diff --git a/gui/mainwindow.cpp b/gui/mainwindow.cpp
index 15f3e8e0665..3fd4d702a76 100644
--- a/gui/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/gui/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -559,13 +559,24 @@ void MainWindow::saveSettings() const
     mUI->mResults->saveSettings(mSettings);
 }
 
-void MainWindow::doAnalyzeProject(ImportProject p, const bool checkLib, const bool checkConfig)
+void MainWindow::doAnalyzeProject(ImportProject p, const bool checkLib, const bool checkConfig, const QStringList& recheckFiles)
 {
     Settings checkSettings;
     auto supprs = std::make_shared<Suppressions>();
     if (!getCppcheckSettings(checkSettings, *supprs))
         return;
 
+    // filter requested files
+    if (!recheckFiles.isEmpty()) {
+        QSet<QString> filesToCheck;
+        for (const QString& file : recheckFiles) {
+            filesToCheck.insert(file);
+        }
+        p.fileSettings.remove_if([&](const FileSettings& fs) {
+            return !filesToCheck.contains(QString::fromStdString(fs.filename()));
+        });
+    }
+
     clearResults();
 
     mIsLogfileLoaded = false;
@@ -1958,7 +1969,7 @@ void MainWindow::analyzeProject(const ProjectFile *projectFile, const QStringLis
             msg.exec();
             return;
         }
-        doAnalyzeProject(p, checkLib, checkConfig);  // TODO: avoid copy
+        doAnalyzeProject(p, checkLib, checkConfig, recheckFiles);  // TODO: avoid copy
         return;
     }
 
diff --git a/gui/mainwindow.h b/gui/mainwindow.h
index febd3a41d4c..c654a2c94f0 100644
--- a/gui/mainwindow.h
+++ b/gui/mainwindow.h
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ private slots:
      * @param checkLib Flag to indicate if library should be checked
      * @param checkConfig Flag to indicate if the configuration should be checked.
      */
-    void doAnalyzeProject(ImportProject p, bool checkLib = false, bool checkConfig = false);
+    void doAnalyzeProject(ImportProject p, bool checkLib = false, bool checkConfig = false, const QStringList& recheckFiles = QStringList());
 
     /**
      * @brief Analyze all files specified in parameter files