diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f0e7289..bb226df 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ __pycache__
 .eggs
 .coverage
 dist
+build
diff --git a/tap/__init__.py b/tap/__init__.py
index 35f0552..c6a5f4a 100644
--- a/tap/__init__.py
+++ b/tap/__init__.py
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
 from tap._version import __version__
 from tap.tap import Tap
 from tap.tapify import tapify
+from tap.utils import TapIgnore
 
-__all__ = ['ArgumentError', 'ArgumentTypeError', 'Tap', 'tapify', '__version__']
+__all__ = ['ArgumentError', 'ArgumentTypeError', 'Tap', 'TapIgnore', 'tapify', '__version__']
diff --git a/tap/tap.py b/tap/tap.py
index 5d20547..ddfd4b0 100644
--- a/tap/tap.py
+++ b/tap/tap.py
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@
     as_python_object,
     fix_py36_copy,
     enforce_reproducibility,
-    PathLike
+    PathLike,
+    TapIgnore,
 )
 
 if sys.version_info >= (3, 10):
@@ -169,13 +170,22 @@ def _add_argument(self, *name_or_flags, **kwargs) -> None:
 
             # Description
             if variable in self.class_variables:
-                kwargs['help'] += ' ' + self.class_variables[variable]['comment']
+                comment = self.class_variables[variable]['comment']
+                # Ignore attributes with comment starting with "tap: ignore"
+                if comment.startswith('tap: ignore'):
+                    return
+                kwargs['help'] += ' ' + comment
 
         # Set other kwargs where not provided
         if variable in self._annotations:
             # Get type annotation
             var_type = self._annotations[variable]
 
+            # ignore the variables annotated by TapIgnore
+            # e.g., var_ignore: TapIgnore[str]
+            if get_origin(var_type) == TapIgnore:
+                return
+
             # If type is not explicitly provided, set it if it's one of our supported default types
             if 'type' not in kwargs:
                 # Unbox Union[type] (Optional[type]) and set var_type = type
diff --git a/tap/utils.py b/tap/utils.py
index a7f9042..b0608c8 100644
--- a/tap/utils.py
+++ b/tap/utils.py
@@ -33,6 +33,17 @@
 PRIMITIVES = (str, int, float, bool)
 PathLike = Union[str, os.PathLike]
 
+# use some hacks to implement the hint in IDE, like ClassVar
+if sys.version_info >= (3, 9):
+    from typing import ClassVar
+    TapIgnore = ClassVar
+    TapIgnore._name = "TapIgnore"
+else:
+    # for python version <= 3.8, the above method not supported,
+    # so for now,  TapIgnore[T] -> T not supported
+    from typing import TypeVar, Generic
+    T = TypeVar("T")
+    class TapIgnore(Generic[T]): ...
 
 def check_output(command: List[str], suppress_stderr: bool = True, **kwargs) -> str:
     """Runs subprocess.check_output and returns the result as a string.
@@ -129,7 +140,7 @@ def type_to_str(type_annotation: Union[type, Any]) -> str:
         return type_annotation.__name__
 
     # Typing type
-    return str(type_annotation).replace('typing.', '')
+    return str(type_annotation).replace('typing.', '').replace('tap.utils.', '')
 
 
 def get_argument_name(*name_or_flags) -> str:
@@ -497,6 +508,10 @@ def get_origin(tp: Any) -> Any:
     if origin is None:
         origin = tp
 
+    # fix typing_inspect not supporting TapIgnore
+    if hasattr(tp, '__origin__') and tp.__origin__ == TapIgnore:
+        origin = TapIgnore
+
     if sys.version_info >= (3, 10) and isinstance(origin, UnionType):
         origin = UnionType
 
diff --git a/tests/test_integration.py b/tests/test_integration.py
index 232c61b..a87ab41 100644
--- a/tests/test_integration.py
+++ b/tests/test_integration.py
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
 import pickle
 import sys
 from tempfile import TemporaryDirectory
-from typing import Any, Iterable, List, Literal, Optional, Set, Tuple, Union
+from typing import Any, Dict, Iterable, List, Literal, Optional, Set, Tuple, Union
 import unittest
 from unittest import TestCase
 
-from tap import Tap
+from tap import Tap, TapIgnore
 
 
 # Suppress prints from SystemExit
@@ -330,6 +330,14 @@ class IntegrationDefaultTap(Tap):
     # TODO: move these elsewhere since we don't support them as defaults
     # arg_other_type_required: Person
     # arg_other_type_default: Person = Person('tap')
+    arg_ignore: str  # tap: ignore
+    arg_tapignore: TapIgnore
+    arg_tapignore_int: TapIgnore[int]
+    arg_tapignore_bool: TapIgnore[bool]
+    arg_tapignore_str: TapIgnore[str]
+    arg_tapignore_union: TapIgnore[Union[int, str]]
+    arg_tapignore_dict: TapIgnore[Dict[int, int]]
+    arg_tapignore_customed: TapIgnore[Person]
 
 
 class SubclassTests(TestCase):
@@ -403,6 +411,17 @@ def test_get_default_args(self) -> None:
         self.assertEqual(args.arg_tuple_bool, (True, True, True, False))
         self.assertEqual(args.arg_tuple_multi, (1.2, 1, 'hi', True, 1.3))
 
+        # test for ignored args
+        self.assertFalse(hasattr(args, 'arg_ignore'))
+        self.assertFalse(hasattr(args, 'arg_tapignore'))
+        self.assertFalse(hasattr(args, 'arg_tapignore_int'))
+        self.assertFalse(hasattr(args, 'arg_tapignore_bool'))
+        self.assertFalse(hasattr(args, 'arg_tapignore_str'))
+        self.assertFalse(hasattr(args, 'arg_tapignore_union'))
+        self.assertFalse(hasattr(args, 'arg_tapignore_dict'))
+        self.assertFalse(hasattr(args, 'arg_tapignore_customed'))
+
+
     def test_set_default_args(self) -> None:
         arg_untyped = 'yes'
         arg_str = 'goodbye'
diff --git a/tests/test_utils.py b/tests/test_utils.py
index 1fa7eb5..844578b 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     UnpicklableObject,
     as_python_object,
     enforce_reproducibility,
+    TapIgnore,
 )
 
 
@@ -134,6 +135,8 @@ def test_type_to_str(self) -> None:
         self.assertEqual(type_to_str(Set[int]), 'Set[int]')
         self.assertEqual(type_to_str(Dict[str, int]), 'Dict[str, int]')
         self.assertEqual(type_to_str(Union[List[int], Dict[float, bool]]), 'Union[List[int], Dict[float, bool]]')
+        self.assertEqual(type_to_str(TapIgnore), "TapIgnore")
+        self.assertEqual(type_to_str(TapIgnore[int]), "TapIgnore[int]")
 
 
 def class_decorator(cls):