diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index e3f4b1fbd2..3bace25981 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ extension-pkg-whitelist=
 
 # Add list of files or directories to be excluded. They should be base names, not
 # paths.
-ignore=CVS,gen,Dockerfile,docker-compose.yml,README.md,requirements.txt,cortex-config.yml
-
+# ignore=CVS,gen,Dockerfile,docker-compose.yml,README.md,requirements.txt,cortex-config.yml
+ignore=CVS,gen
 # Add files or directories matching the regex patterns to be excluded. The
 # regex matches against base names, not paths.
-ignore-patterns=
+ignore-patterns=*/examples/
 
 # Python code to execute, usually for sys.path manipulation such as
 # pygtk.require().