Contrary to the debunking agenda of some research programs, I argue that the aim of an anthropology of disinformation should not be to identify false information per se, nor to pinpoint knowledge claims as “right” or “wrong.” Instead of being prescriptive, an anthropological approach toward disinformation is an interpretative exercise that attempts to foreground the phenomenon within specific cultural contexts, rational motivations, social pressures, power plays, and technological networks. While disinformation remains poorly studied in anthropology, I first demonstrate how the discipline possesses a rich taxonomy of terms that closely echoes sub-aspect of disinformation, including magic, rumors, gossips, or conspiracies—thereby throwing the basis for an anthropological study of disinformation. Then, I describe how anthropological research methods, such as participant observation and in-depth interviews, foster a different take on disinformation studies, by underscoring the context of production in which “dubious” narratives happen and by interpreting the internal logic of agents embedded in claims of disinformation. Lastly, in a set of five case studies, I lay concrete examples to help the reader grasp the importance of an interpretative approach to disinformation.