diff --git a/ckanext/analytics/event.py b/ckanext/analytics/event.py
index 7aa8af7..e7ac953 100644
--- a/ckanext/analytics/event.py
+++ b/ckanext/analytics/event.py
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@
 which is why this hangs off ``request_finished`` and not ``action_succeeded`` - the
 latter fires only on success, so every 403, 409 and 500 would be missing.
 
+A request carrying the configured ignore header/value (``CKANEXT_ANALYTICS_IGNORE_HEADER``
+/ ``CKANEXT_ANALYTICS_IGNORE_VALUES``) is skipped entirely - not logged with a
+distinguishing field, just never recorded.
+
 ``Attribution`` holds the rules, ``RequestEvent`` turns a request into a dict, and
 ``record_request`` is the listener CKAN calls. Flask only, no CKAN import, so the
 whole lifecycle can be driven against a stub app and the real signal.
@@ -36,6 +40,18 @@
 #: Named in every event, so one stream can carry more than one service.
 SERVICE = os.environ.get("CKANEXT_ANALYTICS_SERVICE", "ckan")
 
+#: A request whose ``IGNORE_HEADER`` value is in ``IGNORE_VALUES`` skips
+#: analytics entirely - not logged with a distinguishing field, just never
+#: recorded. Known internal callers (e.g. the data explorer) set this so
+#: their UI-driven traffic never counts as API usage. Either empty disables
+#: the check. Comma-separated, matched case-insensitively.
+IGNORE_HEADER = os.environ.get("CKANEXT_ANALYTICS_IGNORE_HEADER", "")
+IGNORE_VALUES = frozenset(
+    v.strip().lower()
+    for v in os.environ.get("CKANEXT_ANALYTICS_IGNORE_VALUES", "").split(",")
+    if v.strip()
+)
+
 
 class Attribution:
     """Which entity an action refers to, and in which parameter.
@@ -152,8 +168,18 @@ def from_request(cls, request: Any, response: Any) -> RequestEvent | None:
             request.endpoint
         ):
             return None
+        if cls.is_ignored(request):
+            return None
         return cls(request, response)
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def is_ignored(request: Any) -> bool:
+        """Whether ``IGNORE_HEADER`` / ``IGNORE_VALUES`` say to skip this request."""
+        if not IGNORE_HEADER or not IGNORE_VALUES:
+            return False
+        value = request.headers.get(IGNORE_HEADER)
+        return value is not None and value.strip().lower() in IGNORE_VALUES
+
     @staticmethod
     def is_download_endpoint(endpoint: str | None) -> bool:
         """A resource blueprint's download view, whoever provides it.
diff --git a/ckanext/analytics/tests/test_event.py b/ckanext/analytics/tests/test_event.py
index 757abda..dec0fb7 100644
--- a/ckanext/analytics/tests/test_event.py
+++ b/ckanext/analytics/tests/test_event.py
@@ -215,6 +215,49 @@ def test_the_ip_falls_back_to_the_peer_for_a_direct_call(client, recorded):
     assert recorded[0]["request_ip"] == "127.0.0.1"
 
 
+def test_a_request_with_the_ignore_header_is_not_recorded(client, recorded, monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setattr(event, "IGNORE_HEADER", "Request-Source")
+    monkeypatch.setattr(event, "IGNORE_VALUES", frozenset({"data-explorer"}))
+
+    client.get("/api/3/action/package_show", headers={"Request-Source": "data-explorer"})
+
+    assert recorded == []
+
+
+def test_the_ignore_header_match_is_case_insensitive(client, recorded, monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setattr(event, "IGNORE_HEADER", "Request-Source")
+    monkeypatch.setattr(event, "IGNORE_VALUES", frozenset({"data-explorer"}))
+
+    client.get("/api/3/action/package_show", headers={"request-source": "Data-Explorer"})
+
+    assert recorded == []
+
+
+def test_a_request_without_the_ignore_header_is_still_recorded(client, recorded, monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setattr(event, "IGNORE_HEADER", "Request-Source")
+    monkeypatch.setattr(event, "IGNORE_VALUES", frozenset({"data-explorer"}))
+
+    client.get("/api/3/action/package_show")
+
+    assert len(recorded) == 1
+
+
+def test_a_request_with_a_different_header_value_is_still_recorded(client, recorded, monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setattr(event, "IGNORE_HEADER", "Request-Source")
+    monkeypatch.setattr(event, "IGNORE_VALUES", frozenset({"data-explorer"}))
+
+    client.get("/api/3/action/package_show", headers={"Request-Source": "some-other-tool"})
+
+    assert len(recorded) == 1
+
+
+def test_the_ignore_check_is_disabled_when_unconfigured(client, recorded):
+    """Default (module-level IGNORE_HEADER/IGNORE_VALUES empty) never skips."""
+    client.get("/api/3/action/package_show", headers={"Request-Source": "data-explorer"})
+
+    assert len(recorded) == 1
+
+
 def test_user_agent_is_none_when_the_client_sends_none(client, recorded):
     client.get("/api/3/action/package_show", headers={"User-Agent": ""})