diff --git a/inst/rmarkdown/index.Rmd b/inst/rmarkdown/index.Rmd
index f4e42ac..abdaf4a 100644
--- a/inst/rmarkdown/index.Rmd
+++ b/inst/rmarkdown/index.Rmd
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ params:
 library(knitr)
 options(width=400)
 scigenex::set_verbosity(0)
+
+# Disable tutorial exercise checking to prevent chunks ending in
+# '-check' from being interpreted as learnr exercise check chunks
+options(tutorial.exercise.checker = NULL)
+
 knitr::opts_chunk$set(
   fig.path="all_",
   fig.align = "center", 
diff --git a/inst/rmarkdown/module.Rmd b/inst/rmarkdown/module.Rmd
index 0bf914c..5ff2242 100644
--- a/inst/rmarkdown/module.Rmd
+++ b/inst/rmarkdown/module.Rmd
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ scigenex::set_verbosity(0)
 library(knitr)
 options(width=400)
 
+# Disable tutorial exercise checking to prevent chunks ending in
+# '-check' from being interpreted as learnr exercise check chunks
+options(tutorial.exercise.checker = NULL)
+
 knitr::opts_chunk$set(
   fig.path="FIG_PATH",
   fig.align = "center", 
diff --git a/vignettes/report.Rmd b/vignettes/report.Rmd
index aa5b042..3048866 100644
--- a/vignettes/report.Rmd
+++ b/vignettes/report.Rmd
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ vignette: >
   %\usepackage[UTF-8]{inputenc}
 ---
 
+```{r setup, include=FALSE}
+# Disable tutorial exercise checking to prevent any chunks ending in
+# '-check' from being interpreted as learnr exercise check chunks
+options(tutorial.exercise.checker = NULL)
+knitr::opts_chunk$set(echo = TRUE)
+```
 
 ## Introduction
 
diff --git a/vignettes/spatial.Rmd b/vignettes/spatial.Rmd
index a955e81..9d2b7c0 100644
--- a/vignettes/spatial.Rmd
+++ b/vignettes/spatial.Rmd
@@ -9,6 +9,13 @@ vignette: >
   %\usepackage[UTF-8]{inputenc}
 ---
 
+```{r setup, include=FALSE}
+# Disable tutorial exercise checking to prevent any chunks ending in
+# '-check' from being interpreted as learnr exercise check chunks
+options(tutorial.exercise.checker = NULL)
+knitr::opts_chunk$set(echo = TRUE)
+```
+
 ## Working with spatial transcriptomics datasets
 
 The scigenex package offers a certain number of functions dedicated to spatial transcriptomic data analysis. At the moment these functions have been mainly developed to analyse VISIUM technology (10X Genomics).
diff --git a/vignettes/usage.Rmd b/vignettes/usage.Rmd
index 2a81c90..21ac6b8 100644
--- a/vignettes/usage.Rmd
+++ b/vignettes/usage.Rmd
@@ -9,6 +9,13 @@ vignette: >
   %\usepackage[UTF-8]{inputenc}
 ---
 
+```{r setup, include=FALSE}
+# Disable tutorial exercise checking to prevent any chunks ending in
+# '-check' from being interpreted as learnr exercise check chunks
+options(tutorial.exercise.checker = NULL)
+knitr::opts_chunk$set(echo = TRUE)
+```
+
 # Guided tutorial
 
 The easiest way to use scigenex is to perform the following steps using the Seurat R package: