diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 44b45eda..d18aa1a3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -207,7 +207,8 @@ No configuration is necessary, however, you can create a config file and overrid
 ```yaml
 # supported options are "docker" and "podman"
 container-engine: docker
-
+# continue with analysis even if there are errors parsing the image archive
+ignore-errors: false
 log:
   enabled: true
   path: ./dive.log
diff --git a/cmd/analyze.go b/cmd/analyze.go
index e6d7e8cc..49883d67 100644
--- a/cmd/analyze.go
+++ b/cmd/analyze.go
@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@ package cmd
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 	"github.com/wagoodman/dive/dive"
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 	"github.com/wagoodman/dive/runtime"
 )
 
@@ -56,11 +57,17 @@ func doAnalyzeCmd(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		imageStr = userImage
 	}
 
+	ignoreErrors, err := cmd.PersistentFlags().GetBool("ignore-errors")
+	if err != nil {
+		logrus.Error("unable to get 'ignore-errors' option:", err)
+	}
+
 	runtime.Run(runtime.Options{
-		Ci:         isCi,
-		Source:     sourceType,
-		Image:      imageStr,
-		ExportFile: exportFile,
-		CiConfig:   ciConfig,
+		Ci:           isCi,
+		Source:       sourceType,
+		Image:        imageStr,
+		ExportFile:   exportFile,
+		CiConfig:     ciConfig,
+		IgnoreErrors: viper.GetBool("ignore-errors") || ignoreErrors,
 	})
 }
diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index 707c556d..6f714977 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ func initCli() {
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&cfgFile, "config", "", "config file (default is $HOME/.dive.yaml, ~/.config/dive/*.yaml, or $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/dive.yaml)")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().String("source", "docker", "The container engine to fetch the image from. Allowed values: "+strings.Join(dive.ImageSources, ", "))
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolP("version", "v", false, "display version number")
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolP("ignore-errors", "i", false, "ignore image parsing errors and run the analysis anyway")
 	rootCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&isCi, "ci", false, "Skip the interactive TUI and validate against CI rules (same as env var CI=true)")
 	rootCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&exportFile, "json", "j", "", "Skip the interactive TUI and write the layer analysis statistics to a given file.")
 	rootCmd.Flags().StringVar(&ciConfigFile, "ci-config", ".dive-ci", "If CI=true in the environment, use the given yaml to drive validation rules.")
@@ -62,6 +63,9 @@ func initCli() {
 		}
 	}
 
+	if err := ciConfig.BindPFlag("ignore-errors", rootCmd.PersistentFlags().Lookup("ignore-errors")); err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Unable to bind 'ignore-errors' flag: %v", err)
+	}
 }
 
 // initConfig reads in config file and ENV variables if set.
@@ -98,6 +102,7 @@ func initConfig() {
 	viper.SetDefault("filetree.show-attributes", true)
 
 	viper.SetDefault("container-engine", "docker")
+	viper.SetDefault("ignore-errors", false)
 
 	err = viper.BindPFlag("source", rootCmd.PersistentFlags().Lookup("source"))
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/runtime/options.go b/runtime/options.go
index 5554a228..e0a36766 100644
--- a/runtime/options.go
+++ b/runtime/options.go
@@ -6,10 +6,11 @@ import (
 )
 
 type Options struct {
-	Ci         bool
-	Image      string
-	Source     dive.ImageSource
-	ExportFile string
-	CiConfig   *viper.Viper
-	BuildArgs  []string
+	Ci           bool
+	Image        string
+	Source       dive.ImageSource
+	IgnoreErrors bool
+	ExportFile   string
+	CiConfig     *viper.Viper
+	BuildArgs    []string
 }
diff --git a/runtime/run.go b/runtime/run.go
index dce54a92..4ffb5ccf 100644
--- a/runtime/run.go
+++ b/runtime/run.go
@@ -93,8 +93,10 @@ func run(enableUi bool, options Options, imageResolver image.Resolver, events ev
 			for _, err := range errors {
 				events.message("  " + err.Error())
 			}
-			events.exitWithError(fmt.Errorf("file tree has path errors"))
-			return
+			if !options.IgnoreErrors {
+				events.exitWithError(fmt.Errorf("file tree has path errors (use '--ignore-errors' to attempt to continue)"))
+				return
+			}
 		}
 
 		if enableUi {