diff --git a/ci/run_clang_tidy.sh b/ci/run_clang_tidy.sh
index e353a8c6a8..797a0abd1f 100755
--- a/ci/run_clang_tidy.sh
+++ b/ci/run_clang_tidy.sh
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ set +u && conda activate clang_tidy && set -u
 
 rapids-logger "Run clang-tidy"
 
-python cpp/scripts/run-clang-tidy.py
+python cpp/scripts/run-clang-tidy.py -ignore '[.]cu$|_deps|examples/kmeans/'
diff --git a/cpp/scripts/run-clang-tidy.py b/cpp/scripts/run-clang-tidy.py
index 2f92c7e535..092cff67a2 100755
--- a/cpp/scripts/run-clang-tidy.py
+++ b/cpp/scripts/run-clang-tidy.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ def parse_args():
     argparser.add_argument(
         "-ignore",
         type=str,
-        default="[.]cu$|examples/kmeans/",
+        default="[.]cu$",
         help="Regex used to ignore files from checking",
     )
     argparser.add_argument(