diff --git a/src/schema-analyzer.ts b/src/schema-analyzer.ts
index 631cefa..7d0d5d7 100644
--- a/src/schema-analyzer.ts
+++ b/src/schema-analyzer.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import {
 
 import semanticTypes from './semantic-types';
 import { AnyIterable } from './types';
+import { allowAbort, ALLOW_ABORT_INTERVAL_COUNT } from './util';
 
 type TypeCastMap = {
   Array: unknown[];
@@ -484,6 +485,10 @@ export class SchemaAnalyzer {
     fields: []
   };
 
+  // Increments when every field or type is analyzed.
+  // Useful for occasionally checking if the analysis should be aborted.
+  fieldAndTypeAnalysisCounter = 0;
+
   constructor(options?: SchemaParseOptions) {
     // Set default options.
     this.options = { ...defaultSchemaParseOptions, ...options };
@@ -512,6 +517,13 @@ export class SchemaAnalyzer {
     }
   }
 
+  allowAbortDuringAnalysis() {
+    // Allow aborting the analysis.
+    if (this.fieldAndTypeAnalysisCounter++ % ALLOW_ABORT_INTERVAL_COUNT === 0) {
+      allowAbort();
+    }
+  }
+
   increaseFieldCount() {
     if (!this.options.distinctFieldsAbortThreshold) return;
     this.fieldsCount++;
@@ -531,14 +543,15 @@ export class SchemaAnalyzer {
     return returnValue;
   }
 
-  analyzeDoc(doc: Document) {
+  async analyzeDoc(doc: Document) {
     this.finalized = false;
     /**
      * Takes a field value, determines the correct type, handles recursion into
      * nested arrays and documents, and passes the value down to `addToValue`.
      * Note: This mutates the `schema` argument.
      */
-    const addToType = (path: string[], value: BSONValue, schema: SchemaAnalysisFieldTypes) => {
+    const addToType = async(path: string[], value: BSONValue, schema: SchemaAnalysisFieldTypes) => {
+      await this.allowAbortDuringAnalysis();
       const bsonType = getBSONType(value);
       // If semantic type detection is enabled, the type is the semantic type
       // or the original bson type if no semantic type was detected. If disabled,
@@ -560,13 +573,16 @@ export class SchemaAnalyzer {
         type.types = type.types ?? Object.create(null);
         type.lengths = type.lengths ?? [];
         type.lengths.push((value as BSONValue[]).length);
-        (value as BSONValue[]).forEach((v: BSONValue) => addToType(path, v, type.types));
+        for (const v of (value as BSONValue[])) {
+          await addToType(path, v, type.types);
+        }
       } else if (isDocumentType(type)) {
         // Recurse into nested documents by calling `addToField` for all sub-fields.
         type.fields = type.fields ?? Object.create(null);
-        Object.entries(value as Document).forEach(
-          ([fieldName, v]) => addToField(fieldName, [...path, fieldName], v, type.fields)
-        );
+
+        for (const [fieldName, v] of Object.entries(value as Document)) {
+          await addToField(fieldName, [...path, fieldName], v, type.fields);
+        }
       } else if (this.options.storeValues && !isNullType(type)) {
         // When the `storeValues` option is enabled, store some example values.
         if (!type.values) {
@@ -584,7 +600,8 @@ export class SchemaAnalyzer {
      * Handles a field from a document. Passes the value to `addToType`.
      * Note: This mutates the `schema` argument.
      */
-    const addToField = (fieldName: string, path: string[], value: BSONValue, schema: SchemaAnalysisFieldsMap) => {
+    const addToField = async(fieldName: string, path: string[], value: BSONValue, schema: SchemaAnalysisFieldsMap) => {
+      await this.allowAbortDuringAnalysis();
       if (!schema[fieldName]) {
         schema[fieldName] = {
           name: fieldName,
@@ -597,11 +614,11 @@ export class SchemaAnalyzer {
       const field = schema[fieldName];
 
       field.count++;
-      addToType(path, value, field.types);
+      await addToType(path, value, field.types);
     };
 
     for (const key of Object.keys(doc)) {
-      addToField(key, [key], doc[key], this.schemaAnalysisRoot.fields);
+      await addToField(key, [key], doc[key], this.schemaAnalysisRoot.fields);
     }
     this.schemaAnalysisRoot.count += 1;
   }
@@ -652,7 +669,7 @@ export async function getCompletedSchemaAnalyzer(
   const analyzer = new SchemaAnalyzer(options);
   for await (const doc of verifyStreamSource(source)) {
     if (options?.signal?.aborted) throw options.signal.reason;
-    analyzer.analyzeDoc(doc);
+    await analyzer.analyzeDoc(doc);
   }
   return analyzer;
 }
diff --git a/src/schema-converters/internalToExpanded.ts b/src/schema-converters/internalToExpanded.ts
index fbe8217..0124e8c 100644
--- a/src/schema-converters/internalToExpanded.ts
+++ b/src/schema-converters/internalToExpanded.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { ArraySchemaType, DocumentSchemaType, Schema as InternalSchema, SchemaTy
 import { type ExpandedJSONSchema } from '../types';
 import { InternalTypeToStandardTypeMap, RELAXED_EJSON_DEFINITIONS } from './internalToStandard';
 import { InternalTypeToBsonTypeMap } from './internalToMongoDB';
-import { allowAbort } from './util';
+import { allowAbort } from '../util';
 
 const createConvertInternalToExpanded = function() {
   const usedDefinitions = new Set<string>();
diff --git a/src/schema-converters/internalToMongoDB.ts b/src/schema-converters/internalToMongoDB.ts
index e85f9ca..c40447f 100644
--- a/src/schema-converters/internalToMongoDB.ts
+++ b/src/schema-converters/internalToMongoDB.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  */
 import { ArraySchemaType, DocumentSchemaType, Schema as InternalSchema, SchemaType } from '../schema-analyzer';
 import { MongoDBJSONSchema } from '../types';
-import { allowAbort } from './util';
+import { allowAbort } from '../util';
 
 export const InternalTypeToBsonTypeMap: Record<
   SchemaType['name'] | 'Double' | 'BSONSymbol',
diff --git a/src/schema-converters/internalToStandard.ts b/src/schema-converters/internalToStandard.ts
index a1ec463..923604c 100644
--- a/src/schema-converters/internalToStandard.ts
+++ b/src/schema-converters/internalToStandard.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { JSONSchema4TypeName } from 'json-schema';
 import { ArraySchemaType, DocumentSchemaType, Schema as InternalSchema, SchemaType } from '../schema-analyzer';
 import { StandardJSONSchema } from '../types';
-import { allowAbort } from './util';
+import { allowAbort } from '../util';
 
 type StandardTypeDefinition = { type: JSONSchema4TypeName, $ref?: never; } | { $ref: string, type?: never };
 
diff --git a/src/schema-converters/util.ts b/src/util.ts
similarity index 83%
rename from src/schema-converters/util.ts
rename to src/util.ts
index 941ceee..f1521de 100644
--- a/src/schema-converters/util.ts
+++ b/src/util.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+export const ALLOW_ABORT_INTERVAL_COUNT = 1000;
+
 export async function allowAbort(signal?: AbortSignal) {
   return new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) =>
     setTimeout(() => {