diff --git a/mypy.ini b/mypy.ini
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a0392adf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mypy.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[mypy]
+
+warn_unused_ignores = True
diff --git a/scripts/lint.sh b/scripts/lint.sh
index 97899bbf..db73e2cb 100755
--- a/scripts/lint.sh
+++ b/scripts/lint.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env -S bash -eu -o pipefail
 
+cd $(dirname $0)/..
+
 poetry run pre-commit run --all-files
-poetry run mypy
+poetry run mypy .
diff --git a/src/intelligence_layer/evaluation/aggregation/accumulator.py b/src/intelligence_layer/evaluation/aggregation/accumulator.py
index b085aa33..2b22d995 100644
--- a/src/intelligence_layer/evaluation/aggregation/accumulator.py
+++ b/src/intelligence_layer/evaluation/aggregation/accumulator.py
@@ -56,12 +56,10 @@ def standard_deviation(self) -> float:
             return 0.0
         mean = self.extract()
         variance = (self._squares_acc / self._n) - (mean**2)
-        # not recognized as float by VSCode or mypy
-        return variance**0.5  # type: ignore
+        return variance**0.5
 
     def standard_error(self) -> float:
         """Calculates the standard error of the mean."""
         if self._n <= 1:
             return 0.0
-        # not recognized as float by VSCode or mypy
-        return self.standard_deviation() / (self._n**0.5)  # type: ignore
+        return self.standard_deviation() / (self._n**0.5)
diff --git a/src/intelligence_layer/evaluation/aggregation/elo_aggregation.py b/src/intelligence_layer/evaluation/aggregation/elo_aggregation.py
index 0dfe710a..fa1b5c64 100644
--- a/src/intelligence_layer/evaluation/aggregation/elo_aggregation.py
+++ b/src/intelligence_layer/evaluation/aggregation/elo_aggregation.py
@@ -81,8 +81,7 @@ def __init__(
 
     def _calc_k_factor(self, player: str) -> float:
         n = self._match_counts.get(player) or 0
-        # Mypy thinks this is Any
-        return self._k_ceiling * np.exp(-self._decay_factor * n) + self._k_floor  # type: ignore
+        return self._k_ceiling * np.exp(-self._decay_factor * n) + self._k_floor
 
     def _calc_expected_win_rates(
         self, player_a: str, player_b: str
diff --git a/src/intelligence_layer/evaluation/evaluation/graders.py b/src/intelligence_layer/evaluation/evaluation/graders.py
index ce369e18..7a500a58 100644
--- a/src/intelligence_layer/evaluation/evaluation/graders.py
+++ b/src/intelligence_layer/evaluation/evaluation/graders.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ def calculate_bleu(self, hypothesis: str, reference: str) -> float:
             hypotheses=[hypothesis], references=[[reference]]
         )
 
-        return bleu_score.score  # type: ignore
+        return bleu_score.score
 
 
 @dataclass
diff --git a/src/intelligence_layer/learning/instruction_finetuning_data_handler.py b/src/intelligence_layer/learning/instruction_finetuning_data_handler.py
index 7009d26d..daacba74 100644
--- a/src/intelligence_layer/learning/instruction_finetuning_data_handler.py
+++ b/src/intelligence_layer/learning/instruction_finetuning_data_handler.py
@@ -321,8 +321,7 @@ def samples_to_train_set(
         def process_sample(
             sample: InstructionFinetuningSample,
             # actual type is Synchronized[int] but declaring this will actually fail at runtime
-            # only declaring Synchronized will trigger mypy
-            emitted_counter: Synchronized,  # type: ignore
+            emitted_counter: Synchronized,
             statistics_counter: dict[Any, dict[Any, int]],
         ) -> Optional[tuple[Sequence[FinetuningMessage], str]]:
             prompt = model.to_chat_prompt(sample.messages)
diff --git a/tests/connectors/test_limited_concurrency_client.py b/tests/connectors/test_limited_concurrency_client.py
index d041909e..89654c05 100644
--- a/tests/connectors/test_limited_concurrency_client.py
+++ b/tests/connectors/test_limited_concurrency_client.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def complete(self, request: CompletionRequest, model: str) -> CompletionResponse
         if self.wait_time:
             time.sleep(self.wait_time)
         if self.number_of_retries < 2:
-            raise BusyError(503)  # type: ignore
+            raise BusyError(503)
         else:
             if isinstance(self.return_value, Exception):
                 raise self.return_value