public class Test {
   static {
       System.out.println("Hello from <clinit>");
   }
   public static void main(String[] args) {
       System.out.println("Hello from main()");
   }
}

...when run with: "java -cp . Test", produces the following:

Hello from <clinit>
Hello from main()

...but when run with: "java --dry-run -cp . Test", it still produces the following:

Hello from <clinit>