diff --git a/src/checkmemoryleak.cpp b/src/checkmemoryleak.cpp
index f1359768c..95a3e447c 100644
--- a/src/checkmemoryleak.cpp
+++ b/src/checkmemoryleak.cpp
@@ -103,10 +103,14 @@ CheckMemoryLeakClass::AllocType CheckMemoryLeakClass::GetAllocationType(const To
             return gMalloc;
     }
 
-    if (Token::Match(tok2, "new %type% [;()]"))
+    if (Token::Match(tok2, "new %type% [;()]") ||
+        Token::Match(tok2, "new ( std :: nothrow ) %type% [;()]") ||
+        Token::Match(tok2, "new ( nothrow ) %type% [;()]"))
         return New;
 
-    if (Token::Match(tok2, "new %type% ["))
+    if (Token::Match(tok2, "new %type% [") ||
+        Token::Match(tok2, "new ( std :: nothrow ) %type% [") ||
+        Token::Match(tok2, "new ( nothrow ) %type% ["))
         return NewArray;
 
     if (Token::Match(tok2, "fopen|tmpfile ("))
diff --git a/test/testmemleak.cpp b/test/testmemleak.cpp
index 2ddb1429d..82f3448d0 100644
--- a/test/testmemleak.cpp
+++ b/test/testmemleak.cpp
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(simple8);
         TEST_CASE(simple9);     // Bug 2435468 - member function "free"
         TEST_CASE(simple10);    // fclose in a if condition
+        TEST_CASE(new_nothrow);
 
         TEST_CASE(alloc_alloc_1);
 
@@ -340,8 +341,48 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
+    void new_nothrow()
+    {
+        check("void f()\n"
+              "{\n"
+              "    int *p = new(std::nothrow) int;\n"
+              "}\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:4]: (error) Memory leak: p\n", errout.str());
 
+        check("void f()\n"
+              "{\n"
+              "    using std::nothrow;\n"
+              "    int *p = new(nothrow) int;\n"
+              "}\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:5]: (error) Memory leak: p\n", errout.str());
 
+        check("void f()\n"
+              "{\n"
+              "    int *p = new(std::nothrow) int[10];\n"
+              "}\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:4]: (error) Memory leak: p\n", errout.str());
+
+        check("void f()\n"
+              "{\n"
+              "    using namespace std;\n"
+              "    int *p = new(nothrow) int[10];\n"
+              "}\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:5]: (error) Memory leak: p\n", errout.str());
+
+        check("void f()\n"
+              "{\n"
+              "    int *p = new(std::nothrow) int;\n"
+              "    delete [] p;\n"
+              "}\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:4]: (error) Mismatching allocation and deallocation: p\n", errout.str());
+
+        check("void f()\n"
+              "{\n"
+              "    int *p = new(std::nothrow) int[10];\n"
+              "    delete p;\n"
+              "}\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:4]: (error) Mismatching allocation and deallocation: p\n", errout.str());
+    }
 
     void alloc_alloc_1()
     {