diff --git a/src/CompHash.cc b/src/CompHash.cc
index 107eeefde8..ba640d50f8 100644
--- a/src/CompHash.cc
+++ b/src/CompHash.cc
@@ -918,6 +918,10 @@ const char* CompositeHash::RecoverOneVal(const HashKey* k, const char* kp0,
 
 				kp = RecoverOneVal(k, kp, k_end,
 				                   rt->FieldType(i), v, optional);
+
+				// An earlier call to reporter->InternalError would have called abort() and broken the
+				// call tree that clang-tidy is relying on to get the error described.
+				// NOLINTNEXTLINE(clang-analyzer-core.uninitialized.Branch)
 				if ( ! (v || optional) )
 					{
 					reporter->InternalError("didn't recover expected number of fields from HashKey");
diff --git a/src/RE.cc b/src/RE.cc
index 7ed075a0be..083356b5c4 100644
--- a/src/RE.cc
+++ b/src/RE.cc
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ unsigned int Specific_RE_Matcher::MemoryAllocation() const
 		+ equiv_class.Size() - padded_sizeof(EquivClass)
 		+ (dfa ? dfa->MemoryAllocation() : 0) // this is ref counted; consider the bytes here?
 		+ padded_sizeof(*any_ccl)
-		+ padded_sizeof(*accepted)
+		+ padded_sizeof(*accepted) // NOLINT(bugprone-sizeof-container)
 		+ accepted->size() * padded_sizeof(AcceptingSet::key_type);
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/broker/Data.cc b/src/broker/Data.cc
index 0447ec882e..a659c1c938 100644
--- a/src/broker/Data.cc
+++ b/src/broker/Data.cc
@@ -1148,6 +1148,8 @@ broker::data& bro_broker::opaque_field_to_data(RecordVal* v, Frame* f)
 		reporter->RuntimeError(f->GetCall()->GetLocationInfo(),
 		                       "Broker::Data's opaque field is not set");
 
+	// RuntimeError throws an exception which causes this line to never exceute.
+	// NOLINTNEXTLINE(clang-analyzer-core.uninitialized.UndefReturn)
 	return static_cast<DataVal*>(d)->data;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/zeekygen/Manager.cc b/src/zeekygen/Manager.cc
index 8650238c74..3029d1640f 100644
--- a/src/zeekygen/Manager.cc
+++ b/src/zeekygen/Manager.cc
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ Manager::Manager(const string& arg_config, const string& bro_command)
 		reporter->InternalError("Zeekygen can't get mtime of zeek binary %s (try again by specifying the absolute or relative path to Zeek): %s",
 		                        path_to_bro.c_str(), strerror(errno));
 
+	// Internal error will abort above in the case that stat isn't initialized
+	// NOLINTNEXTLINE(clang-analyzer-core.uninitialized.Assign)
 	bro_mtime = s.st_mtime;
 	}