diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 74fa50f27..422ff4eb2 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -826,6 +826,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "mimalloc",
  "oxc_allocator",
  "oxc_ast",
+ "oxc_diagnostics",
  "oxc_linter",
  "oxc_parser",
  "oxc_semantic",
diff --git a/crates/oxc_cli/Cargo.toml b/crates/oxc_cli/Cargo.toml
index cec314a49..9fc4f4ec7 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/oxc_cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ jemallocator = { workspace = true }
 mimalloc = { workspace = true }
 
 [dependencies]
+oxc_diagnostics = { path = "../oxc_diagnostics" }
 oxc_allocator = { path = "../oxc_allocator" }
 oxc_ast = { path  = "../oxc_ast" }
 oxc_parser = { path  = "../oxc_parser" }
diff --git a/crates/oxc_cli/src/lib.rs b/crates/oxc_cli/src/lib.rs
index f33b04732..e14580e25 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_cli/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_cli/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 mod command;
 mod walk;
 
-use std::{fs, path::Path, rc::Rc};
+use std::{fs, path::Path, path::PathBuf, rc::Rc};
 
 pub use command::Command;
 use oxc_allocator::Allocator;
 use oxc_ast::SourceType;
+use oxc_diagnostics::miette::Report;
 use oxc_linter::Linter;
 use oxc_parser::Parser;
 use oxc_semantic::SemanticBuilder;
@@ -14,16 +15,31 @@ use walk::Walk;
 
 pub struct Cli;
 
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct LintResult {
+    pub path: PathBuf,
+    pub diagnostics: Vec<Report>,
+}
+
 impl Cli {
-    pub fn lint<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) {
+    pub fn lint<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> Option<Vec<LintResult>> {
         let paths = Walk::new(path).iter().collect::<Vec<_>>();
-        paths.par_iter().for_each(|path| {
-            Self::lint_path(path);
-        });
-        println!("Checked {} files", paths.len());
+
+        if paths.is_empty() {
+            return None;
+        }
+
+        let result: Vec<LintResult> = paths
+            .par_iter()
+            .map(|path| {
+                let diagnostics = Self::lint_path(path);
+                LintResult { path: path.to_path_buf(), diagnostics }
+            })
+            .collect();
+        Some(result)
     }
 
-    fn lint_path(path: &Path) {
+    fn lint_path(path: &Path) -> Vec<Report> {
         let source_text = fs::read_to_string(path).expect("{name} not found");
         let allocator = Allocator::default();
         let source_type = SourceType::from_path(path).expect("incorrect {path:?}");
@@ -36,9 +52,9 @@ impl Cli {
             ret.errors
         };
 
-        for diagnostic in diagnostics {
-            let diagnostic = diagnostic.with_source_code(source_text.clone());
-            println!("{diagnostic:?}");
-        }
+        diagnostics
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|diagnostic| diagnostic.with_source_code(source_text.clone()))
+            .collect()
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/oxc_cli/src/main.rs b/crates/oxc_cli/src/main.rs
index e49579ab1..c41caf018 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_cli/src/main.rs
@@ -9,15 +9,57 @@ static GLOBAL: jemallocator::Jemalloc = jemallocator::Jemalloc;
 static GLOBAL: mimalloc::MiMalloc = mimalloc::MiMalloc;
 
 use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::process::{ExitCode, Termination};
 
-use oxc_cli::{Cli, Command};
+use oxc_cli::{Cli, Command, LintResult};
 
-fn main() {
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub enum CliRunResult {
+    None,
+    PathNotFound { path: PathBuf },
+    LintResult(Vec<LintResult>),
+}
+
+impl Termination for CliRunResult {
+    fn report(self) -> ExitCode {
+        match self {
+            Self::None => ExitCode::from(0),
+            Self::PathNotFound { path } => {
+                println!("Path {} does not exist.", path.to_string_lossy());
+                ExitCode::from(1)
+            }
+            Self::LintResult(results) => {
+                println!("Checked {} files.", results.len());
+
+                let has_errors = results.iter().any(|result| !result.diagnostics.is_empty());
+
+                if has_errors {
+                    for LintResult { path, diagnostics } in results {
+                        println!("File: {path:?}");
+                        for diagnostic in diagnostics {
+                            println!("{diagnostic:?}");
+                        }
+                    }
+                    return ExitCode::from(1);
+                }
+                ExitCode::from(0)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn main() -> CliRunResult {
     match Command::new().build().get_matches().subcommand() {
         Some(("lint", matches)) => {
             let path = matches.get_one::<PathBuf>("path").unwrap();
-            Cli::lint(path);
+
+            if path.canonicalize().is_err() {
+                return CliRunResult::PathNotFound { path: path.clone() };
+            }
+
+            let result = Cli::lint(path);
+            CliRunResult::LintResult(result.unwrap())
         }
-        _ => unreachable!(),
+        _ => CliRunResult::None,
     }
 }