalReporters from './reporters/index.js';
 import parsedArgValues, { helpText } from './util/cli-arguments.js';
 import { isKnownError, getKnownError, isConfigurationError, hasCause } from './util/errors.js';
-import { _load } from './util/loader.js';
-import { cwd, resolve } from './util/path.js';
+import { cwd } from './util/path.js';
 import { Performance } from './util/Performance.js';
+import { runPreprocessors, runReporters } from './util/reporter.js';
 import { version } from './version.js';
 import { main } from './index.js';
 import type { ReporterOptions, IssueType } from './types/issues.js';
@@ -24,8 +23,6 @@ const {
   'include-entry-exports': isIncludeEntryExports = false,
   performance: isObservePerf = false,
   production: isProduction = false,
-  preprocessor = [],
-  reporter = ['symbols'],
   'reporter-options': reporterOptions = '',
   strict: isStrict = false,
   tsConfig,
@@ -45,19 +42,6 @@ if (isVersion) {
 const isShowProgress =
   !isDebug && isNoProgress === false && process.stdout.isTTY && typeof process.stdout.cursorTo === 'function';
 
-const preprocessors = await Promise.all(preprocessor.map(processor => _load(resolve(processor))));
-
-const processAsync = (data: ReporterOptions, processors: typeof preprocessors): Promise<ReporterOptions> =>
-  processors.length === 0 ? Promise.resolve(data) : processAsync(processors[0](data), processors.slice(1));
-
-const reporters = await Promise.all(
-  reporter.map(async reporter => {
-    return reporter in internalReporters
-      ? internalReporters[reporter as keyof typeof internalReporters]
-      : await _load(resolve(reporter));
-  })
-);
-
 const run = async () => {
   try {
     const perfObserver = new Performance(isObservePerf);
@@ -84,9 +68,9 @@ const run = async () => {
       options: reporterOptions,
     };
 
-    const finalData = await processAsync(initialData, preprocessors);
+    const finalData = await runPreprocessors(initialData);
 
-    for (const reporter of reporters) await reporter(finalData);
+    await runReporters(finalData);
 
     const totalErrorCount = (Object.keys(report) as IssueType[])
       .filter(reportGroup => report[reportGroup] && rules[reportGroup] === 'error')
diff --git a/src/util/reporter.ts b/src/util/reporter.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fd0b27bb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/reporter.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import internalReporters from '../reporters/index.js';
+import parsedArgValues from '../util/cli-arguments.js';
+import { _load } from './loader.js';
+import { isInternal, resolve } from './path.js';
+import type { ReporterOptions } from '../types/issues.js';
+
+const { preprocessor = [], reporter = ['symbols'] } = parsedArgValues;
+
+const preprocessors = await Promise.all(preprocessor.map(proc => _load(isInternal(proc) ? resolve(proc) : proc)));
+
+export const runPreprocessors = (data: ReporterOptions, processors = preprocessors): Promise<ReporterOptions> =>
+  processors.length === 0 ? Promise.resolve(data) : runPreprocessors(processors[0](data), processors.slice(1));
+
+const reporters = await Promise.all(
+  reporter.map(async reporter => {
+    return reporter in internalReporters
+      ? internalReporters[reporter as keyof typeof internalReporters]
+      : await _load(isInternal(reporter) ? resolve(reporter) : reporter);
+  })
+);
+
+export const runReporters = async (options: ReporterOptions) => {
+  for (const reporter of reporters) await reporter(options);
+};