diff --git a/cli/diagnostics.rs b/cli/diagnostics.rs
index 0a674a2c48..f6f68e1d02 100644
--- a/cli/diagnostics.rs
+++ b/cli/diagnostics.rs
@@ -25,13 +25,36 @@ pub trait SourceTextStore {
 
 pub struct SourceTextParsedSourceStore<'a>(pub LazyGraphSourceParser<'a>);
 
+impl<'a> SourceTextParsedSourceStore<'a> {
+  pub fn get_source_text_from_store(
+    &self,
+    specifier: &ModuleSpecifier,
+  ) -> Option<Cow<'_, SourceTextInfo>> {
+    let parsed_source = self.0.get_or_parse_source(specifier).ok()??;
+    Some(Cow::Owned(parsed_source.text_info().clone()))
+  }
+}
+
 impl SourceTextStore for SourceTextParsedSourceStore<'_> {
   fn get_source_text<'a>(
     &'a self,
     specifier: &ModuleSpecifier,
   ) -> Option<Cow<'a, SourceTextInfo>> {
-    let parsed_source = self.0.get_or_parse_source(specifier).ok()??;
-    Some(Cow::Owned(parsed_source.text_info().clone()))
+    match self.get_source_text_from_store(specifier) {
+      Some(text_info) => Some(text_info),
+      None => {
+        // todo(#22117): this is extremely hacky and bad because the file
+        // may have changed by the time we get here. Instead of doing this,
+        // we should store the text info in the diagnostics
+        if specifier.scheme() == "file" {
+          let path = specifier.to_file_path().ok()?;
+          let text = std::fs::read_to_string(path).ok()?;
+          Some(Cow::Owned(SourceTextInfo::new(text.into())))
+        } else {
+          None
+        }
+      }
+    }
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/cli/tests/integration/publish_tests.rs b/cli/tests/integration/publish_tests.rs
index b15ca5f89f..28c57e010a 100644
--- a/cli/tests/integration/publish_tests.rs
+++ b/cli/tests/integration/publish_tests.rs
@@ -97,6 +97,32 @@ fn publish_non_exported_files_using_import_map() {
     .any(|l| l.contains("Unfurling") && l.ends_with("other.ts")));
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn publish_warning_not_in_graph() {
+  let context = publish_context_builder().build();
+  let temp_dir = context.temp_dir().path();
+  temp_dir.join("deno.json").write_json(&json!({
+    "name": "@foo/bar",
+    "version": "1.0.0",
+    "exports": "./mod.ts",
+  }));
+  // file not in the graph that uses a non-analyzable dynamic import (cause a diagnostic)
+  let other_ts = temp_dir.join("_other.ts");
+  other_ts
+    .write("const nonAnalyzable = './_other.ts'; await import(nonAnalyzable);");
+  let mod_ts = temp_dir.join("mod.ts");
+  mod_ts.write(
+    "export function test(a: number, b: number): number { return a + b; }",
+  );
+  context
+    .new_command()
+    .args("publish --token 'sadfasdf'")
+    .run()
+    .assert_matches_text(
+      "[WILDCARD]unable to analyze dynamic import[WILDCARD]",
+    );
+}
+
 itest!(javascript_missing_decl_file {
   args: "publish --token 'sadfasdf'",
   output: "publish/javascript_missing_decl_file.out",