diff --git a/changelog.d/9370.misc b/changelog.d/9370.misc
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+Explicitly select flake8 checks (as opposed to the defaults).
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diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
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+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -10,14 +10,36 @@ ignore =
     tox.ini
 
 [flake8]
-# see https://pycodestyle.readthedocs.io/en/latest/intro.html#error-codes
-# for error codes. The ones we ignore are:
-#  W503: line break before binary operator
-#  W504: line break after binary operator
-#  E203: whitespace before ':' (which is contrary to pep8?)
-#  E731: do not assign a lambda expression, use a def
-#  E501: Line too long (black enforces this for us)
-ignore=W503,W504,E203,E731,E501
+select=
+    # Errors and Warnings
+    # https://pycodestyle.readthedocs.io/en/latest/intro.html#error-codes
+    E, W
+    # pyflakes
+    # https://flake8.pycqa.org/en/latest/user/error-codes.html
+    F
+    # mccabe
+    # https://github.com/pycqa/mccabe#plugin-for-flake8
+    # (not enabled unless max-complexity is set)
+    C90
+    # flake8-comprehensions
+    # https://github.com/adamchainz/flake8-comprehensions#rules
+    C4
+
+# Ignored checks take precedence over selected checks.
+# Please also include a description as to why to include these, if possible.
+ignore=
+    # "line break before binary operator"
+    W503
+    # "line break after binary operator"
+    W504
+    # "Whitespace before ':'"
+    # (Used to circumvent colon-in-slice-index false-positives, see #9368)
+    E203
+    # "Do not assign a lambda expression, use a def"
+    E731
+    # "Line too long"
+    # (No need to check with flake8, black enforces this for us)
+    E501
 
 [isort]
 line_length = 88