diff --git a/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check-occasional.yaml b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check-occasional.yaml
index ec395b844..dc9371440 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check-occasional.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check-occasional.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 on:
   schedule:
    - cron: '17 13 23 * *' # 23rd of month at 13:17 UTC
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 # A more complete suite of checks to run monthly; each PR/merge need not pass all these, but they should pass before CRAN release
 name: R-CMD-check-occasional
diff --git a/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
index 34cbbbfab..0aabc4030 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ on:
     branches:
       - master
   pull_request:
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 name: R-CMD-check
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/code-quality.yaml b/.github/workflows/code-quality.yaml
index 66f853612..6d83818bc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/code-quality.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/code-quality.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ on:
   push:
     branches: [master]
   pull_request:
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 name: code-quality
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/performance-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/performance-tests.yml
index c11952b57..0c42513e8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/performance-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/performance-tests.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ on:
       - 'R/**'
       - 'src/**'
       - '.ci/atime/**'
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
   comment:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/rchk.yaml b/.github/workflows/rchk.yaml
index 95b7c33d9..11ce02349 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rchk.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rchk.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,14 @@
 on:
   push:
     branches: [master]
+    paths:
+      - '.github/workflows/rchk.yaml'
+      - 'src/**'
   pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - '.github/workflows/rchk.yaml'
+      - 'src/**'
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 name: 'rchk'
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml
index c46e655a5..e0c87de1d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,20 @@
 on:
   push:
     branches: [master]
+    paths:
+      - '.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml'
+      - 'inst/tests/**'
+      - 'R/**'
+      - 'src/**'
+      - 'tests/**'
   pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - '.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml'
+      - 'inst/tests/**'
+      - 'R/**'
+      - 'src/**'
+      - 'tests/**'
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 name: test-coverage.yaml