if un.GetKind() == istioV1Alpha1.IstioOperatorGVK.Kind {
			if err := checkFields(un); err != nil {
				return nil, err
			}
			// IstioOperator isn't part of pkg/config/schema/collections,
			// usual conversion not available.  Convert unstructured to string
			// and ask operator code to check.
			un.SetCreationTimestamp(metav1.Time{}) // UnmarshalIstioOperator chokes on these

			for _, s := range suppress {
				parts := strings.Split(s, "=")
				if len(parts) != 2 {
					return fmt.Errorf("%s is not a valid suppression value. See istioctl analyze --help", s)
				}
				// Check to see if the supplied code is valid. If not, emit a
				// warning but continue.
				codeIsValid := false
				for _, at := range msg.All() {
					if at.Code() == parts[0] {
						codeIsValid = true
						break