Wallet screening checks a crypto address through our blockchain analytics provider and turns its exposure into a clear verdict: Flag, Review, or Clear. This article shows you how to screen an address and how to read and resolve the result.
Before you start
- You need the screening permission, held by Workspace Admins and Editors by default, and wallet screening enabled for your workspace.
- Each screen uses screening credits from your workspace allowance.
Run an ad-hoc screen
- Open Risk Screener and switch to the Wallets tab.
- Enter the wallet address and pick its network. ComplyWise validates the address format for the chosen network before anything is sent, so a mistyped address fails immediately rather than producing a meaningless result.
- Run the screen. The wallet joins the wallet register with its verdict.
The three verdicts
| Verdict | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Flag | Serious exposure found, or the address is on your workspace denylist; treat as blocked until cleared |
| Review | Exposure that needs a human decision before you proceed |
| Clear | Exposure is within your workspace's thresholds |
Verdicts come from your workspace's screening rulebook: exposure categories, tiers, and thresholds that your administrator can tune. See Configure screening rules.
Read the report
Click a wallet to open its report:
- Exposure breakdown. Every risk category the provider found, grouped by severity tier, with the share of exposure in each. Tier definitions are explained in a disclosure on the page.
- Triggered rules. Which rules produced the verdict, shown as labeled pills with their tier.
- Analyst table. The underlying exposure entities, grouped by whether funds flowed from them (source) or to them (destination), so an analyst can trace exactly where the risk sits.
- Exchange context. If the wallet belongs to a known exchange, the report shows an exchange identity chip. By default, certain strong signals are softened for exchange-hosted wallets, because a large exchange's aggregate exposure is not the same as a private wallet's; your administrator can turn this softening off.
- Pre-flag banner. If the address matched your workspace's denylist, a banner shows the reason recorded with the entry. The screen still runs and the evidence is kept, but the verdict is forced to Flag.
Resolve a Review or Flag
A Review or Flag verdict stays open until someone decides:
- Open the wallet's report and find the clearance panel.
- Add a comment explaining your decision, then clear (or uphold) the verdict.
- The clearance is recorded in the wallet's history alongside the run, so the decision and its reasoning stay auditable.
Related articles
- Configure screening rules: thresholds, tiers, softening, and denylists
- Screening overview: how wallet and entity screening fit together
- Review and clear hits: the entity-side review flow