Is there a system keystroke (interrupt) I can press to force a coredump on OSX?

Sure. Here is the main list of shortcuts.

  • https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201236

First get a sysdiagnose with shift - control - command - option - period

  • How do you get system diagnostic files from macOS?

Then choose whichever restart or shutdown option you want from Apple’s list.