diff --git a/lib/datadog/ci/codeowners/matcher.rb b/lib/datadog/ci/codeowners/matcher.rb
index e515a365..02f0f1ce 100644
--- a/lib/datadog/ci/codeowners/matcher.rb
+++ b/lib/datadog/ci/codeowners/matcher.rb
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def parse(codeowners_file_path)
 
           File.open(codeowners_file_path, "r") do |f|
             f.each_line do |line|
-              line.strip!
+              line.strip!&.sub!(/#.*$/, "")
 
               next if line.empty?
               next if comment?(line)
diff --git a/spec/datadog/ci/codeowners/matcher_spec.rb b/spec/datadog/ci/codeowners/matcher_spec.rb
index 1687ad56..5dc42342 100644
--- a/spec/datadog/ci/codeowners/matcher_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/datadog/ci/codeowners/matcher_spec.rb
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
           <<-CODEOWNERS
             # Comment line
             /path/to/*.rb @owner3
-            /path/to/file.rb @owner1 @owner2
+            /path/to/file.rb @owner1 @owner2 #This is an inline comment.
           CODEOWNERS
         end