diff --git a/autofit/aggregator/base.py b/autofit/aggregator/base.py
index 164ed2681..71ae38f94 100644
--- a/autofit/aggregator/base.py
+++ b/autofit/aggregator/base.py
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 from functools import partial
-import logging
 from typing import List, Optional, Generator
 
 import autofit as af
 
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
 
 class AggBase(ABC):
     def __init__(self, aggregator: af.Aggregator):
@@ -136,36 +133,7 @@ def func_gen(fit: af.Fit, minimum_weight: float) -> List[object]:
 
     @staticmethod
     def _valid_sample_instance_pairs(samples, minimum_weight: float):
-        """Return weighted samples whose model instances still reconstruct.
-
-        Constructor validation can become stricter after a result was written.
-        Such historical points are not usable objects, but they must not make an
-        entire aggregator query fail.  ``FitException`` is the narrow model-point
-        rejection contract; programming errors continue to propagate.
-        """
-        pairs = []
-        rejected = 0
-
-        for sample in samples.sample_list:
-            if sample.weight <= minimum_weight:
-                continue
-            try:
-                instance = samples.model.instance_from_vector(
-                    sample.parameter_lists_for_model(model=samples.model)
-                )
-            except af.exc.FitException:
-                rejected += 1
-                continue
-            pairs.append((sample, instance))
-
-        if rejected:
-            logger.warning(
-                "Skipped %d stored sample(s) rejected by current model "
-                "validation while building aggregator objects.",
-                rejected,
-            )
-
-        return pairs
+        return samples.valid_sample_instance_pairs(minimum_weight=minimum_weight)
 
     def randomly_drawn_via_pdf_gen_from(self, total_samples: int):
         """
diff --git a/autofit/non_linear/samples/samples.py b/autofit/non_linear/samples/samples.py
index f09be3800..acacd449b 100644
--- a/autofit/non_linear/samples/samples.py
+++ b/autofit/non_linear/samples/samples.py
@@ -80,6 +80,52 @@ def instances(self):
             for sample in self.sample_list
         ]
 
+    def valid_sample_instance_pairs(
+        self,
+        minimum_weight: float = float("-inf"),
+        ignore_assertions: bool = False,
+    ) -> List[Tuple[Sample, ModelInstance]]:
+        """Return stored samples paired with instances they can still build.
+
+        Constructor validation can become stricter after a result was written.
+        Historical points rejected through the narrow :class:`FitException`
+        contract are therefore skipped, while programming errors continue to
+        propagate.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        minimum_weight
+            Only samples with a weight strictly greater than this value are
+            considered.
+        ignore_assertions
+            If ``True``, model assertions are not checked while constructing an
+            instance. Constructor validation still applies.
+        """
+        pairs = []
+        rejected = 0
+
+        for sample in self.sample_list:
+            if sample.weight <= minimum_weight:
+                continue
+            try:
+                instance = sample.instance_for_model(
+                    model=self.model,
+                    ignore_assertions=ignore_assertions,
+                )
+            except exc.FitException:
+                rejected += 1
+                continue
+            pairs.append((sample, instance))
+
+        if rejected:
+            logger.warning(
+                "Skipped %d stored sample(s) rejected by current model "
+                "validation while reconstructing instances.",
+                rejected,
+            )
+
+        return pairs
+
     @property
     def log_evidence(self):
         return None
diff --git a/test_autofit/non_linear/samples/test_samples.py b/test_autofit/non_linear/samples/test_samples.py
index cf85d69c9..45033dc43 100644
--- a/test_autofit/non_linear/samples/test_samples.py
+++ b/test_autofit/non_linear/samples/test_samples.py
@@ -160,6 +160,51 @@ def test__max_log_likelihood__historical_invalid_best_uses_next_valid_instance()
     assert samples.max_log_likelihood().value == 0.9
 
 
+def test__valid_sample_instance_pairs__skips_historical_invalid_points():
+    samples = _guarded_samples(
+        parameter_lists=[[0.1], [0.9]],
+        log_likelihood_list=[2.0, 1.0],
+        weight_list=[0.6, 0.4],
+    )
+
+    pairs = samples.valid_sample_instance_pairs()
+
+    assert len(pairs) == 1
+    assert pairs[0][0].weight == 0.4
+    assert pairs[0][1].value == 0.9
+
+
+def test__valid_sample_instance_pairs__all_invalid_returns_empty():
+    samples = _guarded_samples(
+        parameter_lists=[[0.1]],
+        log_likelihood_list=[1.0],
+        weight_list=[1.0],
+    )
+
+    assert samples.valid_sample_instance_pairs() == []
+
+
+def test__valid_sample_instance_pairs__does_not_hide_programming_errors():
+    class _RaisesUnexpectedly:
+        def __init__(self, value):
+            raise ValueError("real bug")
+
+    model = af.Model(_RaisesUnexpectedly)
+    samples = af.SamplesPDF(
+        model=model,
+        sample_list=af.Sample.from_lists(
+            model=model,
+            parameter_lists=[[1.0]],
+            log_likelihood_list=[1.0],
+            log_prior_list=[0.0],
+            weight_list=[1.0],
+        ),
+    )
+
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="real bug"):
+        samples.valid_sample_instance_pairs()
+
+
 def test__draw_randomly_via_pdf__historical_invalid_draw_is_retried(monkeypatch):
     from autofit.non_linear.samples import pdf