diff --git a/detect_secrets/plugins/base.py b/detect_secrets/plugins/base.py
index 457625d9a..0ce60809a 100644
--- a/detect_secrets/plugins/base.py
+++ b/detect_secrets/plugins/base.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 from abc import ABCMeta
 from abc import abstractmethod
 
+from detect_secrets.plugins.core.constants import WHITELIST_REGEX
+
 
 class BasePlugin(object):
     """This is an abstract class to define Plugins API"""
@@ -23,6 +25,8 @@ def analyze(self, file, filename):
         """
         potential_secrets = {}
         for line_num, line in enumerate(file.readlines(), start=1):
+            if WHITELIST_REGEX.search(line):
+                continue
             secrets = self.analyze_string(line, line_num, filename)
             potential_secrets.update(secrets)
 
diff --git a/detect_secrets/plugins/keyword.py b/detect_secrets/plugins/keyword.py
index 5ce4d461b..aa865f93c 100644
--- a/detect_secrets/plugins/keyword.py
+++ b/detect_secrets/plugins/keyword.py
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 
 from .base import BasePlugin
 from detect_secrets.core.potential_secret import PotentialSecret
-from detect_secrets.plugins.core.constants import WHITELIST_REGEX
 
 
 BLACKLIST = (
@@ -54,9 +53,6 @@ class KeywordDetector(BasePlugin):
     def analyze_string(self, string, line_num, filename):
         output = {}
 
-        if WHITELIST_REGEX.search(string):
-            return output
-
         for identifier in self.secret_generator(string):
             secret = PotentialSecret(
                 self.secret_type,
diff --git a/test_data/config.ini b/test_data/config.ini
index 2304d2fdd..97f5e14b4 100644
--- a/test_data/config.ini
+++ b/test_data/config.ini
@@ -22,3 +22,5 @@ keyB = 456789123
     567891234
 
 keyC =
+
+password = 12345678901234  # pragma: whitelist secret