diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index bb3883d..72578db 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@ workflows:
             - build-gcc
           oid_test_args: "-ftype-graph"
           tests_regex: "OidIntegration\\..*"
-          exclude_regex: ".*inheritance_polymorphic.*"
+          exclude_regex: ".*inheritance_polymorphic.*|.*pointers_incomplete_containing_struct|.*ignored_a|.*arrays_member_int0"
       - test:
           name: test-typed-data-segment-gcc
           requires:
             - build-gcc
           oid_test_args: "-ftyped-data-segment"
           tests_regex: "OidIntegration\\..*"
-          exclude_regex: ".*inheritance_polymorphic.*|.*cycles_.*"
+          exclude_regex: ".*inheritance_polymorphic.*|.*pointers.*|.*ignored_a|.*arrays_member_int0|.*cycles_.*"
       - coverage:
           name: coverage
           requires:
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ workflows:
           oid_test_args: "-ftype-graph"
           tests_regex: "OidIntegration\\..*"
           # Tests disabled due to bad DWARF generated by the old clang compiler in CI
-          exclude_regex: ".*inheritance_polymorphic.*|.*fbstring.*|.*std_string_*|.*multi_arg_tb_.*|.*ignored_a"
+          exclude_regex: ".*inheritance_polymorphic.*|.*pointers_incomplete_containing_struct|.*arrays_member_int0|.*fbstring.*|.*std_string_*|.*multi_arg_tb_.*|.*ignored_a"
 
 executors:
   ubuntu-docker:
diff --git a/oi/OID.cpp b/oi/OID.cpp
index 0ed3f29..50673f0 100644
--- a/oi/OID.cpp
+++ b/oi/OID.cpp
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ constexpr static OIOpts opts{
         "Dump the data segment's content, before TreeBuilder processes it\n"
         "Each argument gets its own dump file: 'dataseg.<oid-pid>.<arg>.dump'"},
     OIOpt{'a', "log-all-structs", no_argument, nullptr, "Log all structures"},
-    OIOpt{'m', "mode", required_argument, "[prod]",
+    OIOpt{'m', "mode", required_argument, "MODE",
           "Allows to specify a mode of operation/group of settings"},
     OIOpt{'f', "enable-feature", required_argument, "FEATURE",
           "Enable feature"},
@@ -156,6 +156,14 @@ void usage() {
   std::cerr << opts << std::endl;
   featuresHelp(std::cerr);
 
+  std::cerr << std::endl << "MODES SUMMARY" << std::endl;
+  std::cerr << "  prod    Disable drgn, enable remote caching, and chase raw "
+               "pointers."
+            << std::endl;
+  std::cerr << "  strict  Enable additional fatal error conditions such as "
+               "TreeBuilder reading too little data."
+            << std::endl;
+
   std::cerr << "\n\tFor problem reporting, questions and general comments "
                "please pop along"
                "\n\tto the Object Introspection Workplace group at "
@@ -254,6 +262,7 @@ struct Config {
   bool genPaddingStats = true;
   bool attachToProcess = true;
   bool hardDisableDrgn = false;
+  bool strict = false;
 };
 
 }  // namespace Oid
@@ -292,6 +301,7 @@ static ExitStatus::ExitStatus runScript(
   }
   oid->setCustomCodeFile(oidConfig.customCodeFile);
   oid->setHardDisableDrgn(oidConfig.hardDisableDrgn);
+  oid->setStrict(oidConfig.strict);
 
   VLOG(1) << "OIDebugger constructor took " << std::dec
           << time_ns(time_hr::now() - progStart) << " nsecs";
@@ -497,6 +507,8 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
           oidConfig.cacheRemoteDownload = true;
           oidConfig.cacheBasePath = "/tmp/oid-cache";
           features[Feature::ChaseRawPointers] = true;
+        } else if (strcmp("strict", optarg) == 0) {
+          oidConfig.strict = true;
         } else {
           LOG(ERROR) << "Invalid mode: " << optarg << " specified!";
           usage();
diff --git a/oi/OIDebugger.h b/oi/OIDebugger.h
index 483012b..b22c666 100644
--- a/oi/OIDebugger.h
+++ b/oi/OIDebugger.h
@@ -104,6 +104,9 @@ class OIDebugger {
   void setHardDisableDrgn(bool val) {
     symbols->setHardDisableDrgn(val);
   }
+  void setStrict(bool val) {
+    treeBuilderConfig.strict = val;
+  }
 
   bool uploadCache() {
     return std::all_of(
diff --git a/oi/TreeBuilder.cpp b/oi/TreeBuilder.cpp
index 6655f46..a99f3f8 100644
--- a/oi/TreeBuilder.cpp
+++ b/oi/TreeBuilder.cpp
@@ -254,6 +254,11 @@ void TreeBuilder::build(const std::vector<uint64_t>& data,
 
   // Were all object sizes consumed?
   if (oidDataIndex != oidData->size()) {
+    if (config.strict) {
+      LOG(FATAL) << "some object sizes not consumed and OID is in strict mode!"
+                 << "reported: " << oidData->size() << " consumed "
+                 << oidDataIndex;
+    }
     LOG(WARNING) << "WARNING: some object sizes not consumed;"
                  << "object tree may be inaccurate. "
                  << "reported: " << oidData->size() << " consumed "
diff --git a/oi/TreeBuilder.h b/oi/TreeBuilder.h
index ec5063c..05da4d9 100644
--- a/oi/TreeBuilder.h
+++ b/oi/TreeBuilder.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ class TreeBuilder {
     bool logAllStructs;
     bool dumpDataSegment;
     std::optional<std::string> jsonPath;
+    bool strict;
   };
 
   TreeBuilder(Config);
diff --git a/test/integration/runner_common.cpp b/test/integration/runner_common.cpp
index 98c9127..2ad7aa7 100644
--- a/test/integration/runner_common.cpp
+++ b/test/integration/runner_common.cpp
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ OidProc OidIntegration::runOidOnProcess(OidOpts opts,
       "--dump-json"s,
       "--config-file"s, thisConfig.string(),
       "--script-source"s, opts.scriptSource,
+      "--mode=strict"s,
       "--pid"s, std::to_string(targetProcess.id()),
   };
   // clang-format on