diff --git a/dvc/commands/data_sync.py b/dvc/commands/data_sync.py
index fa05cf7aa..a8cae64bf 100644
--- a/dvc/commands/data_sync.py
+++ b/dvc/commands/data_sync.py
@@ -429,5 +429,11 @@ def add_parser(subparsers, _parent_parser):
         default=False,
         help="Show status in JSON format.",
     )
+    status_parser.add_argument(
+        "--no-updates",
+        dest="check_updates",
+        action="store_false",
+        help="Ignore updates to imported data.",
+    )
 
     status_parser.set_defaults(func=CmdDataStatus)
diff --git a/dvc/commands/status.py b/dvc/commands/status.py
index 93a9b0327..ae90bb955 100644
--- a/dvc/commands/status.py
+++ b/dvc/commands/status.py
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ class CmdDataStatus(CmdDataBase):
                     all_commits=self.args.all_commits,
                     with_deps=self.args.with_deps,
                     recursive=self.args.recursive,
+                    check_updates=self.args.check_updates,
                 )
             except DvcException:
                 logger.exception("")
diff --git a/dvc/repo/status.py b/dvc/repo/status.py
index 1aab0a466..f0620adf8 100644
--- a/dvc/repo/status.py
+++ b/dvc/repo/status.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from . import locked
 logger = logger.getChild(__name__)
 
 
-def _joint_status(pairs):
+def _joint_status(pairs, check_updates=True):
     status_info = {}
 
     for stage, filter_info in pairs:
@@ -20,19 +20,23 @@ def _joint_status(pairs):
                 ),
                 stage,
             )
-        status_info.update(stage.status(check_updates=True, filter_info=filter_info))
+        status_info.update(
+            stage.status(check_updates=check_updates, filter_info=filter_info)
+        )
 
     return status_info
 
 
-def _local_status(self, targets=None, with_deps=False, recursive=False):
+def _local_status(
+    self, targets=None, with_deps=False, recursive=False, check_updates=True
+):
     targets = targets or [None]
     pairs = chain.from_iterable(
         self.stage.collect_granular(t, with_deps=with_deps, recursive=recursive)
         for t in targets
     )
 
-    return _joint_status(pairs)
+    return _joint_status(pairs, check_updates=check_updates)
 
 
 def _cloud_status(
@@ -100,7 +104,7 @@ def _cloud_status(
 
 
 @locked
-def status(
+def status(  # noqa: PLR0913
     self,
     targets=None,
     jobs=None,
@@ -111,6 +115,7 @@ def status(
     all_tags=False,
     all_commits=False,
     recursive=False,
+    check_updates=True,
 ):
     if isinstance(targets, str):
         targets = [targets]
@@ -138,4 +143,10 @@ def status(
         msg = "The following options are meaningless for local status: {}"
         raise InvalidArgumentError(msg.format(", ".join(ignored)))
 
-    return _local_status(self, targets, with_deps=with_deps, recursive=recursive)
+    return _local_status(
+        self,
+        targets,
+        with_deps=with_deps,
+        recursive=recursive,
+        check_updates=check_updates,
+    )
diff --git a/tests/func/test_status.py b/tests/func/test_status.py
index e624a9924..84964d6bf 100644
--- a/tests/func/test_status.py
+++ b/tests/func/test_status.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import os
 
+import pytest
+
 from dvc.cli import main
 from dvc.fs import localfs
 
@@ -30,19 +32,25 @@ def test_implied_cloud(dvc, mocker):
     assert mock_status.called
 
 
-def test_status_non_dvc_repo_import(tmp_dir, dvc, git_dir):
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("check_updates", [True, False])
+def test_status_non_dvc_repo_import(tmp_dir, dvc, git_dir, check_updates):
     with git_dir.branch("branch", new=True):
         git_dir.scm_gen("file", "first version", commit="first version")
 
     dvc.imp(os.fspath(git_dir), "file", "file", rev="branch")
 
-    assert dvc.status(["file.dvc"]) == {}
+    assert dvc.status(["file.dvc"], check_updates=check_updates) == {}
 
     with git_dir.branch("branch", new=False):
         git_dir.scm_gen("file", "second version", commit="update file")
 
-    (status,) = dvc.status(["file.dvc"])["file.dvc"]
-    assert status == {"changed deps": {f"file ({git_dir})": "update available"}}
+    status = dvc.status(["file.dvc"], check_updates=check_updates)
+    if check_updates:
+        assert status == {
+            "file.dvc": [{"changed deps": {f"file ({git_dir})": "update available"}}]
+        }
+    else:
+        assert status == {}
 
 
 def test_status_before_and_after_dvc_init(tmp_dir, dvc, git_dir):
diff --git a/tests/unit/command/test_status.py b/tests/unit/command/test_status.py
index 9634e0081..3802972aa 100644
--- a/tests/unit/command/test_status.py
+++ b/tests/unit/command/test_status.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ def test_cloud_status(tmp_dir, dvc, mocker):
         all_commits=True,
         with_deps=True,
         recursive=True,
+        check_updates=True,
     )
 
 
@@ -117,3 +118,26 @@ def test_status_up_to_date(dvc, mocker, capsys, cloud_opts, expected_message):
     assert cmd.run() == 0
     captured = capsys.readouterr()
     assert expected_message in captured.out
+
+
+def test_status_check_updates(dvc, mocker, capsys):
+    cli_args = parse_args(["status", "--no-updates"])
+    assert cli_args.func == CmdDataStatus
+
+    cmd = cli_args.func(cli_args)
+    m = mocker.patch.object(cmd.repo, "status", autospec=True, return_value={})
+
+    assert cmd.run() == 0
+
+    m.assert_called_once_with(
+        cloud=False,
+        targets=[],
+        jobs=None,
+        remote=None,
+        all_branches=False,
+        all_tags=False,
+        all_commits=False,
+        with_deps=False,
+        recursive=False,
+        check_updates=False,
+    )