diff --git a/setuptools/command/build.py b/setuptools/command/build.py
index afda7e3be9..2f9f568e54 100644
--- a/setuptools/command/build.py
+++ b/setuptools/command/build.py
@@ -98,12 +98,15 @@ def finalize_options(self):
 
     def initialize_options(self):
         """(Required by the original :class:`setuptools.Command` interface)"""
+        ...
 
     def finalize_options(self):
         """(Required by the original :class:`setuptools.Command` interface)"""
+        ...
 
     def run(self):
         """(Required by the original :class:`setuptools.Command` interface)"""
+        ...
 
     def get_source_files(self) -> List[str]:
         """
@@ -115,6 +118,7 @@ def get_source_files(self) -> List[str]:
         with all the files necessary to build the distribution.
         All files should be strings relative to the project root directory.
         """
+        ...
 
     def get_outputs(self) -> List[str]:
         """
@@ -128,6 +132,7 @@ def get_outputs(self) -> List[str]:
            in ``get_output_mapping()`` plus files that are generated during the build
            and don't correspond to any source file already present in the project.
         """
+        ...
 
     def get_output_mapping(self) -> Dict[str, str]:
         """
@@ -138,3 +143,4 @@ def get_output_mapping(self) -> Dict[str, str]:
         Destination files should be strings in the form of
         ``"{build_lib}/destination/file/path"``.
         """
+        ...
diff --git a/setuptools/command/easy_install.py b/setuptools/command/easy_install.py
index f73d857f08..4b484c85bc 100644
--- a/setuptools/command/easy_install.py
+++ b/setuptools/command/easy_install.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 """
 
 from glob import glob
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Optional, Union
 from distutils.util import get_platform
 from distutils.util import convert_path, subst_vars
 from distutils.errors import (
@@ -78,6 +79,8 @@
 from .._path import ensure_directory
 from ..extern.jaraco.text import yield_lines
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    _FileDescriptorOrPath = Union[int, str, bytes, os.PathLike[str], os.PathLike[bytes]]
 
 # Turn on PEP440Warnings
 warnings.filterwarnings("default", category=pkg_resources.PEP440Warning)
@@ -2016,7 +2019,13 @@ def is_python_script(script_text, filename):
     from os import chmod as _chmod
 except ImportError:
     # Jython compatibility
-    def _chmod(*args):
+    def _chmod(
+        path: "_FileDescriptorOrPath",
+        mode: int,
+        *,
+        dir_fd: Optional[int] = None,
+        follow_symlinks: bool = True,
+    ) -> None:
         pass
 
 
diff --git a/setuptools/command/upload_docs.py b/setuptools/command/upload_docs.py
index 32c9abd796..5de0721bd4 100644
--- a/setuptools/command/upload_docs.py
+++ b/setuptools/command/upload_docs.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def has_sphinx(self):
             and metadata.entry_points(group='distutils.commands', name='build_sphinx')
         )
 
-    sub_commands = [('build_sphinx', has_sphinx)]
+    sub_commands = [('build_sphinx', has_sphinx)]  # type: ignore[list-item] # distutils stubs issue w/ Python 3.12
 
     def initialize_options(self):
         upload.initialize_options(self)
diff --git a/setuptools/config/pyprojecttoml.py b/setuptools/config/pyprojecttoml.py
index 321e106e40..825f2d62c7 100644
--- a/setuptools/config/pyprojecttoml.py
+++ b/setuptools/config/pyprojecttoml.py
@@ -296,7 +296,10 @@ def _obtain(self, dist: "Distribution", field: str, package_dir: Mapping[str, st
     def _obtain_version(self, dist: "Distribution", package_dir: Mapping[str, str]):
         # Since plugins can set version, let's silently skip if it cannot be obtained
         if "version" in self.dynamic and "version" in self.dynamic_cfg:
-            return _expand.version(self._obtain(dist, "version", package_dir))
+            return _expand.version(
+                # We already do an early check for the presence of "version"
+                self._obtain(dist, "version", package_dir)  # pyright: ignore[reportArgumentType]
+            )
         return None
 
     def _obtain_readme(self, dist: "Distribution") -> Optional[Dict[str, str]]:
@@ -306,9 +309,10 @@ def _obtain_readme(self, dist: "Distribution") -> Optional[Dict[str, str]]:
         dynamic_cfg = self.dynamic_cfg
         if "readme" in dynamic_cfg:
             return {
+                # We already do an early check for the presence of "readme"
                 "text": self._obtain(dist, "readme", {}),
                 "content-type": dynamic_cfg["readme"].get("content-type", "text/x-rst"),
-            }
+            }  # pyright: ignore[reportReturnType]
 
         self._ensure_previously_set(dist, "readme")
         return None
diff --git a/setuptools/msvc.py b/setuptools/msvc.py
index aa69db5810..33177503e9 100644
--- a/setuptools/msvc.py
+++ b/setuptools/msvc.py
@@ -19,10 +19,12 @@
 import platform
 import itertools
 import subprocess
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 import distutils.errors
 from setuptools.extern.more_itertools import unique_everseen
 
-if platform.system() == 'Windows':
+# https://github.com/python/mypy/issues/8166
+if not TYPE_CHECKING and platform.system() == 'Windows':
     import winreg
     from os import environ
 else:
diff --git a/setuptools/sandbox.py b/setuptools/sandbox.py
index 757074166a..502f248062 100644
--- a/setuptools/sandbox.py
+++ b/setuptools/sandbox.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 else:
     _os = sys.modules[os.name]
 try:
-    _file = file
+    _file = file  # type: ignore[name-defined] # Check for global variable
 except NameError:
     _file = None
 _open = open