diff --git a/docs/src/index.md b/docs/src/index.md
index e9631a1..b18086b 100644
--- a/docs/src/index.md
+++ b/docs/src/index.md
@@ -118,14 +118,14 @@ or it can be further inspected programmatically.
 list = ModelAnalyzer.list_of_issue_types(data)
 
 # information about the types of issues found can be printed out
-ModelAnalyzer.summarize(data, list[1])
+ModelAnalyzer.summarize(list[1])
 
 # for each issue type, you can get the actual issues found in the analysis
 issues = ModelAnalyzer.list_of_issues(data, list[1])
 
 # the list of issues of the given type can be summarized with:
-ModelAnalyzer.summarize(data, issues)
+ModelAnalyzer.summarize(issues)
 
 # individual issues can also be summarized
-ModelAnalyzer.summarize(data, issues[1])
+ModelAnalyzer.summarize(issues[1])
 ```
diff --git a/src/ModelAnalyzer.jl b/src/ModelAnalyzer.jl
index 04769cc..3c2697f 100644
--- a/src/ModelAnalyzer.jl
+++ b/src/ModelAnalyzer.jl
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ function summarize(io::IO, ::Type{T}; verbose = true) where {T<:AbstractIssue}
     end
 end
 
+function summarize(::Type{T}; kwargs...) where {T<:AbstractIssue}
+    return summarize(stdout, T; kwargs...)
+end
+
 function summarize(io::IO, issue::AbstractIssue; verbose = true)
     if verbose
         return _verbose_summarize(io, issue)
@@ -80,6 +84,10 @@ function summarize(io::IO, issue::AbstractIssue; verbose = true)
     end
 end
 
+function summarize(issue::AbstractIssue; kwargs...)
+    return summarize(stdout, issue; kwargs...)
+end
+
 const DEFAULT_MAX_ISSUES = 10
 
 function summarize(
@@ -108,6 +116,10 @@ function summarize(
     return
 end
 
+function summarize(issues::Vector{T}; kwargs...) where {T<:AbstractIssue}
+    return summarize(stdout, issues; kwargs...)
+end
+
 function summarize(data::AbstractData; kwargs...)
     return summarize(stdout, data; kwargs...)
 end
diff --git a/test/numerical.jl b/test/numerical.jl
index 40eaf0e..a3c7462 100644
--- a/test/numerical.jl
+++ b/test/numerical.jl
@@ -941,7 +941,13 @@ function test_many()
     ModelAnalyzer.summarize(buf, data, verbose = false)
 
     redirect_stdout(devnull) do
-        return ModelAnalyzer.summarize(data)
+        ModelAnalyzer.summarize(data)
+        list = ModelAnalyzer.list_of_issue_types(data)
+        ModelAnalyzer.summarize(list[1])
+        issues = ModelAnalyzer.list_of_issues(data, list[1])
+        ModelAnalyzer.summarize(issues)
+        ModelAnalyzer.summarize(issues[1])
+        return
     end
 
     return