diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/indices/analyze/TransportAnalyzeAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/indices/analyze/TransportAnalyzeAction.java
index b5a9244aaa12d..2fb45033fdf1d 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/indices/analyze/TransportAnalyzeAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/indices/analyze/TransportAnalyzeAction.java
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.cluster.ClusterState;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.block.ClusterBlockException;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.metadata.IndexNameExpressionResolver;
+import org.opensearch.cluster.metadata.ResolvedIndices;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.routing.ShardsIterator;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.service.ClusterService;
 import org.opensearch.common.inject.Inject;
@@ -151,6 +152,19 @@ protected AnalyzeAction.Response shardOperation(AnalyzeAction.Request request, S
         return analyze(request, indicesService.getAnalysis(), indexService, maxTokenCount);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public ResolvedIndices resolveIndices(AnalyzeAction.Request request) {
+        if (request.index() == null) {
+            // The analyze action has one special property that distinguishes it from all other actions extending
+            // TransportSingleShardAction: it can be executed without an index. This is a bit surprising, as we do
+            // not have a shard, while being in a class called "SingleShardAction". For this, the TransportAnalyzeAction
+            // does use a number of special cases. Thus, we also need to add a special case for the index resolution here.
+            return ResolvedIndices.of(ResolvedIndices.Local.of());
+        } else {
+            return super.resolveIndices(request);
+        }
+    }
+
     public static AnalyzeAction.Response analyze(
         AnalyzeAction.Request request,
         AnalysisRegistry analysisRegistry,
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/indices/TransportAnalyzeActionTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/indices/TransportAnalyzeActionTests.java
index 479321ec633da..54827824e7da2 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/indices/TransportAnalyzeActionTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/indices/TransportAnalyzeActionTests.java
@@ -39,9 +39,17 @@
 import org.opensearch.Version;
 import org.opensearch.action.admin.indices.analyze.AnalyzeAction;
 import org.opensearch.action.admin.indices.analyze.TransportAnalyzeAction;
+import org.opensearch.action.support.ActionFilters;
+import org.opensearch.cluster.ClusterName;
+import org.opensearch.cluster.ClusterState;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.metadata.IndexMetadata;
+import org.opensearch.cluster.metadata.IndexNameExpressionResolver;
+import org.opensearch.cluster.metadata.Metadata;
+import org.opensearch.cluster.metadata.ResolvedIndices;
+import org.opensearch.cluster.service.ClusterService;
 import org.opensearch.common.UUIDs;
 import org.opensearch.common.settings.Settings;
+import org.opensearch.common.util.concurrent.ThreadContext;
 import org.opensearch.env.Environment;
 import org.opensearch.env.TestEnvironment;
 import org.opensearch.index.IndexService;
@@ -55,12 +63,15 @@
 import org.opensearch.index.analysis.PreConfiguredCharFilter;
 import org.opensearch.index.analysis.TokenFilterFactory;
 import org.opensearch.index.analysis.TokenizerFactory;
+import org.opensearch.indices.IndicesService;
 import org.opensearch.indices.analysis.AnalysisModule;
 import org.opensearch.indices.analysis.AnalysisModule.AnalysisProvider;
 import org.opensearch.indices.analysis.AnalysisModuleTests.AppendCharFilter;
 import org.opensearch.plugins.AnalysisPlugin;
 import org.opensearch.test.IndexSettingsModule;
 import org.opensearch.test.OpenSearchTestCase;
+import org.opensearch.threadpool.ThreadPool;
+import org.opensearch.transport.TransportService;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.Reader;
@@ -599,4 +610,53 @@ public void testDeprecationWarnings() throws IOException {
         analyze = TransportAnalyzeAction.analyze(req, registry, mockIndexService(), maxTokenCount);
         assertEquals(1, analyze.getTokens().size());
     }
+
+    public void testResolveIndicesForNoIndex() {
+        ThreadContext threadContext = new ThreadContext(Settings.EMPTY);
+        IndexNameExpressionResolver indexNameExpressionResolver = new IndexNameExpressionResolver(threadContext);
+
+        TransportAnalyzeAction action = new TransportAnalyzeAction(
+            Settings.EMPTY,
+            mock(ThreadPool.class),
+            mock(ClusterService.class),
+            mock(TransportService.class),
+            mock(IndicesService.class),
+            mock(ActionFilters.class),
+            indexNameExpressionResolver
+        );
+
+        AnalyzeAction.Request request = new AnalyzeAction.Request().text("the quick brown fox");
+        assertEquals(ResolvedIndices.of(ResolvedIndices.Local.of()), action.resolveIndices(request));
+    }
+
+    public void testResolveIndicesForIndex() {
+        ThreadContext threadContext = new ThreadContext(Settings.EMPTY);
+        IndexNameExpressionResolver indexNameExpressionResolver = new IndexNameExpressionResolver(threadContext);
+        Metadata.Builder mdBuilder = Metadata.builder()
+            .put(
+                IndexMetadata.builder("test_index")
+                    .settings(
+                        settings(Version.CURRENT).put(IndexMetadata.SETTING_NUMBER_OF_SHARDS, 1)
+                            .put(IndexMetadata.SETTING_NUMBER_OF_REPLICAS, 0)
+                    )
+            );
+
+        ClusterState clusterState = ClusterState.builder(new ClusterName("_name")).metadata(mdBuilder).build();
+
+        ClusterService clusterService = mock(ClusterService.class);
+        when(clusterService.state()).thenReturn(clusterState);
+
+        TransportAnalyzeAction action = new TransportAnalyzeAction(
+            Settings.EMPTY,
+            mock(ThreadPool.class),
+            clusterService,
+            mock(TransportService.class),
+            mock(IndicesService.class),
+            mock(ActionFilters.class),
+            indexNameExpressionResolver
+        );
+
+        AnalyzeAction.Request request = new AnalyzeAction.Request("test_index").text("the quick brown fox");
+        assertEquals(ResolvedIndices.of(ResolvedIndices.Local.of("test_index")), action.resolveIndices(request));
+    }
 }