diff --git a/pkg/apis/troubleshoot/v1beta2/analyzer_shared.go b/pkg/apis/troubleshoot/v1beta2/analyzer_shared.go
index e68ae1af..21f114fb 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/troubleshoot/v1beta2/analyzer_shared.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/troubleshoot/v1beta2/analyzer_shared.go
@@ -206,3 +206,79 @@ type Analyze struct {
 	WeaveReport              *WeaveReportAnalyze       `json:"weaveReport,omitempty" yaml:"weaveReport,omitempty"`
 	Sysctl                   *SysctlAnalyze            `json:"sysctl,omitempty" yaml:"sysctl,omitempty"`
 }
+
+func (a *Analyze) GetExclude() *multitype.BoolOrString {
+	if a.ClusterVersion != nil {
+		return a.ClusterVersion.Exclude
+	}
+	if a.StorageClass != nil {
+		return a.StorageClass.Exclude
+	}
+	if a.CustomResourceDefinition != nil {
+		return a.CustomResourceDefinition.Exclude
+	}
+	if a.Ingress != nil {
+		return a.Ingress.Exclude
+	}
+	if a.Secret != nil {
+		return a.Secret.Exclude
+	}
+	if a.ConfigMap != nil {
+		return a.ConfigMap.Exclude
+	}
+	if a.ImagePullSecret != nil {
+		return a.ImagePullSecret.Exclude
+	}
+	if a.DeploymentStatus != nil {
+		return a.DeploymentStatus.Exclude
+	}
+	if a.StatefulsetStatus != nil {
+		return a.StatefulsetStatus.Exclude
+	}
+	if a.JobStatus != nil {
+		return a.JobStatus.Exclude
+	}
+	if a.ReplicaSetStatus != nil {
+		return a.ReplicaSetStatus.Exclude
+	}
+	if a.ClusterPodStatuses != nil {
+		return a.ClusterPodStatuses.Exclude
+	}
+	if a.ContainerRuntime != nil {
+		return a.ContainerRuntime.Exclude
+	}
+	if a.Distribution != nil {
+		return a.Distribution.Exclude
+	}
+	if a.NodeResources != nil {
+		return a.NodeResources.Exclude
+	}
+	if a.TextAnalyze != nil {
+		return a.TextAnalyze.Exclude
+	}
+	if a.Postgres != nil {
+		return a.Postgres.Exclude
+	}
+	if a.Mysql != nil {
+		return a.Mysql.Exclude
+	}
+	if a.Redis != nil {
+		return a.Redis.Exclude
+	}
+	if a.CephStatus != nil {
+		return a.CephStatus.Exclude
+	}
+	if a.Longhorn != nil {
+		return a.Longhorn.Exclude
+	}
+	if a.RegistryImages != nil {
+		return a.RegistryImages.Exclude
+	}
+	if a.WeaveReport != nil {
+		return a.WeaveReport.Exclude
+	}
+	if a.Sysctl != nil {
+		return a.Sysctl.Exclude
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/preflight/util.go b/pkg/preflight/util.go
index 398b7bae..5df140d6 100644
--- a/pkg/preflight/util.go
+++ b/pkg/preflight/util.go
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ func hasStrictAnalyzer(analyzerMap map[string]interface{}) (bool, error) {
 		if err != nil {
 			return false, errors.Wrap(err, "error while un-marshalling marshalledAnalyzers")
 		}
+		if analyzeMeta.Exclude.BoolOrDefaultFalse() {
+			continue
+		}
 		if analyzeMeta.Strict.BoolOrDefaultFalse() {
 			return true, nil
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/preflight/util_test.go b/pkg/preflight/util_test.go
index 9805fa66..5569bb88 100644
--- a/pkg/preflight/util_test.go
+++ b/pkg/preflight/util_test.go
@@ -46,6 +46,16 @@ var (
 			StrVal: "1",
 		},
 	}
+	analyzeMetaStrictTrueExcludeTrue = troubleshootv1beta2.AnalyzeMeta{
+		Exclude: &multitype.BoolOrString{
+			Type:    multitype.Bool,
+			BoolVal: true,
+		},
+		Strict: &multitype.BoolOrString{
+			Type:    multitype.Bool,
+			BoolVal: true,
+		},
+	}
 )
 
 func TestHasStrictAnalyzers(t *testing.T) {
@@ -238,6 +248,36 @@ func TestHasStrictAnalyzers(t *testing.T) {
 			want:    true,
 			wantErr: false,
 		},
+		{
+			name: "expect false when preflight spec's analyzer has analyzer with strict true and exclude true",
+			preflight: &troubleshootv1beta2.Preflight{
+				Spec: troubleshootv1beta2.PreflightSpec{
+					Analyzers: []*troubleshootv1beta2.Analyze{
+						{
+							ClusterVersion: &troubleshootv1beta2.ClusterVersion{AnalyzeMeta: analyzeMetaStrictTrueExcludeTrue},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			want:    false,
+			wantErr: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "expect true when preflight spec's analyzer has analyzer with strict true in one of multiple analyzers, but one analyzer with strict true is exclude true",
+			preflight: &troubleshootv1beta2.Preflight{
+				Spec: troubleshootv1beta2.PreflightSpec{
+					Analyzers: []*troubleshootv1beta2.Analyze{
+						{
+							ClusterVersion: &troubleshootv1beta2.ClusterVersion{AnalyzeMeta: analyzeMetaStrictTrueExcludeTrue},
+							StorageClass:   &troubleshootv1beta2.StorageClass{AnalyzeMeta: analyzeMetaStrictFalseInt},
+							Secret:         &troubleshootv1beta2.AnalyzeSecret{AnalyzeMeta: analyzeMetaStrictTrueBool},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			want:    true,
+			wantErr: false,
+		},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {