diff --git a/mteb/abstasks/AbsTask.py b/mteb/abstasks/AbsTask.py
index b81c860b83..93e990c76b 100644
--- a/mteb/abstasks/AbsTask.py
+++ b/mteb/abstasks/AbsTask.py
@@ -347,6 +347,13 @@ def filter_languages(
         self.hf_subsets = subsets_to_keep
         return self
 
+    @property
+    def is_aggregate(
+        self,
+    ) -> bool:  # Overrided by subclasses (AbsTaskAggregate) that are aggregate
+        """Whether the task is aggregate. Subclasses that are aggregate should override this with `True`."""
+        return False
+
     @property
     def eval_splits(self) -> list[str]:
         if self._eval_splits:
diff --git a/mteb/abstasks/aggregated_task.py b/mteb/abstasks/aggregated_task.py
index 4c79db01ae..f43c19f237 100644
--- a/mteb/abstasks/aggregated_task.py
+++ b/mteb/abstasks/aggregated_task.py
@@ -154,6 +154,10 @@ def _calculate_metrics_from_split(
             "Aggregate tasks does not implement a _calculate_metrics_from_split. Instead use the individual tasks."
         )
 
+    @property
+    def is_aggregate(self):  # Overrides the is_aggregate method on AbsTask
+        return True
+
     @property
     def eval_splits(self) -> list[str]:
         if self._eval_splits:
diff --git a/mteb/evaluation/MTEB.py b/mteb/evaluation/MTEB.py
index a6bacc189e..f1ae39ef9c 100644
--- a/mteb/evaluation/MTEB.py
+++ b/mteb/evaluation/MTEB.py
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 from sentence_transformers import CrossEncoder, SentenceTransformer
 
 from mteb.abstasks.AbsTask import ScoresDict
-from mteb.abstasks.aggregated_task import AbsTaskAggregate
 from mteb.encoder_interface import Encoder
 from mteb.model_meta import ModelMeta
 from mteb.models import model_meta_from_sentence_transformers
@@ -467,7 +466,7 @@ def run(
                 f"\n\n********************** Evaluating {task.metadata.name} **********************"
             )
 
-            if isinstance(task, AbsTaskAggregate):
+            if task.is_aggregate:
                 self_ = MTEB(tasks=task.metadata.tasks)
                 task_results = self_.run(
                     model,
diff --git a/mteb/overview.py b/mteb/overview.py
index 03ad0e67ba..461221e7fa 100644
--- a/mteb/overview.py
+++ b/mteb/overview.py
@@ -133,6 +133,15 @@ def filter_tasks_by_modalities(
         return [t for t in tasks if _modalities.intersection(t.modalities)]
 
 
+def filter_aggregate_tasks(tasks: list[AbsTask]) -> list[AbsTask]:
+    """Returns input tasks that are *not* aggregate.
+
+    Args:
+        tasks: A list of tasks to filter.
+    """
+    return [t for t in tasks if not t.is_aggregate]
+
+
 class MTEBTasks(tuple):
     def __repr__(self) -> str:
         return "MTEBTasks" + super().__repr__()
@@ -278,6 +287,7 @@ def get_tasks(
     exclusive_language_filter: bool = False,
     modalities: list[MODALITIES] | None = None,
     exclusive_modality_filter: bool = False,
+    exclude_aggregate: bool = False,
 ) -> MTEBTasks:
     """Get a list of tasks based on the specified filters.
 
@@ -300,6 +310,7 @@ def get_tasks(
         exclusive_modality_filter: If True, only keep tasks where _all_ filter modalities are included in the
             task's modalities and ALL task modalities are in filter modalities (exact match).
             If False, keep tasks if _any_ of the task's modalities match the filter modalities.
+        exclude_aggregate: If True, exclude aggregate tasks. If False, both aggregate and non-aggregate tasks are returned.
 
     Returns:
         A list of all initialized tasks objects which pass all of the filters (AND operation).
@@ -350,6 +361,8 @@ def get_tasks(
         _tasks = filter_tasks_by_modalities(
             _tasks, modalities, exclusive_modality_filter
         )
+    if exclude_aggregate:
+        _tasks = filter_aggregate_tasks(_tasks)
 
     return MTEBTasks(_tasks)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_overview.py b/tests/test_overview.py
index 4486bc1136..801929817c 100644
--- a/tests/test_overview.py
+++ b/tests/test_overview.py
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ def test_get_task(
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("exclude_superseded_datasets", [True, False])
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("modalities", [["text"], ["image"], ["text", "image"], None])
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("exclusive_modality_filter", [True, False])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("exclude_aggregate", [True, False])
 def test_get_tasks(
     languages: list[str],
     script: list[str],
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ def test_get_tasks(
     exclude_superseded_datasets: bool,
     modalities: list[MODALITIES] | None,
     exclusive_modality_filter: bool,
+    exclude_aggregate: bool,
 ):
     tasks = mteb.get_tasks(
         languages=languages,
@@ -89,6 +91,7 @@ def test_get_tasks(
         exclude_superseded=exclude_superseded_datasets,
         modalities=modalities,
         exclusive_modality_filter=exclusive_modality_filter,
+        exclude_aggregate=exclude_aggregate,
     )
 
     for task in tasks:
@@ -110,6 +113,9 @@ def test_get_tasks(
                 assert set(task.modalities) == set(modalities)
             else:
                 assert any(mod in task.modalities for mod in modalities)
+        if exclude_aggregate:
+            # Aggregate tasks should be excluded
+            assert not task.is_aggregate
 
 
 def test_get_tasks_filtering():
diff --git a/tests/test_tasks/test_all_abstasks.py b/tests/test_tasks/test_all_abstasks.py
index b192b3b334..55e33e994a 100644
--- a/tests/test_tasks/test_all_abstasks.py
+++ b/tests/test_tasks/test_all_abstasks.py
@@ -106,3 +106,10 @@ def test_superseded_dataset_exists():
             assert task.superseded_by in TASKS_REGISTRY, (
                 f"{task} is superseded by {task.superseded_by} but {task.superseded_by} is not in the TASKS_REGISTRY"
             )
+
+
+def test_is_aggregate_property_correct():
+    tasks = mteb.get_tasks()
+
+    for task in tasks:
+        assert task.is_aggregate == isinstance(task, AbsTaskAggregate)