diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index 4dccf166d644..f7f805ae255a 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 package cmd
 
 import (
+	"bufio"
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
@@ -90,6 +91,21 @@ func rootCmd(o *options.Options) error {
 
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	logger := sclog.NewLogger(sclog.ParseLevel(o.LogLevel))
+
+	var outFile *os.File
+
+	if o.ResultsFile != "" {
+		outFile, err = os.Create(o.ResultsFile)
+		if err != nil {
+			panic(err)
+		}
+		defer outFile.Close()
+		os.Stdout = outFile
+		os.Stderr = outFile
+
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Repo Queried: %s\n\n", o.Repo)
+	}
+
 	repoURI, repoClient, ossFuzzRepoClient, ciiClient, vulnsClient, err := checker.GetClients(
 		ctx, o.Repo, o.Local, logger) // MODIFIED
 	if err != nil {
@@ -170,5 +186,10 @@ func rootCmd(o *options.Options) error {
 			return sce.WithMessage(sce.ErrorCheckRuntime, fmt.Sprintf("%s: %v", result.Name, result.Error))
 		}
 	}
+
+	if outFile != nil {
+		writer := bufio.NewWriter(outFile)
+		defer writer.Flush()
+	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/options/flags.go b/options/flags.go
index 1652c9fd18ae..8b92983fbf84 100644
--- a/options/flags.go
+++ b/options/flags.go
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ const (
 	FlagFormat = "format"
 
 	FlagCommitDepth = "commit-depth"
+
+	// FlagResultsFile is the flag name for storing stdout and stderr output
+	FlagResultsFile = "resultsfile"
 )
 
 // Command is an interface for handling options for command-line utilities.
@@ -162,6 +165,13 @@ func (o *Options) AddFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 		fmt.Sprintf("Checks to run. Possible values are: %s", strings.Join(checkNames, ",")),
 	)
 
+	cmd.Flags().StringVar(
+		&o.ResultsFile,
+		FlagResultsFile,
+		o.ResultsFile,
+		"Output results and errors to file",
+	)
+
 	// TODO(options): Extract logic
 	allowedFormats := []string{
 		FormatDefault,
diff --git a/options/flags_test.go b/options/flags_test.go
index ff4a38b3e4df..9bc09bfd4431 100644
--- a/options/flags_test.go
+++ b/options/flags_test.go
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ func TestOptions_AddFlags(t *testing.T) {
 				ChecksToRun: []string{"check1", "check2"},
 				PolicyFile:  "policy-file",
 				Format:      "json",
+				ResultsFile: "resultsFile.log",
 			},
 		},
 	}
@@ -89,6 +90,11 @@ func TestOptions_AddFlags(t *testing.T) {
 				t.Errorf("expected FlagRubyGems to be %q, but got %q", tt.opts.RubyGems, cmd.Flag(FlagRubyGems).Value.String())
 			}
 
+			// check ResultsFile
+			if cmd.Flag(FlagResultsFile).Value.String() != tt.opts.ResultsFile {
+				t.Errorf("expected ResultsFile to be %q, but got %q", tt.opts.ResultsFile, cmd.Flag(FlagResultsFile).Value.String())
+			}
+
 			var e1 []string
 			for _, f := range strings.Split(cmd.Flag(FlagChecks).Value.String(), ",") {
 				f = strings.TrimPrefix(f, "[")
diff --git a/options/options.go b/options/options.go
index 5be1fda1febe..f4d528b44f85 100644
--- a/options/options.go
+++ b/options/options.go
@@ -29,17 +29,16 @@ import (
 
 // Options define common options for configuring scorecard.
 type Options struct {
-	Repo       string
-	Local      string
-	Commit     string
-	LogLevel   string
-	Format     string
-	NPM        string
-	PyPI       string
-	RubyGems   string
-	Nuget      string
-	PolicyFile string
-	// TODO(action): Add logic for writing results to file
+	Repo        string
+	Local       string
+	Commit      string
+	LogLevel    string
+	Format      string
+	NPM         string
+	PyPI        string
+	RubyGems    string
+	Nuget       string
+	PolicyFile  string
 	ResultsFile string
 	ChecksToRun []string
 	Metadata    []string