diff --git a/autoload/search.vim b/autoload/search.vim
index cdd4709..694bfc8 100644
--- a/autoload/search.vim
+++ b/autoload/search.vim
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 let s:regexp_keyword_word = 'KEYWORD'
 let s:engines             = ['rg', 'ag']
 
-let s:rg_base_cmd = "rg -n --auto-hybrid-regex --json"
+" let s:rg_base_cmd = "rg -n --auto-hybrid-regex --json"
+let s:rg_base_cmd = "rg --auto-hybrid-regex --json"
 let s:ag_base_cmd = "ag --nogroup --noheading"
 
 let s:rg_filetype_convertion_map = {
@@ -127,7 +128,7 @@ fu! search#GetSearchEngineFileTypeSpecifier(engine, language) abort
     if a:engine == 'rg'
       let file_lists_cmd = 'rg --files | rg ' . s:non_standard_ft_extensions_map_compiled[a:language]
       let files = split(system(file_lists_cmd), "\n")
-      let cmd   = join(map(files, {_,fname -> ('-f ' . fname)}), ' ')
+      let cmd = join(map(files, {_,fname -> ('-f ' . fname)}), ' ')
     elseif a:engine == 'ag'
       let cmd = '-G ' . s:non_standard_ft_extensions_map_compiled[a:language]
     endif
@@ -150,7 +151,8 @@ fu! s:GetRgIgnoreSpecifier() abort
   endif
 
   for glob in g:any_jump_ignored_files
-    let result = result . ' -g !' . string(glob)
+    " let result = result . " -g '!" . string(glob) . "'"
+    let result = result . " -g !" . string(glob)
   endfor
 
   return result
@@ -227,6 +229,7 @@ fu! search#SearchDefinitions(lang, keyword) abort
 
   if search_engine == 'rg'
     let grep_results = s:RunRgDefinitionSearch(a:lang, regexp)
+    " let resp = confirm('results: ' . join(grep_results))
   elseif search_engine == 'ag'
     let grep_results = s:RunAgDefinitionSearch(a:lang, regexp)
   end
@@ -325,10 +328,32 @@ endfu
 fu! s:RunRgDefinitionSearch(language, patterns) abort
   let rg_ft = s:GetRgFiletype(a:language)
 
-  let cmd = s:rg_base_cmd . ' -t ' . rg_ft
+  " TODO: instead of disabling the .gitignore filtering
+  " is there some way to just null out any `scan_results`
+  " patterns which match current `.gitignore` patterns?
+  let cmd = s:rg_base_cmd . ' -u' . ' -t ' . rg_ft
+  " let cmd = s:rg_base_cmd . ' -t ' . rg_ft
   let cmd = cmd . s:GetRgIgnoreSpecifier()
-  let cmd = cmd . ' ' . a:patterns
 
+  " NOTE: the `-e` is ok here to be explicit right?
+  let cmd = cmd . ' -e ' . a:patterns
+
+  let scan_cmd = g:any_jump_glob_scanner
+  if strlen(scan_cmd)
+      let scan_results = systemlist(scan_cmd)
+      " echo 'Additional ' a:language . ' PATHs to scan: ' . join(scan_results)
+      " let cmd = cmd  . ' ' . scan_results
+      " TODO: is it more correct to pass `-g <glob>` flags here?
+      for glob in scan_results
+        " TODO: apparently this flag doesn't work a <PATH> arg?!?
+        " let cmd = cmd . " -g " . string(glob) . "/*"
+        let cmd = cmd . " " . string(glob)
+      endfor
+  endif
+
+  " XXX: always include the cwd!
+  let cmd = cmd . ' ./'
+  " echo 'RG CMD: ' . cmd
   let raw_results  = system(cmd)
   let grep_results = s:ParseRgResults(raw_results)
   let grep_results = s:FilterGrepResults(a:language, grep_results)
@@ -361,7 +386,7 @@ fu! s:RunRgUsagesSearch(language, keyword) abort
         \ && type(a:language) == v:t_string
 
     let rg_ft = s:GetRgFiletype(a:language)
-    let cmd   = cmd . ' -t ' . rg_ft
+    let cmd = cmd . ' -t ' . rg_ft
   endif
 
   let raw_results  = system(cmd)
@@ -382,7 +407,7 @@ fu! s:RunAgUsagesSearch(language, keyword) abort
     let cmd   = cmd . ' --' . ag_ft
   endif
 
-  let raw_results  = system(cmd)
+  let raw_results = system(cmd)
 
   let grep_results = s:ParseAgResults(raw_results)
   let grep_results = s:FilterGrepResults(a:language, grep_results)
diff --git a/plugin/any-jump.vim b/plugin/any-jump.vim
index 05d33a1..6e1e6a8 100644
--- a/plugin/any-jump.vim
+++ b/plugin/any-jump.vim
@@ -137,6 +137,10 @@ call s:set_plugin_global_option('any_jump_disable_vcs_ignore', v:false)
 " default is: ['*.tmp', '*.temp']
 call s:set_plugin_global_option('any_jump_ignored_files', ['*.tmp', '*.temp'])
 
+" Custom glob scanning command used to dynamically
+" produce PATHs fed into `rg`/`ag`
+call s:set_plugin_global_option('any_jump_glob_scanner', '')
+
 " ----------------------------------------------
 " Public customization methods
 " ----------------------------------------------