diff --git a/plugins/devel/check-structures-sanity/check-structures-sanity.h b/plugins/devel/check-structures-sanity/check-structures-sanity.h
index b173c45a0..7db57a6c6 100644
--- a/plugins/devel/check-structures-sanity/check-structures-sanity.h
+++ b/plugins/devel/check-structures-sanity/check-structures-sanity.h
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ public:
     bool unnamed;
     bool failfast;
     bool noprogress;
+    bool maybepointer;
 
     Checker(color_ostream & out);
     bool queue_item(const QueueItem & item, const CheckedStructure & cs);
diff --git a/plugins/devel/check-structures-sanity/dispatch.cpp b/plugins/devel/check-structures-sanity/dispatch.cpp
index bf06deb3c..77b16e39e 100644
--- a/plugins/devel/check-structures-sanity/dispatch.cpp
+++ b/plugins/devel/check-structures-sanity/dispatch.cpp
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ Checker::Checker(color_ostream & out) :
     sizes(false),
     unnamed(false),
     failfast(false),
-    noprogress(!out.is_console())
+    noprogress(!out.is_console()),
+    maybepointer(false)
 {
     Core::getInstance().p->getMemRanges(mapped);
 }
@@ -854,7 +855,7 @@ void Checker::check_stl_string(const QueueItem & item)
 }
 void Checker::check_possible_pointer(const QueueItem & item, const CheckedStructure & cs)
 {
-    if (sizes && uintptr_t(item.ptr) % sizeof(void *) == 0)
+    if (sizes && maybepointer && uintptr_t(item.ptr) % sizeof(void *) == 0)
     {
         auto ptr = validate_and_dereference<const void *>(item, true);
         QueueItem ptr_item(item, "?maybe_pointer?", ptr);
diff --git a/plugins/devel/check-structures-sanity/main.cpp b/plugins/devel/check-structures-sanity/main.cpp
index f29e8f201..c503412f6 100644
--- a/plugins/devel/check-structures-sanity/main.cpp
+++ b/plugins/devel/check-structures-sanity/main.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ DFhackCExport command_result plugin_init(color_ostream &, std::vector<PluginComm
         "-unnamed: report unnamed enum/bitfield values, not just undefined ones.\n"
         "-maxerrors n: set the maximum number of errors before bailing out.\n"
         "-failfast: crash if any error is encountered. useful only for debugging.\n"
+        "-maybepointer: report integers that might actually be pointers.\n"
         "starting_point: a lua expression or a word like 'screen', 'item', or 'building'. (defaults to df.global)\n"
         "\n"
         "by default, check-structures-sanity reports invalid pointers, vectors, strings, and vtables."
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ static command_result command(color_ostream & out, std::vector<std::string> & pa
     BOOL_PARAM(unnamed);
     BOOL_PARAM(failfast);
     BOOL_PARAM(noprogress);
+    BOOL_PARAM(maybepointer);
 #undef BOOL_PARAM
 
     if (parameters.size() > 1)