diff --git a/src/FsAutoComplete/LspHelpers.fs b/src/FsAutoComplete/LspHelpers.fs
index db53f33c6..027aaa58f 100644
--- a/src/FsAutoComplete/LspHelpers.fs
+++ b/src/FsAutoComplete/LspHelpers.fs
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ open System.Collections.Generic
 open Ionide.ProjInfo.ProjectSystem
 open FSharp.Compiler.Diagnostics
 open FSharp.Compiler.EditorServices
+open System.Text.RegularExpressions
+open FsAutoComplete.Logging
 
 
 type FcsRange = FSharp.Compiler.Text.Range
@@ -640,8 +642,11 @@ type FSharpConfigDto =
     InterfaceStubGenerationMethodBody: string option
     AddPrivateAccessModifier: bool option
     UnusedOpensAnalyzer: bool option
+    UnusedOpensAnalyzerExclusions: string array option
     UnusedDeclarationsAnalyzer: bool option
+    UnusedDeclarationsAnalyzerExclusions: string array option
     SimplifyNameAnalyzer: bool option
+    SimplifyNameAnalyzerExclusions: string array option
     ResolveNamespaces: bool option
     EnableReferenceCodeLens: bool option
     EnableAnalyzers: bool option
@@ -738,6 +743,15 @@ type DebugConfig =
       LogDurationBetweenCheckFiles = false
       LogCheckFileDuration = false }
 
+let logger = lazy (LogProvider.getLoggerByName "LspHelpers")
+
+let tryCreateRegex (pattern: string) =
+  try
+    Some(Regex(pattern))
+  with e ->
+    logger.Value.warn (Log.setMessageI $"Invalid regex pattern: {pattern}" >> Log.addExn e)
+    None
+
 type FSharpConfig =
   { AutomaticWorkspaceInit: bool
     WorkspaceModePeekDeepLevel: int
@@ -759,8 +773,11 @@ type FSharpConfig =
     InterfaceStubGenerationMethodBody: string
     AddPrivateAccessModifier: bool
     UnusedOpensAnalyzer: bool
+    UnusedOpensAnalyzerExclusions: Regex array
     UnusedDeclarationsAnalyzer: bool
+    UnusedDeclarationsAnalyzerExclusions: Regex array
     SimplifyNameAnalyzer: bool
+    SimplifyNameAnalyzerExclusions: Regex array
     ResolveNamespaces: bool
     EnableReferenceCodeLens: bool
     EnableAnalyzers: bool
@@ -801,8 +818,11 @@ type FSharpConfig =
       InterfaceStubGenerationMethodBody = "failwith \"Not Implemented\""
       AddPrivateAccessModifier = false
       UnusedOpensAnalyzer = false
+      UnusedOpensAnalyzerExclusions = [||]
       UnusedDeclarationsAnalyzer = false
+      UnusedDeclarationsAnalyzerExclusions = [||]
       SimplifyNameAnalyzer = false
+      SimplifyNameAnalyzerExclusions = [||]
       ResolveNamespaces = false
       EnableReferenceCodeLens = false
       EnableAnalyzers = false
@@ -841,8 +861,15 @@ type FSharpConfig =
         defaultArg dto.InterfaceStubGenerationMethodBody "failwith \"Not Implemented\""
       AddPrivateAccessModifier = defaultArg dto.AddPrivateAccessModifier false
       UnusedOpensAnalyzer = defaultArg dto.UnusedOpensAnalyzer false
+      UnusedOpensAnalyzerExclusions = defaultArg dto.UnusedOpensAnalyzerExclusions [||] |> Array.choose tryCreateRegex
       UnusedDeclarationsAnalyzer = defaultArg dto.UnusedDeclarationsAnalyzer false
+      UnusedDeclarationsAnalyzerExclusions =
+        defaultArg dto.UnusedDeclarationsAnalyzerExclusions [||]
+        |> Array.choose tryCreateRegex
       SimplifyNameAnalyzer = defaultArg dto.SimplifyNameAnalyzer false
+      SimplifyNameAnalyzerExclusions =
+        defaultArg dto.SimplifyNameAnalyzerExclusions [||]
+        |> Array.choose tryCreateRegex
       ResolveNamespaces = defaultArg dto.ResolveNamespaces false
       EnableReferenceCodeLens = defaultArg dto.EnableReferenceCodeLens false
       EnableAnalyzers = defaultArg dto.EnableAnalyzers false
@@ -932,8 +959,21 @@ type FSharpConfig =
         defaultArg dto.InterfaceStubGenerationMethodBody x.InterfaceStubGenerationMethodBody
       AddPrivateAccessModifier = defaultArg dto.AddPrivateAccessModifier x.AddPrivateAccessModifier
       UnusedOpensAnalyzer = defaultArg dto.UnusedOpensAnalyzer x.UnusedOpensAnalyzer
+      UnusedOpensAnalyzerExclusions =
+        defaultArg
+          (dto.UnusedOpensAnalyzerExclusions |> Option.map (Array.choose tryCreateRegex))
+          x.UnusedOpensAnalyzerExclusions
       UnusedDeclarationsAnalyzer = defaultArg dto.UnusedDeclarationsAnalyzer x.UnusedDeclarationsAnalyzer
+      UnusedDeclarationsAnalyzerExclusions =
+        defaultArg
+          (dto.UnusedDeclarationsAnalyzerExclusions
+           |> Option.map (Array.choose tryCreateRegex))
+          x.UnusedDeclarationsAnalyzerExclusions
       SimplifyNameAnalyzer = defaultArg dto.SimplifyNameAnalyzer x.SimplifyNameAnalyzer
+      SimplifyNameAnalyzerExclusions =
+        defaultArg
+          (dto.SimplifyNameAnalyzerExclusions |> Option.map (Array.choose tryCreateRegex))
+          x.SimplifyNameAnalyzerExclusions
       ResolveNamespaces = defaultArg dto.ResolveNamespaces x.ResolveNamespaces
       EnableReferenceCodeLens = defaultArg dto.EnableReferenceCodeLens x.EnableReferenceCodeLens
       EnableAnalyzers = defaultArg dto.EnableAnalyzers x.EnableAnalyzers
diff --git a/src/FsAutoComplete/LspServers/AdaptiveFSharpLspServer.fs b/src/FsAutoComplete/LspServers/AdaptiveFSharpLspServer.fs
index 4a8f96feb..0a07d5c23 100644
--- a/src/FsAutoComplete/LspServers/AdaptiveFSharpLspServer.fs
+++ b/src/FsAutoComplete/LspServers/AdaptiveFSharpLspServer.fs
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ open FsAutoComplete.LspHelpers
 open FsAutoComplete.UnionPatternMatchCaseGenerator
 open System.Collections.Concurrent
 open System.Diagnostics
+open System.Text.RegularExpressions
 open IcedTasks
 
 [<RequireQualifiedAccess>]
@@ -256,13 +257,19 @@ type AdaptiveFSharpLspServer
     let source = file.Source
     let version = file.Version
 
+
+    let inline getSourceLine lineNo =
+      (source: ISourceText).GetLineString(lineNo - 1)
+
     let checkUnusedOpens =
       async {
         try
-          let! ct = Async.CancellationToken
+          use progress = new ServerProgressReport(lspClient)
+          do! progress.Begin("Checking unused opens...", message = filePathUntag)
+
+          let! unused = UnusedOpens.getUnusedOpens (tyRes.GetCheckResults, getSourceLine)
 
-          let! unused =
-            UnusedOpens.getUnusedOpens (tyRes.GetCheckResults, (fun i -> (source: ISourceText).GetLineString(i - 1)))
+          let! ct = Async.CancellationToken
 
           notifications.Trigger(NotificationEvent.UnusedOpens(filePath, (unused |> List.toArray)), ct)
         with e ->
@@ -272,11 +279,14 @@ type AdaptiveFSharpLspServer
     let checkUnusedDeclarations =
       async {
         try
-          let! ct = Async.CancellationToken
-          let isScript = Utils.isAScript (UMX.untag filePath)
+          use progress = new ServerProgressReport(lspClient)
+          do! progress.Begin("Checking unused declarations...", message = filePathUntag)
+
+          let isScript = Utils.isAScript (filePathUntag)
           let! unused = UnusedDeclarations.getUnusedDeclarations (tyRes.GetCheckResults, isScript)
           let unused = unused |> Seq.toArray
 
+          let! ct = Async.CancellationToken
           notifications.Trigger(NotificationEvent.UnusedDeclarations(filePath, unused), ct)
         with e ->
           logger.error (Log.setMessage "checkUnusedDeclarations failed" >> Log.addExn e)
@@ -285,26 +295,36 @@ type AdaptiveFSharpLspServer
     let checkSimplifiedNames =
       async {
         try
-          let getSourceLine lineNo =
-            (source: ISourceText).GetLineString(lineNo - 1)
+          use progress = new ServerProgressReport(lspClient)
+          do! progress.Begin("Checking simplifing of names...", message = filePathUntag)
 
           let! ct = Async.CancellationToken
           let! simplified = SimplifyNames.getSimplifiableNames (tyRes.GetCheckResults, getSourceLine)
           let simplified = Array.ofSeq simplified
+          let! ct = Async.CancellationToken
           notifications.Trigger(NotificationEvent.SimplifyNames(filePath, simplified), ct)
         with e ->
           logger.error (Log.setMessage "checkSimplifiedNames failed" >> Log.addExn e)
       }
 
+    let inline isNotExcluded (exclusions: Regex array) =
+      exclusions |> Array.exists (fun r -> r.IsMatch filePathUntag) |> not
+
     let analyzers =
       [
         // if config.Linter then
         //   commands.Lint filePath |> Async .Ignore
-        if config.UnusedOpensAnalyzer then
+        if config.UnusedOpensAnalyzer && isNotExcluded config.UnusedOpensAnalyzerExclusions then
           checkUnusedOpens
-        if config.UnusedDeclarationsAnalyzer then
+        if
+          config.UnusedDeclarationsAnalyzer
+          && isNotExcluded config.UnusedDeclarationsAnalyzerExclusions
+        then
           checkUnusedDeclarations
-        if config.SimplifyNameAnalyzer then
+        if
+          config.SimplifyNameAnalyzer
+          && isNotExcluded config.SimplifyNameAnalyzerExclusions
+        then
           checkSimplifiedNames ]
 
     async {
@@ -324,6 +344,9 @@ type AdaptiveFSharpLspServer
         let file = volatileFile.FileName
 
         try
+          use progress = new ServerProgressReport(lspClient)
+          do! progress.Begin("Running analyzers...", message = UMX.untag file)
+
           Loggers.analyzers.info (
             Log.setMessage "begin analysis of {file}"
             >> Log.addContextDestructured "file" file
diff --git a/test/FsAutoComplete.Tests.Lsp/Helpers.fs b/test/FsAutoComplete.Tests.Lsp/Helpers.fs
index 104a5eeb3..0fa3240fd 100644
--- a/test/FsAutoComplete.Tests.Lsp/Helpers.fs
+++ b/test/FsAutoComplete.Tests.Lsp/Helpers.fs
@@ -236,8 +236,11 @@ let defaultConfigDto: FSharpConfigDto =
     RecordStubGenerationBody = None
     AddPrivateAccessModifier = None
     UnusedOpensAnalyzer = None
+    UnusedOpensAnalyzerExclusions = None
     UnusedDeclarationsAnalyzer = None
+    UnusedDeclarationsAnalyzerExclusions = None
     SimplifyNameAnalyzer = None
+    SimplifyNameAnalyzerExclusions = None
     ResolveNamespaces = None
     EnableReferenceCodeLens = None
     EnableAnalyzers = None