diff --git a/infer/man/man1/infer-analyze.txt b/infer/man/man1/infer-analyze.txt
index dd6dbb4bc..084b06131 100644
--- a/infer/man/man1/infer-analyze.txt
+++ b/infer/man/man1/infer-analyze.txt
@@ -101,6 +101,10 @@ OPTIONS
            --fragment-retains-view, --linters, --liveness, --ownership,
            --racerd, --siof, --uninit (Conversely: --default-checkers)
 
+       --disable-all-checkers
+           Activates: turn off all the previously enabled checkers
+           (Conversely: --no-disable-all-checkers)
+
        --eradicate
            Activates: the eradicate @Nullable checker for Java annotations
            (Conversely: --no-eradicate)
diff --git a/infer/man/man1/infer-full.txt b/infer/man/man1/infer-full.txt
index 43b24784b..27781bdb0 100644
--- a/infer/man/man1/infer-full.txt
+++ b/infer/man/man1/infer-full.txt
@@ -262,6 +262,10 @@ OPTIONS
            differential report is desired. Source files should be specified
            relative to project root or be absolute           See also infer-report(1).
 
+       --disable-all-checkers
+           Activates: turn off all the previously enabled checkers
+           (Conversely: --no-disable-all-checkers)           See also infer-analyze(1).
+
        --disable-issue-type +issue_type
            Do not show reports coming from this type of issue. Each checker
            can report a range of issue types. This option provides
diff --git a/infer/man/man1/infer.txt b/infer/man/man1/infer.txt
index 811dc89af..a4e960a3f 100644
--- a/infer/man/man1/infer.txt
+++ b/infer/man/man1/infer.txt
@@ -262,6 +262,10 @@ OPTIONS
            differential report is desired. Source files should be specified
            relative to project root or be absolute           See also infer-report(1).
 
+       --disable-all-checkers
+           Activates: turn off all the previously enabled checkers
+           (Conversely: --no-disable-all-checkers)           See also infer-analyze(1).
+
        --disable-issue-type +issue_type
            Do not show reports coming from this type of issue. Each checker
            can report a range of issue types. This option provides
diff --git a/infer/src/base/Config.ml b/infer/src/base/Config.ml
index e1f40d486..6651d66ab 100644
--- a/infer/src/base/Config.ml
+++ b/infer/src/base/Config.ml
@@ -744,6 +744,15 @@ and ( annotation_reachability
   , uninit )
 
 
+let _disable_all_checkers : bool ref =
+  CLOpt.mk_bool ~long:"disable-all-checkers" "turn off all the previously enabled checkers"
+    ~in_help:InferCommand.[(Analyze, manual_generic)]
+    ~default:false
+    ~f:(fun b ->
+      if b then disable_all_checkers () ;
+      b )
+
+
 and annotation_reachability_custom_pairs =
   CLOpt.mk_json ~long:"annotation-reachability-custom-pairs"
     ~in_help:InferCommand.[(Analyze, manual_java)]