diff --git a/cli/cmdlineparser.cpp b/cli/cmdlineparser.cpp
index b8aeaa5a0..16a15b4c8 100644
--- a/cli/cmdlineparser.cpp
+++ b/cli/cmdlineparser.cpp
@@ -159,6 +159,11 @@ bool CmdLineParser::parseFromArgs(int argc, const char* const argv[])
             else if (std::strncmp(argv[i], "--max-ctu-depth=", 16) == 0)
                 mSettings->maxCtuDepth = std::atoi(argv[i] + 16);
 
+            else if (std::strcmp(argv[i], "--experimental-fast") == 0)
+                // Skip slow simplifications and see how that affect the results, the
+                // goal is to remove the simplifications.
+                mSettings->experimentalFast = true;
+
             // (Experimental) exception handling inside cppcheck client
             else if (std::strcmp(argv[i], "--exception-handling") == 0)
                 mSettings->exceptionHandling = true;
diff --git a/lib/cppcheck.cpp b/lib/cppcheck.cpp
index 964948aba..aaada68da 100644
--- a/lib/cppcheck.cpp
+++ b/lib/cppcheck.cpp
@@ -436,12 +436,14 @@ unsigned int CppCheck::checkFile(const std::string& filename, const std::string
 
                 // simplify more if required, skip rest of iteration if failed
                 if (mSimplify) {
-                    // if further simplification fails then skip rest of iteration
-                    Timer timer3("Tokenizer::simplifyTokenList2", mSettings.showtime, &S_timerResults);
-                    result = mTokenizer.simplifyTokenList2();
-                    timer3.Stop();
-                    if (!result)
-                        continue;
+                    if (!mSettings.experimentalFast) {
+                        // if further simplification fails then skip rest of iteration
+                        Timer timer3("Tokenizer::simplifyTokenList2", mSettings.showtime, &S_timerResults);
+                        result = mTokenizer.simplifyTokenList2();
+                        timer3.Stop();
+                        if (!result)
+                            continue;
+                    }
 
                     // Check simplified tokens
                     checkSimplifiedTokens(mTokenizer);
diff --git a/lib/settings.cpp b/lib/settings.cpp
index be82f15db..6d692dc1f 100644
--- a/lib/settings.cpp
+++ b/lib/settings.cpp
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ Settings::Settings()
       jointSuppressionReport(false),
       maxCtuDepth(2),
       experimental(false),
+      experimentalFast(false),
       quiet(false),
       inlineSuppressions(false),
       verbose(false),
diff --git a/lib/settings.h b/lib/settings.h
index 0a7932bd3..b39ba49d7 100644
--- a/lib/settings.h
+++ b/lib/settings.h
@@ -111,6 +111,11 @@ public:
      */
     bool experimental;
 
+    /** Experimental "fast" checking. We skip slow simplifications. The
+     * goal is that there will not be significant effect on the results
+     * and that we can remove the slow simplifications. */
+    bool experimentalFast;
+
     /** @brief Is --quiet given? */
     bool quiet;