diff --git a/testing/_test_suite.ts b/testing/_test_suite.ts
index a0450c3defec..a3a85f4e4591 100644
--- a/testing/_test_suite.ts
+++ b/testing/_test_suite.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
 import { getAssertionState } from "@std/internal/assertion-state";
 import { AssertionError } from "@std/assert/assertion-error";
 
+export const globalSanitizersState = {
+  sanitizeExit: undefined as boolean | undefined,
+  sanitizeOps: undefined as boolean | undefined,
+  sanitizeResources: undefined as boolean | undefined,
+};
 const assertionState = getAssertionState();
 
 /** The options for creating a test suite with the describe function. */
@@ -88,9 +93,9 @@ export class TestSuiteInternal<T> implements TestSuite<T> {
         name,
         only,
         permissions,
-        sanitizeExit,
-        sanitizeOps,
-        sanitizeResources,
+        sanitizeExit = globalSanitizersState.sanitizeExit,
+        sanitizeOps = globalSanitizersState.sanitizeOps,
+        sanitizeResources = globalSanitizersState.sanitizeResources,
       } = describe;
       const options: Deno.TestDefinition = {
         name,
@@ -139,9 +144,9 @@ export class TestSuiteInternal<T> implements TestSuite<T> {
         name,
         ignore,
         permissions,
-        sanitizeExit,
-        sanitizeOps,
-        sanitizeResources,
+        sanitizeExit = globalSanitizersState.sanitizeExit,
+        sanitizeOps = globalSanitizersState.sanitizeOps,
+        sanitizeResources = globalSanitizersState.sanitizeResources,
       } = describe;
       let { only } = describe;
       if (!ignore && this.hasOnlyStep) {
@@ -331,9 +336,9 @@ export class TestSuiteInternal<T> implements TestSuite<T> {
         fn,
         ignore,
         permissions,
-        sanitizeExit,
-        sanitizeOps,
-        sanitizeResources,
+        sanitizeExit = globalSanitizersState.sanitizeExit,
+        sanitizeOps = globalSanitizersState.sanitizeOps,
+        sanitizeResources = globalSanitizersState.sanitizeResources,
       } = step instanceof TestSuiteInternal ? step.describe : step;
 
       const options: Deno.TestStepDefinition = {
diff --git a/testing/bdd.ts b/testing/bdd.ts
index 66a754de231f..1c0c32d7ebb6 100644
--- a/testing/bdd.ts
+++ b/testing/bdd.ts
@@ -406,6 +406,7 @@ import { getAssertionState } from "@std/internal/assertion-state";
 import { AssertionError } from "@std/assert/assertion-error";
 import {
   type DescribeDefinition,
+  globalSanitizersState,
   type HookNames,
   type ItDefinition,
   type TestSuite,
@@ -584,9 +585,9 @@ export function it<T>(...args: ItArgs<T>) {
       ignore,
       only,
       permissions,
-      sanitizeExit,
-      sanitizeOps,
-      sanitizeResources,
+      sanitizeExit = globalSanitizersState.sanitizeExit,
+      sanitizeOps = globalSanitizersState.sanitizeOps,
+      sanitizeResources = globalSanitizersState.sanitizeResources,
     } = options;
     const opts: Deno.TestDefinition = {
       name,
diff --git a/testing/deno.json b/testing/deno.json
index 4459a3a362d1..6a614b943a30 100644
--- a/testing/deno.json
+++ b/testing/deno.json
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
     "./snapshot": "./snapshot.ts",
     "./time": "./time.ts",
     "./types": "./types.ts",
-    "./unstable-types": "./unstable_types.ts",
-    "./unstable-stub": "./unstable_stub.ts"
+    "./unstable-bdd": "./unstable_bdd.ts",
+    "./unstable-stub": "./unstable_stub.ts",
+    "./unstable-types": "./unstable_types.ts"
   }
 }
diff --git a/testing/testdata/configure_global_sanitizers/disable_sanitize_exit.ts b/testing/testdata/configure_global_sanitizers/disable_sanitize_exit.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6952c0458ae7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/testdata/configure_global_sanitizers/disable_sanitize_exit.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// Copyright 2018-2024 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
+
+import { describe, it } from "@std/testing/bdd";
+import { configureGlobalSanitizers } from "@std/testing/unstable-bdd";
+
+configureGlobalSanitizers({
+  sanitizeExit: false,
+});
+
+describe("does not sanitize exit", () => {
+  it("does not sanitize exit", () => {
+    Deno.exit(42);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/testing/testdata/configure_global_sanitizers/disable_sanitize_ops_and_resources.ts b/testing/testdata/configure_global_sanitizers/disable_sanitize_ops_and_resources.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2aa997b42880
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/testdata/configure_global_sanitizers/disable_sanitize_ops_and_resources.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+// Copyright 2018-2024 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
+
+import { describe, it } from "@std/testing/bdd";
+import { configureGlobalSanitizers } from "@std/testing/unstable-bdd";
+
+configureGlobalSanitizers({
+  sanitizeOps: false,
+  sanitizeResources: false,
+});
+
+it("leaks ops", () => {
+  setTimeout(() => {}, 1000);
+});
+
+describe("leaks ops", () => {
+  it("leaks ops", () => {
+    setTimeout(() => {}, 1000);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/testing/testdata/configure_global_sanitizers/disable_sanitize_resources.ts b/testing/testdata/configure_global_sanitizers/disable_sanitize_resources.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9a8a59aac24d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/testdata/configure_global_sanitizers/disable_sanitize_resources.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+// Copyright 2018-2024 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
+
+import { describe, it } from "@std/testing/bdd";
+import { configureGlobalSanitizers } from "@std/testing/unstable-bdd";
+
+configureGlobalSanitizers({ sanitizeResources: false });
+
+it("leaks resources", async () => {
+  const _file = await Deno.open("README.md");
+});
+
+describe("leaking ops and resource", () => {
+  it("leaks resources", async () => {
+    const _file = await Deno.open("README.md");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/testing/unstable_bdd.ts b/testing/unstable_bdd.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5bc73f70d625
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/unstable_bdd.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+// Copyright 2018-2024 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
+
+import { globalSanitizersState } from "./_test_suite.ts";
+
+export type ConfigureGlobalSanitizersOptions = {
+  sanitizeOps?: boolean;
+  sanitizeResources?: boolean;
+  sanitizeExit?: boolean;
+};
+
+export function configureGlobalSanitizers(
+  options: ConfigureGlobalSanitizersOptions,
+): void {
+  globalSanitizersState.sanitizeOps = options.sanitizeOps;
+  globalSanitizersState.sanitizeResources = options.sanitizeResources;
+  globalSanitizersState.sanitizeExit = options.sanitizeExit;
+}
diff --git a/testing/unstable_bdd_test.ts b/testing/unstable_bdd_test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2e74c3bd2066
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/unstable_bdd_test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+// Copyright 2018-2024 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
+
+import { assertEquals } from "@std/assert";
+
+Deno.test("configureGlobalSanitizers() modifies the test sanitizers globally", async () => {
+  {
+    const output = await new Deno.Command(Deno.execPath(), {
+      args: [
+        "test",
+        "-R",
+        "testing/testdata/configure_global_sanitizers/disable_sanitize_resources.ts",
+      ],
+    }).output();
+    assertEquals(output.code, 0);
+  }
+
+  {
+    const output = await new Deno.Command(Deno.execPath(), {
+      args: [
+        "test",
+        "-R",
+        "testing/testdata/configure_global_sanitizers/disable_sanitize_ops_and_resources.ts",
+      ],
+    }).output();
+    assertEquals(output.code, 0);
+  }
+
+  {
+    const output = await new Deno.Command(Deno.execPath(), {
+      args: [
+        "test",
+        "-R",
+        "testing/testdata/configure_global_sanitizers/disable_sanitize_exit.ts",
+      ],
+    }).output();
+    assertEquals(output.code, 42);
+  }
+});