diff --git a/client/src/actions/index.ts b/client/src/actions/index.ts
index 60800dae..5f68f0d3 100644
--- a/client/src/actions/index.ts
+++ b/client/src/actions/index.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import * as viewActions from "./viewStack";
 import * as embActions from "./embedding";
 import * as genesetActions from "./geneset";
 
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any --- FIXME: disabled temporarily on migrate to TS.
 function setGlobalConfig(config: any) {
   /**
    * Set any global run-time config not _exclusively_ managed by the config reducer.
diff --git a/client/src/annoMatrix/loader.ts b/client/src/annoMatrix/loader.ts
index 02d5e6d0..25b263c9 100644
--- a/client/src/annoMatrix/loader.ts
+++ b/client/src/annoMatrix/loader.ts
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ export default class AnnoMatrixLoader extends AnnoMatrix {
       result.colIndex.labels()
     );
 
-    result = normalizeResponse(field, query, this.schema, result);
+    result = normalizeResponse(field, this.schema, result);
 
     return [whereCacheUpdate, result];
   }
diff --git a/client/src/annoMatrix/normalize.ts b/client/src/annoMatrix/normalize.ts
index 36c00526..f71cc799 100644
--- a/client/src/annoMatrix/normalize.ts
+++ b/client/src/annoMatrix/normalize.ts
@@ -7,8 +7,12 @@ import {
 } from "../globals";
 import { Dataframe } from "../util/dataframe";
 
-// @ts-expect-error ts-migrate(7006)
-export function normalizeResponse(field, query, schema, response) {
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/explicit-module-boundary-types, @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any -- - FIXME: disabled temporarily on migrate to TS.
+export function normalizeResponse(
+  field: string,
+  schema: any, // eslint-disable-line @typescript-eslint/explicit-module-boundary-types, @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any -- - FIXME: disabled temporarily on migrate to TS.
+  response: Dataframe
+): Dataframe {
   /**
    * There are a number of assumptions in the front-end about data typing and data
    * characteristics. This routine will normalize a server response dataframe
@@ -61,6 +65,7 @@ export function normalizeResponse(field, query, schema, response) {
   return response;
 }
 
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any -- - FIXME: disabled temporarily on migrate to TS.
 function castColumnToBoolean(df: Dataframe, label: any): Dataframe {
   const colData = df.col(label).asArray();
   const newColData = new Array(colData.length);
@@ -69,6 +74,7 @@ function castColumnToBoolean(df: Dataframe, label: any): Dataframe {
   return df;
 }
 
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/explicit-module-boundary-types, @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any -- - FIXME: disabled temporarily on migrate to TS.
 export function normalizeWritableCategoricalSchema(colSchema: any, col: any) {
   /*
   Ensure all enum writable / categorical schema have a categories array, that
@@ -85,10 +91,11 @@ export function normalizeWritableCategoricalSchema(colSchema: any, col: any) {
   return colSchema;
 }
 
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/explicit-module-boundary-types, @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any -- - FIXME: disabled temporarily on migrate to TS.
 export function normalizeCategorical(
   df: Dataframe,
-  colLabel: any,
-  colSchema: any
+  colLabel: any, // eslint-disable-line @typescript-eslint/explicit-module-boundary-types, @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any -- - FIXME: disabled temporarily on migrate to TS.
+  colSchema: any // eslint-disable-line @typescript-eslint/explicit-module-boundary-types, @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any -- - FIXME: disabled temporarily on migrate to TS.
 ) {
   /*
   If writable, ensure schema matches data and we have an unassigned label
diff --git a/client/src/annoMatrix/schema.ts b/client/src/annoMatrix/schema.ts
index daacd98b..28e88ab5 100644
--- a/client/src/annoMatrix/schema.ts
+++ b/client/src/annoMatrix/schema.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /*
 Private helper functions related to schema
 */
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/explicit-module-boundary-types, @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any -- - FIXME: disabled temporarily on migrate to TS.
 export function _getColumnSchema(schema: any, field: any, col: any) {
   /* look up the column definition */
   switch (field) {
@@ -23,11 +24,13 @@ export function _getColumnSchema(schema: any, field: any, col: any) {
   }
 }
 
-export function _isIndex(schema: any, field: any, col: any): bool {
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/explicit-module-boundary-types, @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any -- - FIXME: disabled temporarily on migrate to TS.
+export function _isIndex(schema: any, field: any, col: any): boolean {
   const index = schema.annotations?.[field].index;
   return index && index === col;
 }
 
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/explicit-module-boundary-types, @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any --- FIXME: disabled temporarily on migrate to TS.
 export function _getColumnDimensionNames(schema: any, field: any, col: any) {
   /*
 		field/col may be an alias for multiple columns. Currently used to map ND 
diff --git a/client/src/util/catLabelSort.ts b/client/src/util/catLabelSort.ts
index bcad2912..e1a25de6 100644
--- a/client/src/util/catLabelSort.ts
+++ b/client/src/util/catLabelSort.ts
@@ -18,11 +18,13 @@ function caseInsensitiveCompare(a: any, b: any) {
   return textA < textB ? -1 : textA > textB ? 1 : 0;
 }
 
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any --- FIXME: disabled temporarily on migrate to TS.
 const catLabelSort = (isUserAnno: boolean, values: any[]): any[] => {
   /* this sort could be memoized for perf */
 
   const strings: string[] = [];
   const ints: number[] = [];
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any --- FIXME: disabled temporarily on migrate to TS.
   const unassignedOrNaN: any = [];
 
   // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any --- FIXME: disabled temporarily on migrate to TS.
@@ -42,6 +44,7 @@ const catLabelSort = (isUserAnno: boolean, values: any[]): any[] => {
   ints.sort((a, b) => +a - +b);
   unassignedOrNaN.sort(caseInsensitiveCompare);
 
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any --- FIXME: disabled temporarily on migrate to TS.
   return (<any>ints).concat(strings, unassignedOrNaN);
 };
 
diff --git a/client/src/util/stateManager/controlsHelpers.ts b/client/src/util/stateManager/controlsHelpers.ts
index 8891b9f6..d4ce919e 100644
--- a/client/src/util/stateManager/controlsHelpers.ts
+++ b/client/src/util/stateManager/controlsHelpers.ts
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ export function createCategorySummaryFromDfCol(dfCol: any, colSchema: any) {
   const { categories: allCategoryValues } = colSchema;
   const categoryValues = allCategoryValues;
   const categoryValueCounts = allCategoryValues.map(
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any -- - FIXME: disabled temporarily on migrate to TS.
     (cat: any) => summary.categoryCounts.get(cat) ?? 0
   );
   const categoryValueIndices = new Map(