A wire rope analyzing apparatus to which are applied an output signal from a magnetization detector and image data from an imaging device, wherein the output signal and the image data are recorded by a rope tester for inspecting a wire rope traveling at a predetermined speed, the rope tester comprising: the magnetization detector including a magnetizer (13, 14) adapted to generate a magnetic force, and a detector adapted to detect a change in magnetism produced in the wire rope magnetized by the magnetic force generated by the magnetizer (13, 14); the imaging device, which is provided a predetermined distance away from said magnetization detector along the traveling direction of the wire rope, the imaging device being adapted to image the wire rope; a controller connected to said magnetization detector and to said imaging device, the controller being adapted to detect a defect location on the wire rope based on a change in magnetism detected by said magnetization detector, and to output a drive signal that actuates said imaging device at a timing at which the defect location arrives at the location of installation of said imaging device; first recording means adapted to record, in storage means at predetermined time intervals in a time series, the output signal produced by said magnetization detector; and second recording means adapted to record the image data, which is output from said imaging device, in storage means, inclusive of order of image data capture; wherein the wire rope analyzing apparatus comprises: graph display means adapted to display a graph in which the horizontal axis is a plot of wire rope position and the vertical axis is a plot of the output signal produced by said magnetization detector; and wire rope image display means adapted to display a wire rope thumbnail image, which is represented by the image data, in association with a graph value representing the defect location in the graph representing the output signal produced by the magnetization detector and displayed by said graph display means. the magnetization detector including a magnetizer (13, 14) adapted to generate a magnetic force, and a detector adapted to detect a change in magnetism produced in the wire rope magnetized by the magnetic force generated by the magnetizer (13, 14); the imaging device, which is provided a predetermined distance away from said magnetization detector along the traveling direction of the wire rope, the imaging device being adapted to image the wire rope; a controller connected to said magnetization detector and to said imaging device, the controller being adapted to detect a defect location on the wire rope based on a change in magnetism detected by said magnetization detector, and to output a drive signal that actuates said imaging device at a timing at which the defect location arrives at the location of installation of said imaging device; first recording means adapted to record, in storage means at predetermined time intervals in a time series, the output signal produced by said magnetization detector; and second recording means adapted to record the image data, which is output from said imaging device, in storage means, inclusive of order of image data capture; wherein the wire rope analyzing apparatus comprises: graph display means adapted to display a graph in which the horizontal axis is a plot of wire rope position and the vertical axis is a plot of the output signal produced by said magnetization detector; and wire rope image display means adapted to display a wire rope thumbnail image, which is represented by the image data, in association with a graph value representing the defect location in the graph representing the output signal produced by the magnetization detector and displayed by said graph display means. graph display means adapted to display a graph in which the horizontal axis is a plot of wire rope position and the vertical axis is a plot of the output signal produced by said magnetization detector; and wire rope image display means adapted to display a wire rope thumbnail image, which is represented by the image data, in association with a graph value representing the defect location in the graph representing the output signal produced by the magnetization detector and displayed by said graph display means.