diff --git a/signac/project.py b/signac/project.py
index cd3da31d1..86f892f73 100644
--- a/signac/project.py
+++ b/signac/project.py
@@ -856,13 +856,20 @@ def _register(self, id_, statepoint):
         """
         self._sp_cache[id_] = statepoint
 
-    def _get_statepoint_from_workspace(self, job_id):
+    def _get_statepoint_from_workspace(self, job_id, validate=True):
         """Attempt to read the state point from the workspace.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         job_id : str
             Identifier of the job.
+        validate : bool
+            When True, validate that any statepoint read from disk matches the job_id.
+
+        Raises
+        ------
+        :class:`signac.errors.JobsCorruptedError`
+            When one or more jobs are identified as corrupted.
 
         """
         # Performance-critical path. We can rely on the project workspace, job
@@ -871,7 +878,11 @@ def _get_statepoint_from_workspace(self, job_id):
         fn_statepoint = os.sep.join((self.workspace, job_id, Job.FN_STATE_POINT))
         try:
             with open(fn_statepoint, "rb") as statepoint_file:
-                return json.loads(statepoint_file.read().decode())
+                statepoint = json.loads(statepoint_file.read().decode())
+                if validate and calc_id(statepoint) != job_id:
+                    raise JobsCorruptedError([job_id])
+
+                return statepoint
         except (OSError, ValueError) as error:
             if os.path.isdir(os.sep.join((self.workspace, job_id))):
                 logger.error(
@@ -882,7 +893,7 @@ def _get_statepoint_from_workspace(self, job_id):
                 raise JobsCorruptedError([job_id])
             raise KeyError(job_id)
 
-    def _get_statepoint(self, job_id):
+    def _get_statepoint(self, job_id, validate=True):
         """Get the state point associated with a job id.
 
         The state point is retrieved from the internal cache, from
@@ -892,6 +903,9 @@ def _get_statepoint(self, job_id):
         ----------
         job_id : str
             A job id to get the state point for.
+        validate : bool
+            When True, validate that any statepoint read from disk matches the job_id.
+
 
         Returns
         -------
@@ -926,7 +940,7 @@ def _get_statepoint(self, job_id):
                     "updating the cache by running `signac update-cache`."
                 )
                 self._sp_cache_warned = True
-            statepoint = self._get_statepoint_from_workspace(job_id)
+            statepoint = self._get_statepoint_from_workspace(job_id, validate)
             # Update the project's state point cache from this cache miss
             self._sp_cache[job_id] = statepoint
         return statepoint
@@ -1258,11 +1272,7 @@ def check(self):
         logger.info("Checking workspace for corruption...")
         for job_id in self._find_job_ids():
             try:
-                statepoint = self._get_statepoint(job_id)
-                if calc_id(statepoint) != job_id:
-                    corrupted.append(job_id)
-                else:
-                    self.open_job(statepoint).init()
+                statepoint = self._get_statepoint_from_workspace(job_id)
             except JobsCorruptedError as error:
                 corrupted.extend(error.job_ids)
         if corrupted:
@@ -1298,7 +1308,7 @@ def repair(self, job_ids=None):
         for job_id in job_ids:
             try:
                 # First, check if we can look up the state point.
-                statepoint = self._get_statepoint(job_id)
+                statepoint = self._get_statepoint(job_id, validate=False)
                 # Check if state point and id correspond.
                 correct_id = calc_id(statepoint)
                 if correct_id != job_id:
@@ -1379,7 +1389,7 @@ def _build_index(self, include_job_document=False):
                         raise
             yield job_id, doc
 
-    def _update_in_memory_cache(self):
+    def _update_in_memory_cache(self, validate=False):
         """Update the in-memory state point cache to reflect the workspace."""
         logger.debug("Updating in-memory cache...")
         start = time.time()
@@ -1392,7 +1402,7 @@ def _update_in_memory_cache(self):
                 del self._sp_cache[id_]
 
             def _add(id_):
-                self._sp_cache[id_] = self._get_statepoint_from_workspace(id_)
+                self._sp_cache[id_] = self._get_statepoint_from_workspace(id_, validate)
 
             to_add_chunks = _split_and_print_progress(
                 iterable=list(to_add),
@@ -1419,7 +1429,7 @@ def _remove_persistent_cache_file(self):
             if error.errno != errno.ENOENT:
                 raise error
 
-    def update_cache(self):
+    def update_cache(self, validate=True):
         """Update the persistent state point cache.
 
         This function updates a persistent state point cache, which
@@ -1428,12 +1438,16 @@ def update_cache(self):
         to be significantly faster after calling this function, especially
         for large data spaces.
 
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        validate : bool
+            When True, validate that any statepoint read from disk matches the job_id.
         """
         logger.info("Update cache...")
         start = time.time()
         cache = self._read_cache()
         cached_ids = set(self._sp_cache)
-        self._update_in_memory_cache()
+        self._update_in_memory_cache(validate)
         if cache is None or set(cache) != cached_ids:
             fn_cache = self.fn(self.FN_CACHE)
             fn_cache_tmp = fn_cache + "~"
diff --git a/tests/test_project.py b/tests/test_project.py
index da546ede0..19f13418e 100644
--- a/tests/test_project.py
+++ b/tests/test_project.py
@@ -2102,7 +2102,7 @@ class UpdateCacheAfterInitJob(signac.job.Job):
 
     def init(self, *args, **kwargs):
         job = super().init(*args, **kwargs)
-        self._project.update_cache()
+        self._project.update_cache(validate=False)
         return job