diff --git a/docs/source/command_line.rst b/docs/source/command_line.rst
index b455e287017e..dab4d6885159 100644
--- a/docs/source/command_line.rst
+++ b/docs/source/command_line.rst
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ definitions or calls.
 
 .. option:: --untyped-calls-exclude
 
-    This flag allows to selectively disable :option:`--disallow-untyped-calls`
+    This flag allows one to selectively disable :option:`--disallow-untyped-calls`
     for functions and methods defined in specific packages, modules, or classes.
     Note that each exclude entry acts as a prefix. For example (assuming there
     are no type annotations for ``third_party_lib`` available):
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ potentially problematic or redundant in some way.
 
 .. option:: --deprecated-calls-exclude
 
-    This flag allows to selectively disable :ref:`deprecated<code-deprecated>` warnings
+    This flag allows one to selectively disable :ref:`deprecated<code-deprecated>` warnings
     for functions and methods defined in specific packages, modules, or classes.
     Note that each exclude entry acts as a prefix. For example (assuming ``foo.A.func`` is deprecated):
 
@@ -754,8 +754,10 @@ of the above sections.
     strict will catch type errors as long as intentional methods like type ignore
     or casting were not used.)
 
-    Note: the :option:`--warn-unreachable` flag
-    is not automatically enabled by the strict flag.
+    Note: the :option:`--warn-unreachable` flag, among others, is not
+    enabled by the strict flag. If you are interested in enabling even more
+    useful checks, you may be interested in :option:`--enable-all-error-codes`
+    and/or :option:`--enable-error-code`.
 
     The strict flag does not take precedence over other strict-related flags.
     Directly specifying a flag of alternate behavior will override the
@@ -768,7 +770,7 @@ of the above sections.
 
 .. option:: --disable-error-code
 
-    This flag allows disabling one or multiple error codes globally.
+    This flag disables one or multiple error codes globally.
     See :ref:`error-codes` for more information.
 
     .. code-block:: python
@@ -783,7 +785,7 @@ of the above sections.
 
 .. option:: --enable-error-code
 
-    This flag allows enabling one or multiple error codes globally.
+    This flag enables one or multiple error codes globally.
     See :ref:`error-codes` for more information.
 
     Note: This flag will override disabled error codes from the
@@ -799,6 +801,30 @@ of the above sections.
         x = 'a string'
         x.trim()  # error: "str" has no attribute "trim"  [attr-defined]
 
+.. option:: --enable-all-error-codes
+
+    This flag enables all of the error codes for mypy,
+    including the optional ones that are off by default.
+    See :ref:`error-codes` and :ref:`error-codes-optional`
+    for more information.
+
+    (Unlike the other flag for error code enablement, these can be countermanded
+    with :option:`--disable-error-code`.)
+
+    Note that future releases of mypy will likely introduce more error codes,
+    so the effective result of using this flag will change from release to
+    release.
+
+    While often useful, keep in mind that this flag will enable **all** error
+    codes, including any that may be experimental, wrongheaded, or
+    contradictory.
+
+    Enabling all codes is not the same as enabling all checks that mypy could
+    perform; for example, :option:`--strict-bytes` is not enabled by this flag.
+    However, :option:`--strict` and :option:`--enable-all-error-codes` used in
+    tandem should be sufficient to get you virtually every useful check mypy
+    can perform.
+
 .. _configuring-error-messages:
 
 Configuring error messages
diff --git a/docs/source/config_file.rst b/docs/source/config_file.rst
index de51f0c796fd..be3d3721dd21 100644
--- a/docs/source/config_file.rst
+++ b/docs/source/config_file.rst
@@ -761,6 +761,15 @@ section of the command line docs.
 
     Note: This option will override disabled error codes from the disable_error_code option.
 
+.. confval:: enable_all_error_codes
+
+    :type: boolean
+    :default: False
+
+    Enables all mypy error codes.
+
+    Note: This option will be overridden by disabled error codes from the disable_error_code option.
+
 .. confval:: extra_checks
 
    :type: boolean
diff --git a/docs/source/error_code_list.rst b/docs/source/error_code_list.rst
index 49cb8a0c06c1..7e8dd445c584 100644
--- a/docs/source/error_code_list.rst
+++ b/docs/source/error_code_list.rst
@@ -1003,8 +1003,8 @@ Warn about top level await expressions [top-level-await]
 This error code is separate from the general ``[syntax]`` errors, because in
 some environments (e.g. IPython) a top level ``await`` is allowed. In such
 environments a user may want to use ``--disable-error-code=top-level-await``,
-that allows to still have errors for other improper uses of ``await``, for
-example:
+which allows one to still have errors for other improper uses of ``await``,
+for example:
 
 .. code-block:: python
 
diff --git a/docs/source/error_code_list2.rst b/docs/source/error_code_list2.rst
index dfe2e30874f7..6dee37c595b9 100644
--- a/docs/source/error_code_list2.rst
+++ b/docs/source/error_code_list2.rst
@@ -458,9 +458,12 @@ Example:
         # Error: unused "type: ignore" comment
         return a + b  # type: ignore
 
-Note that due to a specific nature of this comment, the only way to selectively
-silence it, is to include the error code explicitly. Also note that this error is
-not shown if the ``# type: ignore`` is not used due to code being statically
+Mypy errors can typically be silenced by putting a ``# type: ignore`` comment after them,
+but because this is *already* a ``# type: ignore`` comment, the only way to selectively
+silence it is to include the error code explicitly, making the comment
+``# type: ignore[unused-ignore]``.
+
+This error is not shown if the ``# type: ignore`` is not used due to code being statically
 unreachable (e.g. due to platform or version checks).
 
 Example:
diff --git a/docs/source/error_codes.rst b/docs/source/error_codes.rst
index 485d70cb59bc..91c956d73702 100644
--- a/docs/source/error_codes.rst
+++ b/docs/source/error_codes.rst
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ and :option:`--disable-error-code <mypy --disable-error-code>`
 to enable or disable specific error codes that don't have a dedicated
 command-line flag or config file setting.
 
+:option:`--enable-all-error-codes <mypy --enable-all-error-codes>` enables
+all optional error codes. (Unlike the other flag for error code enablement,
+these can be countermanded with :option:`--disable-error-code <mypy --disable-error-code>`.)
+
 Per-module enabling/disabling error codes
 -----------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/docs/source/mypy_daemon.rst b/docs/source/mypy_daemon.rst
index 6c511e14eb95..e0fc8129a0b8 100644
--- a/docs/source/mypy_daemon.rst
+++ b/docs/source/mypy_daemon.rst
@@ -252,16 +252,16 @@ command.
 Statically inspect expressions
 ******************************
 
-The daemon allows to get declared or inferred type of an expression (or other
+The daemon allows one to get the declared or inferred type of an expression (or other
 information about an expression, such as known attributes or definition location)
-using ``dmypy inspect LOCATION`` command. The location of the expression should be
+using the ``dmypy inspect LOCATION`` command. The location of the expression should be
 specified in the format ``path/to/file.py:line:column[:end_line:end_column]``.
 Both line and column are 1-based. Both start and end position are inclusive.
 These rules match how mypy prints the error location in error messages.
 
 If a span is given (i.e. all 4 numbers), then only an exactly matching expression
 is inspected. If only a position is given (i.e. 2 numbers, line and column), mypy
-will inspect all *expressions*, that include this position, starting from the
+will inspect all expressions that include this position, starting from the
 innermost one.
 
 Consider this Python code snippet:
diff --git a/mypy/main.py b/mypy/main.py
index b2abf06897de..26fcfbe8a2e2 100644
--- a/mypy/main.py
+++ b/mypy/main.py
@@ -953,6 +953,12 @@ def add_invertible_flag(
         default=[],
         help="Enable a specific error code",
     )
+    strictness_group.add_argument(
+        "--enable-all-error-codes",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="Enable all error codes. Unlike the other flag for error code enablement,"
+        + " these can be countermanded by --disable-error-code",
+    )
 
     error_group = parser.add_argument_group(
         title="Configuring error messages",
diff --git a/mypy/options.py b/mypy/options.py
index 52afd27211ed..91014e3b5ebb 100644
--- a/mypy/options.py
+++ b/mypy/options.py
@@ -254,6 +254,7 @@ def __init__(self) -> None:
         # Error codes to enable
         self.enable_error_code: list[str] = []
         self.enabled_error_codes: set[ErrorCode] = set()
+        self.enable_all_error_codes = False
 
         # Use script name instead of __main__
         self.scripts_are_modules = False
@@ -456,6 +457,13 @@ def process_error_codes(self, *, error_callback: Callable[[str], Any]) -> None:
         # Enabling an error code always overrides disabling
         self.disabled_error_codes -= self.enabled_error_codes
 
+        # enable_all_error_codes codes can be countermanded by disabled_error_codes, which
+        # can in turn be countermanded by enabled_error_codes. But we've just computed the
+        # latter countermanding, so we can use the set of disabled_error_codes that weren't
+        # countermanded to figure out what to really turn off.
+        if self.enable_all_error_codes:
+            self.enabled_error_codes = set(error_codes.values()) - self.disabled_error_codes
+
     def process_incomplete_features(
         self, *, error_callback: Callable[[str], Any], warning_callback: Callable[[str], Any]
     ) -> None:
diff --git a/mypy/traverser.py b/mypy/traverser.py
index 7d7794822396..3c249391bdf8 100644
--- a/mypy/traverser.py
+++ b/mypy/traverser.py
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ class ExtendedTraverserVisitor(TraverserVisitor):
     In addition to the base traverser it:
         * has visit_ methods for leaf nodes
         * has common method that is called for all nodes
-        * allows to skip recursing into a node
+        * allows skipping recursing into a node
 
     Note that this traverser still doesn't visit some internal
     mypy constructs like _promote expression and Var.
diff --git a/test-data/unit/check-flags.test b/test-data/unit/check-flags.test
index 2a75b465099b..e0fa52ed1126 100644
--- a/test-data/unit/check-flags.test
+++ b/test-data/unit/check-flags.test
@@ -2467,3 +2467,78 @@ A = Union[C, List]  # OK
 -- check_untyped_defs is False by default.
 def f():
     x: int = "no"  # N: By default the bodies of untyped functions are not checked, consider using --check-untyped-defs
+
+[case testSpotCheckEnableAllErrorCodes]
+# flags: --enable-all-error-codes
+# It would be annoying to check every error here, so let's just check a couple.
+from typing_extensions import override
+
+class Parent:
+    def f(self, x: int) -> None:
+        pass
+
+    def g(self, y: int) -> None:
+        pass
+
+class Child(Parent):
+    def f(self, x: int) -> None: # E: Method "f" is not using @override but is overriding a method in class "__main__.Parent"
+        pass
+
+    @override
+    def g(self, y: int) -> None: #type: ignore # E: Unused "type: ignore" comment # E: "type: ignore" comment without error code
+        pass
+[builtins fixtures/tuple-simple.pyi]
+
+[case testSpotCheckEnableAllErrorCodesNot]
+# This test case exists purely to ensure that the testSpotCheckErrorCodeAll test does not become obsolete.
+# (For example, if all the errors expected by testSpotCheckErrorCodeAll get turned on by default, then
+#  the testSpotCheckErrorCodeAll test would fail to guarantee the enablement of any additional errors!
+#  (hint: if that does happen, breaking this test, then consider changing these two tests to pick *different*,
+#   not-enabled-by-default, error codes. Also, testSpotCheckEnableAllErrorCodesConfig.))
+from typing_extensions import override
+
+class Parent:
+    def f(self, x: int) -> None:
+        pass
+
+    def g(self, y: int) -> None:
+        pass
+
+class Child(Parent):
+    def f(self, x: int) -> None:
+        pass
+
+    @override
+    def g(self, y: int) -> None: #type: ignore
+        pass
+[builtins fixtures/tuple-simple.pyi]
+
+[case testSpotCheckEnableAllErrorCodesConfig]
+# flags: --config-file tmp/mypy.ini
+# This test just makes sure that the user can still countermand
+# enable_all_error_codes on a more-specific level.
+import tests.foo
+import bar
+[file bar.py]
+def foo() -> int: ...
+if foo: ...  # E: Function "foo" could always be true in boolean context
+42 + "no"  # type: ignore  # E: "type: ignore" comment without error code (consider "type: ignore[operator]" instead)
+[file tests/__init__.py]
+[file tests/foo.py]
+def foo() -> int: ...
+if foo: ...  # E: Function "foo" could always be true in boolean context
+42 + "no"  # type: ignore
+[file mypy.ini]
+\[mypy]
+enable_all_error_codes = True
+
+\[mypy-tests.*]
+disable_error_code = ignore-without-code
+
+[case testSpotCheckEnableAllErrorCodesCountermand]
+# flags: --enable-all-error-codes --disable-error-code unused-ignore
+x = 2 # type: ignore # E: "type: ignore" comment without error code
+
+[case testSpotCheckEnableAllErrorCodesCountermandCountermand]
+# flags: --enable-all-error-codes --disable-error-code ignore-without-code --disable-error-code unused-ignore --enable-error-code ignore-without-code
+x = 2 # type: ignore # E: "type: ignore" comment without error code
diff --git a/test-data/unit/fixtures/tuple-simple.pyi b/test-data/unit/fixtures/tuple-simple.pyi
index 07f9edf63cdd..6a16fbd510bc 100644
--- a/test-data/unit/fixtures/tuple-simple.pyi
+++ b/test-data/unit/fixtures/tuple-simple.pyi
@@ -19,3 +19,6 @@ class function: pass
 class int: pass
 class str: pass # For convenience
 class dict: pass
+
+# Had to define this for testSpotCheckErrorCodeAll*, for whatever reason:
+class ellipsis: pass