diff --git a/style/cpp/.clang-tidy b/style/cpp/.clang-tidy
index 0643780..9c9ca5c 100644
--- a/style/cpp/.clang-tidy
+++ b/style/cpp/.clang-tidy
@@ -1,26 +1,9 @@
 Checks: '-*,
     bugprone-unchecked-optional-access,
     modernize-use-nullptr,
-    readability-function-size,
-    readability-function-cognitive-complexity
     '
 
-CheckOptions:
--   key: readability-function-size.LineThreshold
-    value: 60 # [1]
--   key: readability-function-size.ParameterThreshold
-    value: 6  # [2]
--   key: readability-function-cognitive-complexity.Threshold
-    value: 25 # [3]
-
 HeaderFilterRegex: '(?!^subprojects).*'
 
 WarningsAsErrors: '*'
 
-# [1] https://isocpp.github.io/CppCoreGuidelines/CppCoreGuidelines#f3-keep-functions-short-and-simple
-# [2] https://isocpp.github.io/CppCoreGuidelines/CppCoreGuidelines#f2-a-function-should-perform-a-single-logical-operation
-# [3] https://isocpp.github.io/CppCoreGuidelines/CppCoreGuidelines#f3-keep-functions-short-and-simple
-# However cognitive complexity != cyclomatic complexity. Therefore using the clang-tidy default value,
-# as cyclomatic complexity seems to not be implemented in clang-tidy.
-
-# [1],[2],[3] do not have to be enforced or applied project-wide yet.
diff --git a/style/cpp/tidy-desired.md b/style/cpp/tidy-desired.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ea33a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/style/cpp/tidy-desired.md
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# Desired clang-tidy checks
+
+The following file contains checks and settings that the project would like to
+enable, but has had trouble either in engineering or has other higher priority
+rework. There is general agreement that the below checks _should_ be useful, but
+have not concretely enabled them across the project.
+
+```yaml
+Checks: "-*, readability-function-size,
+  readability-function-cognitive-complexity
+  "
+
+CheckOptions:
+  - key: readability-function-size.LineThreshold
+    value: 60 # [1]
+  - key: readability-function-size.ParameterThreshold
+    value: 6 # [2]
+  - key: readability-function-cognitive-complexity.Threshold
+    value: 25 # [3]
+
+# [1] https://isocpp.github.io/CppCoreGuidelines/CppCoreGuidelines#f3-keep-functions-short-and-simple
+# [2] https://isocpp.github.io/CppCoreGuidelines/CppCoreGuidelines#f2-a-function-should-perform-a-single-logical-operation
+# [3] https://isocpp.github.io/CppCoreGuidelines/CppCoreGuidelines#f3-keep-functions-short-and-simple
+# However cognitive complexity != cyclomatic complexity. Therefore using the clang-tidy default value,
+# as cyclomatic complexity seems to not be implemented in clang-tidy.
+
+# [1],[2],[3] do not have to be enforced or applied project-wide yet.
+```