diff --git a/model/src/main/kotlin/OrtResult.kt b/model/src/main/kotlin/OrtResult.kt
index a0674ebaf2f65..d74dc8128d6dd 100644
--- a/model/src/main/kotlin/OrtResult.kt
+++ b/model/src/main/kotlin/OrtResult.kt
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnore
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnoreProperties
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude
 
+import java.io.File
 import java.util.SortedSet
 
 import kotlin.time.measureTimedValue
@@ -93,6 +94,13 @@ data class OrtResult(
             evaluator = null,
             labels = emptyMap()
         )
+
+        /**
+         * Load an [OrtResult] from the given [file]. This function deserializes the result from the specified input
+         * file and ensures that it has been properly initialized. It therefore should be always used rather than
+         * doing the deserialization manually.
+         */
+        fun load(file: File): OrtResult = file.readValue<OrtResult>().withResolvedScopes()
     }
 
     private data class ProjectEntry(val project: Project, val isExcluded: Boolean)
diff --git a/model/src/test/kotlin/OrtResultTest.kt b/model/src/test/kotlin/OrtResultTest.kt
index 87f67b1813cb8..f6bb71e59cbf1 100644
--- a/model/src/test/kotlin/OrtResultTest.kt
+++ b/model/src/test/kotlin/OrtResultTest.kt
@@ -159,4 +159,22 @@ class OrtResultTest : WordSpec({
             }
         }
     }
+
+    "load" should {
+        "resolve project scopes" {
+            val resultFile = File("src/test/assets/analyzer-result-with-dependency-graph.yml")
+
+            val result = OrtResult.load(resultFile)
+
+            result.analyzer?.result shouldNotBeNull {
+                dependencyGraphs.keys should beEmpty()
+            }
+
+            val project = result.getProject(Identifier("Maven:com.vdurmont:semver4j:3.1.0"))
+
+            project.shouldNotBeNull {
+                scopes shouldNot beEmpty()
+            }
+        }
+    }
 })