diff --git a/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml b/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml
index e4fca39..7130a25 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   description: Source code spell checker, binary install
   language: python
   entry: typos
-  args: [--write-changes]
+  args: [--write-changes, --force-exclude]
   types: [text]
   stages: [commit, merge-commit, push, manual]
 
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   description: Source code spell checker, Docker image
   language: docker
   entry: typos
-  args: [--write-changes]
+  args: [--write-changes, --force-exclude]
   types: [text]
   stages: [commit, merge-commit, push, manual]
 
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@
   description: Source code spell checker, source install
   language: rust
   entry: typos
-  args: [--write-changes]
+  args: [--write-changes, --force-exclude]
   types: [text]
   stages: [commit, merge-commit, push, manual]
diff --git a/crates/typos-cli/src/bin/typos-cli/args.rs b/crates/typos-cli/src/bin/typos-cli/args.rs
index 41230f1..6ccbc69 100644
--- a/crates/typos-cli/src/bin/typos-cli/args.rs
+++ b/crates/typos-cli/src/bin/typos-cli/args.rs
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ pub(crate) struct Args {
     #[arg(short = 'j', long = "threads", default_value = "0")]
     pub(crate) threads: usize,
 
+    /// Respect excluded files even for paths passed explicitly.
+    #[arg(long, help_heading = None)]
+    pub(crate) force_exclude: bool,
+
     /// Custom config file
     #[arg(short = 'c', long = "config", help_heading = "Config")]
     pub(crate) custom_config: Option<std::path::PathBuf>,
diff --git a/crates/typos-cli/src/bin/typos-cli/main.rs b/crates/typos-cli/src/bin/typos-cli/main.rs
index 37b9967..017da7d 100644
--- a/crates/typos-cli/src/bin/typos-cli/main.rs
+++ b/crates/typos-cli/src/bin/typos-cli/main.rs
@@ -216,6 +216,11 @@ fn run_checks(args: &args::Args) -> proc_exit::ExitResult {
             let overrides = overrides
                 .build()
                 .with_code(proc_exit::sysexits::CONFIG_ERR)?;
+            if args.force_exclude {
+                if let ignore::Match::Ignore(_) = overrides.matched(path, path.is_dir()) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+            }
             walk.overrides(overrides);
         }
 
diff --git a/crates/typos-cli/tests/cmd/force-exclude.in/_typos.toml b/crates/typos-cli/tests/cmd/force-exclude.in/_typos.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..434f5f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/typos-cli/tests/cmd/force-exclude.in/_typos.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[files]
+extend-exclude = ["file.ignore"]
+
+[default.extend-identifiers]
+hello = "goodbye"
diff --git a/crates/typos-cli/tests/cmd/force-exclude.in/file.ignore b/crates/typos-cli/tests/cmd/force-exclude.in/file.ignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ce01362
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/typos-cli/tests/cmd/force-exclude.in/file.ignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+hello
diff --git a/crates/typos-cli/tests/cmd/force-exclude.toml b/crates/typos-cli/tests/cmd/force-exclude.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..863fe82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/typos-cli/tests/cmd/force-exclude.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+bin.name = "typos"
+args = "file.ignore --force-exclude"
+stdin = ""
+stdout = ""
+stderr = ""
+status.code = 0
diff --git a/crates/typos-cli/tests/cmd/help.toml b/crates/typos-cli/tests/cmd/help.toml
index 9601e2f..2396e1f 100644
--- a/crates/typos-cli/tests/cmd/help.toml
+++ b/crates/typos-cli/tests/cmd/help.toml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Arguments:
 
 Options:
   -j, --threads <THREADS>  The approximate number of threads to use [default: 0]
+      --force-exclude      Respect excluded files even for paths passed explicitly
   -h, --help               Print help
   -V, --version            Print version
 
diff --git a/docs/reference.md b/docs/reference.md
index 4b7e792..122de27 100644
--- a/docs/reference.md
+++ b/docs/reference.md
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Configuration is read from the following (in precedence order)
 |------------------------|-------------------|--------|-------------|
 | files.binary           | --binary          | bool   | Check binary files as text |
 | files.extend-exclude   | --exclude         | list of strings | Typos-specific ignore globs (gitignore syntax) |
+| file.force-excude      | --force-exclude   | bool   | Respect excluded files even for paths passed explicitly. |
 | files.ignore-hidden    | --hidden          | bool   | Skip hidden files and directories. |
 | files.ignore-files     | --ignore          | bool   | Respect ignore files. |
 | files.ignore-dot       | --ignore-dot      | bool   | Respect .ignore files. |