diff --git a/packages/core/contracts/test/cli/excludes/AbstractUUPS.sol b/packages/core/contracts/test/cli/excludes/AbstractUUPS.sol
index 85005b80b..8e4a3e554 100644
--- a/packages/core/contracts/test/cli/excludes/AbstractUUPS.sol
+++ b/packages/core/contracts/test/cli/excludes/AbstractUUPS.sol
@@ -11,4 +11,8 @@ abstract contract AbstractUUPS is UUPSUpgradeable, Abstract1, Abstract2 {
     constructor(uint256 _x, uint256 _y, uint256 _z) Abstract1(_x) Abstract2(_y) {
         z = _z;
     }
+
+    function initialize() initializer public {
+        __UUPSUpgradeable_init();
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/packages/core/contracts/test/cli/excludes/UsesAbstractUUPS.sol b/packages/core/contracts/test/cli/excludes/UsesAbstractUUPS.sol
index 4a6f7f76b..426a330d6 100644
--- a/packages/core/contracts/test/cli/excludes/UsesAbstractUUPS.sol
+++ b/packages/core/contracts/test/cli/excludes/UsesAbstractUUPS.sol
@@ -12,4 +12,8 @@ contract UsesAbstractUUPS is AbstractUUPS {
     function _authorizeUpgrade(address newImplementation) internal pure override {
         revert("Upgrade disabled");
     }
+
+    function initializeChild() initializer public {
+        super.initialize();
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/packages/core/src/validate/run.ts b/packages/core/src/validate/run.ts
index 6099bb06c..662b2e85e 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/validate/run.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/validate/run.ts
@@ -734,8 +734,6 @@ function* getInitializerErrors(
           !skipCheck('missing-initializer-call', contractDef) &&
           !skipCheck('missing-initializer-call', contractInitializer)
         ) {
-          console.log('contractDef', contractDef.name);
-          console.log('uninitializedBaseContracts', uninitializedBaseContracts);
           yield {
             kind: 'missing-initializer-call',
             name: contractDef.name,
@@ -756,9 +754,11 @@ function getPossibleInitializers(contractDef: ContractDefinition) {
   const fns = [...findAll('FunctionDefinition', contractDef)];
   return fns.filter(
     fnDef =>
-      fnDef.modifiers.some(modifier =>
+      (fnDef.modifiers.some(modifier =>
         ['initializer', 'reinitializer', 'onlyInitializing'].includes(modifier.modifierName.name),
-      ) || ['initialize', 'initializer', 'reinitialize', 'reinitializer'].includes(fnDef.name),
+      ) || ['initialize', 'initializer', 'reinitialize', 'reinitializer'].includes(fnDef.name))
+        &&
+      !(fnDef.virtual && !fnDef.body) // Skip virtual functions without a body, since that indicates an abstract function and is not itself an initializer
   );
 }