diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 61faf8e335ca..e7a57f383e87 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -138,6 +138,10 @@ For example, to scan a  `git` repository, start with
 $ trufflehog git https://github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog.git
 ```
 
+Exit Codes:
+- 0: No errors and no results were found.
+- 1: An error was encountered. Sources may not have completed scans.
+- 183: No errors were encountered, but results were found. Will only be returned if `--fail` flag is used.
 
 #### Scanning an organization
 
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 284afa633528..62eb7d1c6a47 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -25,3 +25,4 @@ runs:
     - ${{ inputs.base }}
     - --branch
     - ${{ inputs.head }}
+    - --fail
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 479838d1ddb4..f6ef42ce4677 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ module github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/v3
 
 go 1.17
 
-replace github.com/jpillora/overseer => github.com/trufflesecurity/overseer v1.1.7-custom4
+replace github.com/jpillora/overseer => github.com/trufflesecurity/overseer v1.1.7-custom5
 
 replace github.com/zricethezav/gitleaks/v8 => github.com/trufflesecurity/gitleaks/v8 v8.6.1-custom3
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d5b69684183e..15a790906777 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -449,8 +449,8 @@ github.com/tailscale/depaware v0.0.0-20210622194025-720c4b409502 h1:34icjjmqJ2HP
 github.com/tailscale/depaware v0.0.0-20210622194025-720c4b409502/go.mod h1:p9lPsd+cx33L3H9nNoecRRxPssFKUwwI50I3pZ0yT+8=
 github.com/trufflesecurity/gitleaks/v8 v8.6.1-custom3 h1:Xc61NkfI7aDHd8eHa0gglK0ZVF5UF54M4u4C5tuAKcw=
 github.com/trufflesecurity/gitleaks/v8 v8.6.1-custom3/go.mod h1:Em2rda83ePrhmaX4ZdvNjnUADRiOJirEAqln0ZtN8og=
-github.com/trufflesecurity/overseer v1.1.7-custom4 h1:5ed5+2+N3ZaW7oc4n7PIjkybGHUZmdCH9iAztB/2+Cc=
-github.com/trufflesecurity/overseer v1.1.7-custom4/go.mod h1:nT9w37AiO1Nop2VhVhNfzAFaPjthvxgpDV3XKsxYkcI=
+github.com/trufflesecurity/overseer v1.1.7-custom5 h1:xu+Fg6fkSRifUPzUCl7N8HmobJ6WGOkIApGnM7mJS6w=
+github.com/trufflesecurity/overseer v1.1.7-custom5/go.mod h1:nT9w37AiO1Nop2VhVhNfzAFaPjthvxgpDV3XKsxYkcI=
 github.com/xanzy/go-gitlab v0.63.0 h1:a9fXpKWykUS6dowapFej/2Wjf4aOAEFC1q2ZIcz4IpI=
 github.com/xanzy/go-gitlab v0.63.0/go.mod h1:F0QEXwmqiBUxCgJm8fE9S+1veX4XC9Z4cfaAbqwk4YM=
 github.com/xanzy/ssh-agent v0.3.0 h1:wUMzuKtKilRgBAD1sUb8gOwwRr2FGoBVumcjoOACClI=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 2cb747d7d72e..a5e45314f033 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ var (
 	// rules = cli.Flag("rules", "Path to file with custom rules.").String()
 	printAvgDetectorTime = cli.Flag("print-avg-detector-time", "Print the average time spent on each detector.").Bool()
 	noUpdate             = cli.Flag("no-update", "Don't check for updates.").Bool()
+	fail                 = cli.Flag("fail", "Exit with code 183 if results are found.").Bool()
 
 	gitScan             = cli.Command("git", "Find credentials in git repositories.")
 	gitScanURI          = gitScan.Arg("uri", "Git repository URL. https:// or file:// schema expected.").Required().String()
@@ -240,8 +241,9 @@ func run(state overseer.State) {
 		printAverageDetectorTime(e)
 	}
 
-	if foundResults {
-		os.Exit(1)
+	if foundResults && *fail {
+		logrus.Debug("exiting with code 183 because results were found")
+		os.Exit(183)
 	}
 }