diff --git a/pkg/validator/validator.go b/pkg/validator/validator.go
index 01e9fa3..54ebc0b 100644
--- a/pkg/validator/validator.go
+++ b/pkg/validator/validator.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 package validator
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
 	"strings"
@@ -25,6 +26,8 @@ import (
 	"go.uber.org/multierr"
 )
 
+var errUnparsableNetworkAddr = errors.New("unparsable network address")
+
 func LoadAndValidate(filename string) (*model.RoutemapRoot, model.RoutemapSummary, error) {
 	var (
 		rmap    *model.RoutemapRoot
@@ -50,7 +53,8 @@ func isAsciiOnly(s string) bool {
 	return true
 }
 
-func validateProperCIDR(ip net.IP, ipnet *net.IPNet) error {
+// ValidateProperCIDR verifies that the IP address corresponds to the network.
+func ValidateProperCIDR(ip net.IP, ipnet *net.IPNet) error {
 	if !ip.Equal(ipnet.IP) {
 		return fmt.Errorf("network address not properly masked")
 	}
@@ -58,7 +62,9 @@ func validateProperCIDR(ip net.IP, ipnet *net.IPNet) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func validateNetmaskLen(ipnet *net.IPNet) error {
+// ValidateNetmaskLen verifies that the mask length does not exceeds the maximum
+// allowed value.
+func ValidateNetmaskLen(ipnet *net.IPNet) error {
 	numOnes, numBits := ipnet.Mask.Size()
 	switch {
 	case numOnes == 0 && numBits == 0:
@@ -72,36 +78,61 @@ func validateNetmaskLen(ipnet *net.IPNet) error {
 	}
 }
 
-func validateNetworks(nets []string, mapIdx int, summary *model.RoutemapSummary) error {
-	var allErrs error
+// ValidateNetwork takes an string representing a network from the JSON source
+// file and validates it.
+// Returns the parsed IP and IPNet along with an error instance that can possibly
+// be a multierr instance.
+//
+// If the network can not be parsed, only the error instance will contain values.
+// The correctness of the network depends on the returned error having a nil value.
+func ValidateNetwork(network string) (net.IP, *net.IPNet, error) {
+	var errs []error
+
+	ip, ipnet, err := net.ParseCIDR(network)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, errUnparsableNetworkAddr
+	}
+
+	if err = ValidateProperCIDR(ip, ipnet); err != nil {
+		errs = append(errs, err)
+	}
+	if err = ValidateNetmaskLen(ipnet); err != nil {
+		errs = append(errs, err)
+	}
+
+	return ip, ipnet, multierr.Combine(errs...)
+}
+
+func ValidateNetworks(nets []string, mapIdx int, summary *model.RoutemapSummary) error {
+	var (
+		allErrs error
+		err     error
+		ipnet   *net.IPNet
+	)
 
 	summary.NumNetworks += len(nets)
 
 	for idx, n := range nets {
 		lg.Tracef("visiting networks at index=%d, map segment index=%d...", idx, mapIdx)
 
-		ip, ipnet, err := net.ParseCIDR(n)
+		_, ipnet, err = ValidateNetwork(n)
 		if err != nil {
-			multierr.AppendInto(&allErrs,
-				fmt.Errorf("unparsable network address (for CIDR \"%s\" at index=%d, map segment index=%d)", n, idx, mapIdx))
+			for _, e := range multierr.Errors(err) {
+				// Rehydrate the packed errors so we can set the proper individual
+				// error messages.
+				multierr.AppendInto(&allErrs,
+					fmt.Errorf("%v (for CIDR \"%s\" at index=%d, map segment index=%d)",
+						e, n, idx, mapIdx))
+			}
 			continue
 		}
 
-		if _, bits := ipnet.Mask.Size(); bits == 32 {
-			summary.NumIPv4 += 1
-		} else {
-			summary.NumIPv6 += 1
-		}
-
-		var errs []error
-
-		errs = append(errs, validateProperCIDR(ip, ipnet))
-		errs = append(errs, validateNetmaskLen(ipnet))
-
-		for _, e := range errs {
-			if e != nil {
-				multierr.AppendInto(&allErrs,
-					fmt.Errorf("%v (for CIDR \"%s\" at index=%d, map segment index=%d)", e, n, idx, mapIdx))
+		// ValidateNetwork will return a nil ipnet if the string was unparsable.
+		if ipnet != nil {
+			if _, bits := ipnet.Mask.Size(); bits == 32 {
+				summary.NumIPv4 += 1
+			} else {
+				summary.NumIPv6 += 1
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -109,7 +140,8 @@ func validateNetworks(nets []string, mapIdx int, summary *model.RoutemapSummary)
 	return allErrs
 }
 
-func validateLabels(labels []string, mapIdx int, summary *model.RoutemapSummary) error {
+// ValidateLabels validates the set of labels of the route map.
+func ValidateLabels(labels []string, mapIdx int, summary *model.RoutemapSummary) error {
 	var allErrs error
 
 	if len(labels) == 0 {
@@ -147,7 +179,7 @@ func validateLabels(labels []string, mapIdx int, summary *model.RoutemapSummary)
 	return allErrs
 }
 
-func validateVersion(version int) error {
+func ValidateVersion(version int) error {
 	if version < 1 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("invalid or missing meta/version")
 	} else if version != 1 {
@@ -158,7 +190,7 @@ func validateVersion(version int) error {
 }
 
 func startValidate(root *model.RoutemapRoot, summary *model.RoutemapSummary) error {
-	if err := validateVersion(root.MetaVersion()); err != nil {
+	if err := ValidateVersion(root.MetaVersion()); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
@@ -181,8 +213,8 @@ func startValidate(root *model.RoutemapRoot, summary *model.RoutemapSummary) err
 			continue
 		}
 
-		multierr.AppendInto(&allErrs, validateNetworks(m.Networks, idx, summary))
-		multierr.AppendInto(&allErrs, validateLabels(m.Labels, idx, summary))
+		multierr.AppendInto(&allErrs, ValidateNetworks(m.Networks, idx, summary))
+		multierr.AppendInto(&allErrs, ValidateLabels(m.Labels, idx, summary))
 
 		if lg.EnabledFor(lg.LevelDebug) && (summary.NumNetworks-lastProgressReport) > 500000 {
 			numErrs := len(multierr.Errors(allErrs))
diff --git a/pkg/validator/validator_test.go b/pkg/validator/validator_test.go
index 6e1f197..476d40e 100644
--- a/pkg/validator/validator_test.go
+++ b/pkg/validator/validator_test.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ func Test_validateProperCIDR(t *testing.T) {
 		ip, ipnet, err := net.ParseCIDR(fx.addr)
 		assert.NoError(t, err, fx.addr)
 
-		err = validateProperCIDR(ip, ipnet)
+		err = ValidateProperCIDR(ip, ipnet)
 		if fx.valid {
 			assert.NoError(t, err, fx.addr)
 		} else {
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ func Test_validateNetmaskLen(t *testing.T) {
 		_, ipnet, err := net.ParseCIDR(fx.addr)
 		assert.NoError(t, err, fx.addr)
 
-		err = validateNetmaskLen(ipnet)
+		err = ValidateNetmaskLen(ipnet)
 		if fx.valid {
 			assert.NoError(t, err, fx.addr)
 		} else {
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ func Test_validateLabels(t *testing.T) {
 	summary := model.NewRoutemapSummary()
 
 	for _, fx := range fixtures {
-		err := validateLabels(fx.labels, 1, &summary)
+		err := ValidateLabels(fx.labels, 1, &summary)
 		if fx.valid {
 			assert.NoError(t, err, fx.labels)
 		} else {