diff --git a/pgpainless-core/src/main/java/org/pgpainless/decryption_verification/MessageInspector.java b/pgpainless-core/src/main/java/org/pgpainless/decryption_verification/MessageInspector.java
index e8b04afb..5883163a 100644
--- a/pgpainless-core/src/main/java/org/pgpainless/decryption_verification/MessageInspector.java
+++ b/pgpainless-core/src/main/java/org/pgpainless/decryption_verification/MessageInspector.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 package org.pgpainless.decryption_verification;
 
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -69,6 +70,18 @@ public final class MessageInspector {
 
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Parses parts of the provided OpenPGP message in order to determine which keys were used to encrypt it.
+     *
+     * @param message OpenPGP message
+     * @return encryption info
+     * @throws PGPException
+     * @throws IOException
+     */
+    public static EncryptionInfo determineEncryptionInfoForMessage(String message) throws PGPException, IOException {
+        return determineEncryptionInfoForMessage(new ByteArrayInputStream(message.getBytes("UTF-8")));
+    }
+
     /**
      * Parses parts of the provided OpenPGP message in order to determine which keys were used to encrypt it.
      * Note: This method does not rewind the passed in Stream, so you might need to take care of that yourselves.