diff --git a/src/CLI.cpp b/src/CLI.cpp
index f5f64ab33..522db0829 100644
--- a/src/CLI.cpp
+++ b/src/CLI.cpp
@@ -271,6 +271,20 @@ const std::string CLI::getFilter () const
   return filter;
 }
 
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+const std::vector <std::string> CLI::getWords () const
+{
+  std::vector <std::string> words;
+  return words;
+}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+const std::vector <std::string> CLI::getModifications () const
+{
+  std::vector <std::string> modifications;
+  return modifications;
+}
+
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 void CLI::dump (const std::string& label) const
 {
diff --git a/src/CLI.h b/src/CLI.h
index 44cb41fe7..78bdb17e5 100644
--- a/src/CLI.h
+++ b/src/CLI.h
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ public:
   bool exactMatch (const std::string&, const std::string&) const;
   bool canonicalize (std::string&, const std::string&, const std::string&) const;
   const std::string getFilter () const;
+  const std::vector <std::string> getWords () const;
+  const std::vector <std::string> getModifications () const;
 
 private:
   void extractOverrides ();