diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index dd4ef87381a76f439e00d960d50ca5ece156123f..556caf30a1403cf89248a99ec2ffb00fceaf5290 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ inline-quotes = "
 docstring-quotes = """
 multiline-quotes = """
 
+per-file-ignores =
+    examples/advection.py:B023
+
 # enable-flake8-bugbear
 
 [mypy]
diff --git a/test/test_distributed.py b/test/test_distributed.py
index 3970c403d2614d350d1b9cd59cbc93a074813fd7..c7604d6fa8ca4d5938f4bebe668dd18fb2f32f3e 100644
--- a/test/test_distributed.py
+++ b/test/test_distributed.py
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ def _do_test_distributed_execution_random_dag(ctx_factory):
 
             nonlocal comm_tag
             comm_tag += 1
-            tag = (comm_tag, _RandomDAGTag)
+            tag = (comm_tag, _RandomDAGTag)  # noqa: B023
 
             inner = make_random_dag(rdagc)
             return staple_distributed_send(
diff --git a/test/test_pytato.py b/test/test_pytato.py
index 1545384db37a5b39113c0ebd592e91c86cd8f51e..c6d3b1e11de21642a5349dbe8afecf6b4e436b16 100755
--- a/test/test_pytato.py
+++ b/test/test_pytato.py
@@ -817,7 +817,7 @@ def test_pickling_and_unpickling_is_equal():
 
         def make_dws_placeholder(expr):
             if isinstance(expr, pt.DataWrapper):
-                return pt.make_placeholder(vng("_pt_ph"),
+                return pt.make_placeholder(vng("_pt_ph"),  # noqa: B023
                                            expr.shape, expr.dtype)
             else:
                 return expr