diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4de96ae..b4e5918 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
   ],
   "scripts": {
     "build": "rm -rf dist && tsc",
+    "prepack": "yarn build",
     "test": "jest",
     "test:ci": "jest --ci"
   },
diff --git a/src/__test__/analyze.test.ts b/src/__test__/analyze.test.ts
index 34663cd..ac3016e 100644
--- a/src/__test__/analyze.test.ts
+++ b/src/__test__/analyze.test.ts
@@ -53,6 +53,33 @@ describe("analyze", () => {
     ]);
   });
 
+  it("should ignore private if not wanted", () => {
+    const project = new Project({ useInMemoryFileSystem: true });
+    project.createSourceFile(
+      "foo.ts",
+      `
+        class A {
+          x = 1,
+
+          fn() {
+            return this.x;
+          }
+        }
+        `
+    );
+    getConfigMock.mockReturnValue({
+      ignoreCouldBePrivate: true
+    });
+    assertResults(analyze(project), [
+      {
+        class: "A",
+        member: "fn",
+        reason: "unused",
+      },
+    ]);
+  });
+
+
   it("should check references in all files", () => {
     const project = new Project({ useInMemoryFileSystem: true });
     project.createSourceFile(
diff --git a/src/analyze.ts b/src/analyze.ts
index 5f1671d..9b7f0f7 100644
--- a/src/analyze.ts
+++ b/src/analyze.ts
@@ -220,7 +220,10 @@ export const analyze = (project: t.Project): IOffendingMembers[] => {
 
         // At this point, we knew the member is referenced somewhere, so if
         // it's already private then there's nothing to do here.
-        if (member.getScope() === t.Scope.Private) {
+        if (
+          member.getScope() === t.Scope.Private ||
+          config.ignoreCouldBePrivate
+        ) {
           continue;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/config.ts b/src/config.ts
index 162b0f5..38adccf 100644
--- a/src/config.ts
+++ b/src/config.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ interface ICliConfig {
   fix?: boolean | undefined;
   path?: string;
   ignoreFileRegex?: string;
+  ignoreCouldBePrivate?: boolean | undefined;
 }
 
 interface IConfig extends ICliConfig {
@@ -33,6 +34,10 @@ const cliConfig = yargs(process.argv.slice(2))
       type: "string",
       describe: "Regex pattern for excluding files",
     },
+    ignoreCouldBePrivate: {
+      type: "boolean",
+      describe: "Don't report members that are public but could be private",
+    }
   })
   .hide("fix")
   .help().argv;