diff --git a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/InspectionGadgetsSVN.ipr b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/InspectionGadgetsSVN.ipr
index 66a01920d532..e622de1dc83d 100644
--- a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/InspectionGadgetsSVN.ipr
+++ b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/InspectionGadgetsSVN.ipr
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@
     </wildcardResourcePatterns>
   </component>
   <component name="DataSourceManagerImpl" />
+  <component name="DependenciesAnalyzeManager">
+    <option name="myForwardDirection" value="false" />
+  </component>
   <component name="DependencyValidationManager" />
   <component name="EntryPointsManager">
     <entry_points />
diff --git a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/src/com/siyeh/ig/bugs/CastToIncompatibleInterfaceInspection.java b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/src/com/siyeh/ig/bugs/CastToIncompatibleInterfaceInspection.java
index 020314481994..b12a88aea1ad 100644
--- a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/src/com/siyeh/ig/bugs/CastToIncompatibleInterfaceInspection.java
+++ b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/src/com/siyeh/ig/bugs/CastToIncompatibleInterfaceInspection.java
@@ -89,11 +89,15 @@ public class CastToIncompatibleInterfaceInspection extends ExpressionInspection{
         if(aClass.isInheritor(anInterface, true)){
             return true;
         }
+        if("java.lang.Object".equals(aClass.getQualifiedName()))
+        {
+            return true;
+        }
         final PsiManager psiManager = aClass.getManager();
         final PsiSearchHelper searchHelper = psiManager.getSearchHelper();
         final SearchScope searchScope = aClass.getUseScope();
         final PsiClass[] inheritors =
-                searchHelper.findInheritors(aClass, searchScope, false);
+                searchHelper.findInheritors(aClass, searchScope, true);
         for(int i = 0; i < inheritors.length; i++){
             final PsiClass inheritor = inheritors[i];
             if(inheritor.isInheritor(anInterface, true)){
diff --git a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/src/com/siyeh/ig/bugs/InstanceofIncompatibleInterfaceInspection.java b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/src/com/siyeh/ig/bugs/InstanceofIncompatibleInterfaceInspection.java
index 543fffbdd610..ff68f1c05e96 100644
--- a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/src/com/siyeh/ig/bugs/InstanceofIncompatibleInterfaceInspection.java
+++ b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/src/com/siyeh/ig/bugs/InstanceofIncompatibleInterfaceInspection.java
@@ -90,11 +90,14 @@ public class InstanceofIncompatibleInterfaceInspection extends ExpressionInspect
         if(aClass.isInheritor(anInterface, true)){
             return true;
         }
+        if("java.lang.Object".equals(aClass.getQualifiedName())){
+            return true;
+        }
         final PsiManager psiManager = aClass.getManager();
         final PsiSearchHelper searchHelper = psiManager.getSearchHelper();
         final SearchScope searchScope = aClass.getUseScope();
         final PsiClass[] inheritors =
-                searchHelper.findInheritors(aClass, searchScope, false);
+                searchHelper.findInheritors(aClass, searchScope, true);
         for(int i = 0; i < inheritors.length; i++){
             final PsiClass inheritor = inheritors[i];
             if(inheritor.isInheritor(anInterface, true)){