diff --git a/.clang-tidy b/.clang-tidy
index 4d9daefbad..da09d22227 100644
--- a/.clang-tidy
+++ b/.clang-tidy
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Checks: [-*,
          modernize-return-braced-init-list,
          modernize-use-bool-literals,
          modernize-use-default-member-init,
+         modernize-use-emplace,
 
          # Enable a very limited number of the cppcoreguidelines checkers.
          # See the notes for some of the rest of them below.
diff --git a/src/Func.cc b/src/Func.cc
index c612f0b979..a476521b55 100644
--- a/src/Func.cc
+++ b/src/Func.cc
@@ -696,8 +696,8 @@ StmtPtr ScriptFunc::AddInits(StmtPtr body, const std::vector<IDPtr>& inits) {
     auto stmt_series = with_location_of(make_intrusive<StmtList>(), body);
     auto init = with_location_of(make_intrusive<InitStmt>(inits), body);
 
-    stmt_series->Stmts().push_back(std::move(init));
-    stmt_series->Stmts().push_back(std::move(body));
+    stmt_series->Stmts().emplace_back(std::move(init));
+    stmt_series->Stmts().emplace_back(std::move(body));
 
     return stmt_series;
 }
diff --git a/src/RuleAction.cc b/src/RuleAction.cc
index 1aabae37a1..2a11115dc1 100644
--- a/src/RuleAction.cc
+++ b/src/RuleAction.cc
@@ -92,15 +92,15 @@ void RuleActionEvent::DoAction(const Rule* parent, RuleEndpointState* state, con
     if ( handler ) {
         zeek::Args args;
         args.reserve(msg ? 3 : 2);
-        args.push_back({AdoptRef{}, rule_matcher->BuildRuleStateValue(parent, state)});
+        args.emplace_back(AdoptRef{}, rule_matcher->BuildRuleStateValue(parent, state));
 
         if ( msg )
-            args.push_back(msg);
+            args.emplace_back(msg);
 
         if ( data )
-            args.push_back(make_intrusive<StringVal>(len, reinterpret_cast<const char*>(data)));
+            args.emplace_back(make_intrusive<StringVal>(len, reinterpret_cast<const char*>(data)));
         else
-            args.push_back(zeek::val_mgr->EmptyString());
+            args.emplace_back(zeek::val_mgr->EmptyString());
 
         if ( want_end_of_match ) {
             auto* match = state->FindRulePatternMatch(parent);
diff --git a/src/Val.cc b/src/Val.cc
index 6c52fb875a..bff527f82c 100644
--- a/src/Val.cc
+++ b/src/Val.cc
@@ -1638,7 +1638,7 @@ bool detail::TablePatternMatcher::MatchAll(const StringValPtr& s) {
 
 void detail::TablePatternMatcher::Build() {
     matcher_yields.clear();
-    matcher_yields.push_back(nullptr);
+    matcher_yields.emplace_back(nullptr);
 
     auto& tbl_dict = *tbl->Get();
     auto& tbl_hash = *tbl->GetTableHash();
diff --git a/src/broker/Manager.cc b/src/broker/Manager.cc
index e182764085..06cbb431be 100644
--- a/src/broker/Manager.cc
+++ b/src/broker/Manager.cc
@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@ void Manager::Peer(const string& addr, uint16_t port, double retry) {
 
     auto secs = broker::timeout::seconds(static_cast<uint64_t>(retry));
     bstate->endpoint.peer_nosync(addr, port, secs);
-    bstate->outbound_peerings.emplace(broker::network_info(addr, port));
+    bstate->outbound_peerings.emplace(addr, port);
 
     auto counts_as_iosource = get_option("Broker::peer_counts_as_iosource")->AsBool();
 
@@ -1160,7 +1160,7 @@ RecordVal* Manager::MakeEvent(ValPList* args, zeek::detail::Frame* frame) {
     zeek::Args cargs;
     cargs.reserve(args->size());
     for ( auto* a : *args )
-        cargs.push_back({zeek::NewRef{}, a});
+        cargs.emplace_back(zeek::NewRef{}, a);
 
     return MakeEvent(ArgsSpan{cargs}, frame)->Ref()->AsRecordVal();
 }
diff --git a/src/cluster/serializer/broker/Serializer.cc b/src/cluster/serializer/broker/Serializer.cc
index e0bdcde4b2..1d036caa65 100644
--- a/src/cluster/serializer/broker/Serializer.cc
+++ b/src/cluster/serializer/broker/Serializer.cc
@@ -82,10 +82,8 @@ std::optional<broker::zeek::Event> detail::to_broker_event(const detail::Event&
 
         for ( const auto& m : *meta ) {
             if ( auto res = zeek::Broker::detail::val_to_data(m.Val().get()); res.has_value() ) {
-                broker::vector entry(2);
-                entry[0] = static_cast<broker::count>(m.Id());
-                entry[1] = res.value();
-                broker_meta.push_back(std::move(entry));
+                broker::vector entry{static_cast<broker::count>(m.Id()), res.value()};
+                broker_meta.emplace_back(std::move(entry));
             }
             else {
                 // Just for sanity - we should never get here.
diff --git a/src/script_opt/Inline.cc b/src/script_opt/Inline.cc
index 410ceec678..ebdeb2e5d3 100644
--- a/src/script_opt/Inline.cc
+++ b/src/script_opt/Inline.cc
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ void Inliner::CoalesceEventHandlers(ScriptFuncPtr func, const std::vector<Func::
             return;
 
         auto ie_s = with_location_of(make_intrusive<ExprStmt>(ie), bp);
-        merged_body->Stmts().push_back(std::move(ie_s));
+        merged_body->Stmts().emplace_back(std::move(ie_s));
     }
 
     auto inlined_func = make_intrusive<CoalescedScriptFunc>(merged_body, new_scope, func);
diff --git a/src/script_opt/ProfileFunc.cc b/src/script_opt/ProfileFunc.cc
index 463b29ab53..df221a223e 100644
--- a/src/script_opt/ProfileFunc.cc
+++ b/src/script_opt/ProfileFunc.cc
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ ProfileFunc::ProfileFunc(const Expr* e, bool _abs_rec_fields) {
 }
 
 TraversalCode ProfileFunc::PreStmt(const Stmt* s) {
-    stmts.push_back({NewRef{}, const_cast<Stmt*>(s)});
+    stmts.emplace_back(NewRef{}, const_cast<Stmt*>(s));
 
     switch ( s->Tag() ) {
         case STMT_INIT:
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ TraversalCode ProfileFunc::PreStmt(const Stmt* s) {
 }
 
 TraversalCode ProfileFunc::PreExpr(const Expr* e) {
-    exprs.push_back({NewRef{}, const_cast<Expr*>(e)});
+    exprs.emplace_back(NewRef{}, const_cast<Expr*>(e));
 
     TrackType(e->GetType());
 
@@ -1476,7 +1476,7 @@ std::string func_name_at_loc(std::string fname, const Location* loc) {
 TraversalCode SetBlockLineNumbers::PreStmt(const Stmt* s) {
     auto loc = const_cast<Location*>(s->GetLocationInfo());
     UpdateLocInfo(loc);
-    block_line_range.emplace_back(std::pair<int, int>{loc->first_line, loc->last_line});
+    block_line_range.emplace_back(loc->first_line, loc->last_line);
     return TC_CONTINUE;
 }
 
@@ -1535,7 +1535,7 @@ ASTBlockAnalyzer::ASTBlockAnalyzer(std::vector<FuncInfo>& funcs) {
         auto body_loc = body->GetLocationInfo();
         fn = func_name_at_loc(fn, body_loc);
 
-        parents.emplace_back(std::pair<std::string, std::string>{fn, fn});
+        parents.emplace_back(fn, fn);
         func_name_prefix = fn + ":";
         body->Traverse(this);
         parents.pop_back();
@@ -1555,7 +1555,7 @@ TraversalCode ASTBlockAnalyzer::PreStmt(const Stmt* s) {
     auto ls = BuildExpandedDescription(loc);
 
     if ( is_compound_stmt(s) )
-        parents.push_back(std::pair<std::string, std::string>{LocWithFunc(loc), std::move(ls)});
+        parents.emplace_back(LocWithFunc(loc), std::move(ls));
 
     return TC_CONTINUE;
 }
diff --git a/src/script_opt/Reduce.cc b/src/script_opt/Reduce.cc
index 5808c5f2de..44afdafd4a 100644
--- a/src/script_opt/Reduce.cc
+++ b/src/script_opt/Reduce.cc
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ NameExprPtr Reducer::GenInlineBlockName(const IDPtr& id) {
 
 void Reducer::PushInlineBlock() {
     ++inline_block_level;
-    block_locals.emplace_back(std::unordered_map<const ID*, IDPtr>());
+    block_locals.emplace_back();
 }
 
 void Reducer::PopInlineBlock() {