diff --git a/jbmc/src/janalyzer/janalyzer_parse_options.cpp b/jbmc/src/janalyzer/janalyzer_parse_options.cpp
index 5d25af30b4c..0385ea439ba 100644
--- a/jbmc/src/janalyzer/janalyzer_parse_options.cpp
+++ b/jbmc/src/janalyzer/janalyzer_parse_options.cpp
@@ -588,8 +588,8 @@ int janalyzer_parse_optionst::perform_analysis(const optionst &options)
     bool result = true;
     if(options.get_bool_option("show"))
     {
-      result = static_show_domain(
-        goto_model, *analyzer, options, out);
+      static_show_domain(goto_model, *analyzer, options, out);
+      return CPROVER_EXIT_SUCCESS;
     }
     else if(options.get_bool_option("verify"))
     {
diff --git a/src/goto-analyzer/goto_analyzer_parse_options.cpp b/src/goto-analyzer/goto_analyzer_parse_options.cpp
index d4cd2452e52..cc392a93697 100644
--- a/src/goto-analyzer/goto_analyzer_parse_options.cpp
+++ b/src/goto-analyzer/goto_analyzer_parse_options.cpp
@@ -621,13 +621,13 @@ int goto_analyzer_parse_optionst::perform_analysis(const optionst &options)
 
     // Perform the task
     status() << "Performing task" << eom;
+
     bool result = true;
+
     if(options.get_bool_option("show"))
     {
-      result = static_show_domain(goto_model,
-                                  *analyzer,
-                                  options,
-                                  out);
+      static_show_domain(goto_model, *analyzer, options, out);
+      return CPROVER_EXIT_SUCCESS;
     }
     else if(options.get_bool_option("verify"))
     {
diff --git a/src/goto-analyzer/static_show_domain.cpp b/src/goto-analyzer/static_show_domain.cpp
index c41dda35e22..3fe68b43495 100644
--- a/src/goto-analyzer/static_show_domain.cpp
+++ b/src/goto-analyzer/static_show_domain.cpp
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ Author: Martin Brain, martin.brain@cs.ox.ac.uk
 /// \param ai: the abstract interpreter after it has been run to fix point
 /// \param options: the parsed user options
 /// \param out: output stream for the printing
-/// \return: false on success with the domain printed to out
-bool static_show_domain(
+void static_show_domain(
   const goto_modelt &goto_model,
   const ai_baset &ai,
   const optionst &options,
@@ -48,6 +47,4 @@ bool static_show_domain(
     // 'text' or console output
     ai.output(goto_model, out);
   }
-
-  return false;
 }
diff --git a/src/goto-analyzer/static_show_domain.h b/src/goto-analyzer/static_show_domain.h
index 499b3f7e111..0e107f91fa8 100644
--- a/src/goto-analyzer/static_show_domain.h
+++ b/src/goto-analyzer/static_show_domain.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ class goto_modelt;
 class message_handlert;
 class optionst;
 
-bool static_show_domain(
+void static_show_domain(
   const goto_modelt &,
   const ai_baset &,
   const optionst &,