javascript - How can I catch jQuery AJAX errors?

When an AJAX request is submitted to a site, server-side errors are easily handled with the jQuery promise approach. .done(), .fail(), etc. However for some requests (e.g. to an invalid site or one that doesn't accept cross-origin requests), an exception occurs immediately as the call is made. Here's an example of one error in the console:

XMLHttpRequest cannot load http://someotherserver/api/blahblah. Origin

http://localhost:52625 is not allowed by Access-Control-Allow-Origin.

Yes, I know about CORS...that's not the issue. What I'm actually doing is trying a web api call to test if the server IP/name is correct

I'm aware of the error option in the jQuery request syntax:

$.ajax({
    url: remoteURL,
    type: 'GET',

    error: function (err) {
        console.log("AJAX error in request: " + JSON.stringify(err, null, 2));
    }
}).etc.etc.

The error is handled here, but exceptions are still logged in the console. It seemed reasonable to wrap the above in a try-catch block, but that doesn't seem to help.

I've found this question, but the solution involves hacking the jQuery code. Surely there's a better way to catch these errors and not clog up the console logs??