diff --git a/pages/03-core/core-line-chart.page.tsx b/pages/03-core/core-line-chart.page.tsx
index a7d8bb6d..7d0f70fb 100644
--- a/pages/03-core/core-line-chart.page.tsx
+++ b/pages/03-core/core-line-chart.page.tsx
@@ -122,18 +122,18 @@ export default function () {
         chartHeight={400}
         tooltip={{ placement: "outside" }}
         getTooltipContent={() => ({
-          point({ item }) {
+          point({ item, hideTooltip }) {
             const value = item ? (item.point.y ?? null) : null;
             return {
               value: (
                 <div>
-                  {numberFormatter(value)} <Button variant="inline-icon" iconName="settings" />
+                  {numberFormatter(value)} <Button variant="inline-icon" iconName="settings" onClick={hideTooltip} />
                 </div>
               ),
             };
           },
-          footer() {
-            return <Button>Footer action</Button>;
+          footer({ hideTooltip }) {
+            return <Button onClick={hideTooltip}>Footer action</Button>;
           },
         })}
         getLegendTooltipContent={({ legendItem }) => ({
diff --git a/src/core/__tests__/chart-core-tooltip.test.tsx b/src/core/__tests__/chart-core-tooltip.test.tsx
index 12bb13b3..2fe28bc2 100644
--- a/src/core/__tests__/chart-core-tooltip.test.tsx
+++ b/src/core/__tests__/chart-core-tooltip.test.tsx
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ import { waitFor } from "@testing-library/react";
 import highcharts from "highcharts";
 import { vi } from "vitest";
 
-import { CoreChartProps } from "../../../lib/components/core/interfaces";
 import testClasses from "../../../lib/components/core/test-classes/styles.selectors";
+import { CoreChartProps } from "../../../lib/components/internal-do-not-use/core-chart";
 import { createChartWrapper, renderChart } from "./common";
 import { HighchartsTestHelper } from "./highcharts-utils";
 
@@ -460,4 +460,132 @@ describe("CoreChart: tooltip", () => {
 
     expect(wrapper.findTooltip()!.findBody()!.getElement().textContent).toBe("[P3] [60] [custom key] [custom value]");
   });
+
+  describe("dismissTooltip", () => {
+    test.each<{
+      name: string;
+      series: highcharts.SeriesOptionsType[];
+      getTooltipContent: () => CoreChartProps.GetTooltipContent;
+    }>(
+      [
+        [lineSeries, "line"],
+        [pieSeries, "pie"],
+      ].flatMap(([series, type]) => {
+        return [
+          {
+            name: `header renderer - ${type} chart`,
+            series,
+            getTooltipContent: () => ({
+              body: () => "Body",
+              footer: () => "Footer",
+              header: ({ hideTooltip }) => {
+                return (
+                  <button data-testid="hideTooltip" onClick={hideTooltip}>
+                    hideTooltip
+                  </button>
+                );
+              },
+            }),
+          },
+          {
+            name: `body renderer - ${type} chart`,
+            series,
+            getTooltipContent: () => ({
+              header: () => "Header",
+              footer: () => "Footer",
+              body: ({ hideTooltip }) => {
+                return (
+                  <button data-testid="hideTooltip" onClick={hideTooltip}>
+                    hideTooltip
+                  </button>
+                );
+              },
+            }),
+          },
+          {
+            name: `footer renderer - ${type} chart`,
+            series,
+            getTooltipContent: () => ({
+              header: () => "Header",
+              body: () => "Body",
+              footer: ({ hideTooltip }) => {
+                return (
+                  <button data-testid="hideTooltip" onClick={hideTooltip}>
+                    hideTooltip
+                  </button>
+                );
+              },
+            }),
+          },
+        ];
+      }),
+    )("provides dismissTooltip callback to $name", async ({ series, getTooltipContent }) => {
+      const { wrapper } = renderChart({
+        highcharts,
+        options: { series },
+        getTooltipContent: getTooltipContent,
+      });
+
+      act(() => hc.highlightChartPoint(0, 0));
+
+      await waitFor(() => {
+        expect(wrapper.findTooltip()).not.toBe(null);
+      });
+
+      act(() => {
+        hoverTooltip();
+      });
+
+      await waitFor(() => {
+        expect(wrapper.findTooltip()).not.toBe(null);
+      });
+
+      act(() => {
+        wrapper.findTooltip()!.find(`[data-testid="hideTooltip"]`).click();
+      });
+
+      await waitFor(() => {
+        expect(wrapper.findTooltip()).toBe(null);
+      });
+    });
+
+    test("dismissTooltip callback works when tooltip is pinned", async () => {
+      let dismissCallback: (() => void) | undefined;
+      const { wrapper } = renderChart({
+        highcharts,
+        options: { series: pieSeries },
+        getTooltipContent: () => ({
+          header: ({ hideTooltip }) => {
+            dismissCallback = hideTooltip;
+            return "Header";
+          },
+          body: () => "Body",
+        }),
+      });
+
+      act(() => hc.highlightChartPoint(0, 0));
+
+      await waitFor(() => {
+        expect(wrapper.findTooltip()).not.toBe(null);
+        expect(wrapper.findTooltip()!.findDismissButton()).toBe(null);
+        expect(dismissCallback).toBeDefined();
+      });
+
+      // Pin tooltip
+      act(() => hc.clickChartPoint(0, 0));
+
+      await waitFor(() => {
+        expect(wrapper.findTooltip()).not.toBe(null);
+        expect(wrapper.findTooltip()!.findDismissButton()).not.toBe(null);
+      });
+
+      act(() => {
+        dismissCallback!();
+      });
+
+      await waitFor(() => {
+        expect(wrapper.findTooltip()).toBe(null);
+      });
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/core/chart-api/index.tsx b/src/core/chart-api/index.tsx
index f0056750..95a0cbde 100644
--- a/src/core/chart-api/index.tsx
+++ b/src/core/chart-api/index.tsx
@@ -184,6 +184,14 @@ export class ChartAPI {
     }
   };
 
+  // Hide the tooltip from an action initiated by the tooltip's content
+  public hideTooltip = () => {
+    this.chartExtraTooltip.hideTooltip();
+    // The chart highlight is preserved while the tooltip is pinned. We need to clear it manually here, for the case
+    // when the pointer lands outside the chart after the tooltip is dismissed, so that the mouse-out event won't fire.
+    this.clearChartHighlight({ isApiCall: false });
+  };
+
   // Reference to the role="application" element used for navigation.
   public setApplication = this.chartExtraNavigation.setApplication.bind(this.chartExtraNavigation);
 
diff --git a/src/core/components/core-tooltip.tsx b/src/core/components/core-tooltip.tsx
index 25ce55eb..f50cb5fa 100644
--- a/src/core/components/core-tooltip.tsx
+++ b/src/core/components/core-tooltip.tsx
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ export function ChartTooltip({
     group: tooltip.group,
     expandedSeries,
     setExpandedSeries,
+    hideTooltip: () => {
+      api.hideTooltip();
+    },
   });
   if (!content) {
     return null;
@@ -117,6 +120,7 @@ function getTooltipContent(
   api: ChartAPI,
   props: CoreChartProps.GetTooltipContentProps & {
     renderers?: CoreChartProps.TooltipContentRenderer;
+    hideTooltip: () => void;
   } & ExpandedSeriesStateProps,
 ): null | RenderedTooltipContent {
   if (props.point && props.point.series.type === "pie") {
@@ -136,8 +140,10 @@ function getTooltipContentCartesian(
     expandedSeries,
     renderers = {},
     setExpandedSeries,
+    hideTooltip,
   }: CoreChartProps.GetTooltipContentProps & {
     renderers?: CoreChartProps.TooltipContentRenderer;
+    hideTooltip: () => void;
   } & ExpandedSeriesStateProps,
 ): RenderedTooltipContent {
   // The cartesian tooltip might or might not have a selected point, but it always has a non-empty group.
@@ -150,7 +156,12 @@ function getTooltipContentCartesian(
   const detailItems: ChartSeriesDetailItem[] = matchedItems.map((item) => {
     const valueFormatter = getFormatter(item.point.series.yAxis);
     const itemY = isXThreshold(item.point.series) ? null : (item.point.y ?? null);
-    const customContent = renderers.point ? renderers.point({ item }) : undefined;
+    const customContent = renderers.point
+      ? renderers.point({
+          item,
+          hideTooltip,
+        })
+      : undefined;
     return {
       key: customContent?.key ?? item.point.series.name,
       value: customContent?.value ?? valueFormatter(itemY),
@@ -177,7 +188,11 @@ function getTooltipContentCartesian(
   });
   // We only support cartesian charts with a single x axis.
   const titleFormatter = getFormatter(chart.xAxis[0]);
-  const slotRenderProps: CoreChartProps.TooltipSlotProps = { x, items: matchedItems };
+  const slotRenderProps: CoreChartProps.TooltipSlotProps = {
+    x,
+    items: matchedItems,
+    hideTooltip: hideTooltip,
+  };
   return {
     header: renderers.header?.(slotRenderProps) ?? titleFormatter(x),
     body: renderers.body?.(slotRenderProps) ?? (
@@ -203,9 +218,17 @@ function getTooltipContentCartesian(
 
 function getTooltipContentPie(
   api: ChartAPI,
-  { point, renderers = {} }: { point: Highcharts.Point } & { renderers?: CoreChartProps.TooltipContentRenderer },
+  {
+    point,
+    renderers = {},
+    hideTooltip,
+  }: { point: Highcharts.Point } & { renderers?: CoreChartProps.TooltipContentRenderer; hideTooltip: () => void },
 ): RenderedTooltipContent {
-  const tooltipDetails: CoreChartProps.TooltipSlotProps = { x: point.x, items: [{ point, errorRanges: [] }] };
+  const tooltipDetails: CoreChartProps.TooltipSlotProps = {
+    x: point.x,
+    items: [{ point, errorRanges: [] }],
+    hideTooltip,
+  };
   return {
     header: renderers.header?.(tooltipDetails) ?? (
       <div className={styles["tooltip-default-header"]}>
@@ -218,7 +241,13 @@ function getTooltipContentPie(
     body:
       renderers.body?.(tooltipDetails) ??
       (renderers.details ? (
-        <ChartSeriesDetails details={renderers.details({ point })} compactList={true} />
+        <ChartSeriesDetails
+          details={renderers.details({
+            point,
+            hideTooltip,
+          })}
+          compactList={true}
+        />
       ) : (
         // We expect all pie chart segments to have defined y values. We use y=0 as fallback
         // because the property is optional in Highcharts types.
diff --git a/src/core/interfaces.ts b/src/core/interfaces.ts
index e299768e..0d7c028f 100644
--- a/src/core/interfaces.ts
+++ b/src/core/interfaces.ts
@@ -451,14 +451,17 @@ export namespace CoreChartProps {
   }
   export interface TooltipPointProps {
     item: TooltipContentItem;
+    hideTooltip: () => void;
   }
   export interface TooltipSlotProps {
     x: number;
     items: TooltipContentItem[];
+    hideTooltip: () => void;
   }
 
   export interface TooltipDetailsProps {
     point: Highcharts.Point;
+    hideTooltip: () => void;
   }
 
   export type TooltipDetail = BaseTooltipDetail;
diff --git a/src/pie-chart/chart-pie-internal.tsx b/src/pie-chart/chart-pie-internal.tsx
index 68c401f2..8392f71c 100644
--- a/src/pie-chart/chart-pie-internal.tsx
+++ b/src/pie-chart/chart-pie-internal.tsx
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ export const InternalPieChart = forwardRef(
       };
       const transformSlotProps = (props: CoreChartProps.TooltipSlotProps): PieChartProps.TooltipDetailsRenderProps => {
         const point = props.items[0].point;
-        return transformDetailsProps({ point });
+        return transformDetailsProps({ point, hideTooltip: props.hideTooltip });
       };
       return {
         header: tooltip?.header ? (props) => tooltip.header!(transformSlotProps(props)) : undefined,