diff --git a/infer/src/backend/InferPrint.re b/infer/src/backend/InferPrint.re
index 95a009e2d..e62e4af71 100644
--- a/infer/src/backend/InferPrint.re
+++ b/infer/src/backend/InferPrint.re
@@ -308,25 +308,7 @@ let should_report (issue_kind: Exceptions.err_kind) issue_type error_desc eclass
           };
           issue_bucket_is_high
         } else {
-          let blacklisted_by_default =
-            Localise.[
-              analysis_stops,
-              divide_by_zero,
-              return_value_ignored,
-              array_out_of_bounds_l1,
-              array_out_of_bounds_l2,
-              array_out_of_bounds_l3,
-              null_test_after_dereference,
-              class_cast_exception,
-              uninitialized_value,
-              stack_variable_address_escape,
-              dangling_pointer_dereference,
-              unary_minus_applied_to_unsigned_expression,
-              condition_always_true,
-              condition_always_false,
-              retain_cycle
-            ];
-          not (List.mem equal::Localise.equal blacklisted_by_default issue_type)
+          true
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/infer/src/backend/inferconfig.ml b/infer/src/backend/inferconfig.ml
index 7910c8e6e..70326a10a 100644
--- a/infer/src/backend/inferconfig.ml
+++ b/infer/src/backend/inferconfig.ml
@@ -348,17 +348,14 @@ let create_filters analyzer =
 (* Decide whether a checker or error type is enabled or disabled based on*)
 (* white/black listing in .inferconfig and the default value *)
 let is_checker_enabled checker_name =
-  match List.mem ~equal:String.(=) Config.disable_checks checker_name,
-        List.mem ~equal:String.(=) Config.enable_checks checker_name with
-  | false, false -> (* if it's not amond white/black listed then we use default value *)
-      not (List.mem ~equal:String.(=) Config.checks_disabled_by_default checker_name)
-  | true, false -> (* if it's blacklisted and not whitelisted then it should be disabled *)
-      false
-  | false, true -> (* if it is not blacklisted and it is whitelisted then it should be enabled *)
-      true
-  | true, true -> (* if it's both blacklisted and whitelisted then we flag error *)
-      failwithf "Inconsistent settings: checker %s is both blacklisted and whitelisted."
-        checker_name
+  (* no-filtering takes priority over both whitelist and blacklist *)
+  (not Config.filtering)
+  (* whitelist takes priority over blacklist *)
+  || (List.mem ~equal:String.(=) Config.enable_checks checker_name)
+  (* if it's blacklisted and not whitelisted then it should be disabled *)
+  || ((not (List.mem ~equal:String.(=) Config.disable_checks checker_name))
+      (* if it's not amond white/black listed then we use default value *)
+      && not (List.mem ~equal:String.(=) Config.checks_disabled_by_default checker_name))
 
 (* This function loads and list the path that are being filtered by the analyzer. The results *)
 (* are of the form: path/to/file.java -> {infer, eradicate} meaning that analysis results will *)
diff --git a/infer/src/base/Config.ml b/infer/src/base/Config.ml
index b3b62926f..4e1a7b647 100644
--- a/infer/src/base/Config.ml
+++ b/infer/src/base/Config.ml
@@ -845,8 +845,7 @@ and (
   and filtering =
     CLOpt.mk_bool ~deprecated_no:["nf"] ~long:"filtering" ~short:'f' ~default:true
       ~in_help:CLOpt.[Report, manual_generic]
-      "Do not show the results from experimental checks (note: some of them may contain many false \
-       alarms)"
+      "Do not show the results from experimental and blacklisted checks"
 
   and only_cheap_debug =
     CLOpt.mk_bool ~long:"only-cheap-debug"
@@ -998,7 +997,25 @@ and differential_filter_set =
 and disable_checks =
   CLOpt.mk_string_list ~deprecated:["disable_checks"] ~long:"disable-checks" ~meta:"error name"
     ~in_help:CLOpt.[Report, manual_generic]
-    "Do not show reports coming from this type of errors"
+    ~default: [
+      "ANALYSIS_STOPS";
+      "ARRAY_OUT_OF_BOUNDS_L1";
+      "ARRAY_OUT_OF_BOUNDS_L2";
+      "ARRAY_OUT_OF_BOUNDS_L3";
+      "CLASS_CAST_EXCEPTION";
+      "CONDITION_ALWAYS_FALSE";
+      "CONDITION_ALWAYS_TRUE";
+      "DANGLING_POINTER_DEREFERENCE";
+      "DIVIDE_BY_ZERO";
+      "NULL_TEST_AFTER_DEREFERENCE";
+      "RETAIN_CYCLE";
+      "RETURN_VALUE_IGNORED";
+      "STACK_VARIABLE_ADDRESS_ESCAPE";
+      "UNARY_MINUS_APPLIED_TO_UNSIGNED_EXPRESSION";
+      "UNINITIALIZED_VALUE";
+    ]
+    "Do not show reports coming from this type of errors. This option has lower precedence than \
+     $(b,--no-filtering) and $(b,--enable-checks)"
 
 and dotty_cfg_libs =
   CLOpt.mk_bool ~deprecated:["dotty_no_cfg_libs"] ~long:"dotty-cfg-libs" ~default:true
@@ -1018,7 +1035,8 @@ and dynamic_dispatch =
 
 and enable_checks =
   CLOpt.mk_string_list ~deprecated:["enable_checks"] ~long:"enable-checks" ~meta:"error name"
-    "Show reports coming from this type of errors"
+    "Show reports coming from this type of errors. This option has higher precedence than \
+     $(b,--disable-checks)"
 
 and eradicate_condition_redundant =
   CLOpt.mk_bool ~long:"eradicate-condition-redundant"