diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index 1d3edeb18..9a8343226 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -430,6 +430,21 @@ void Tokenizer::createTokens(std::istream &code)
                 addtoken("&&", lineno, FileIndex, true);
                 continue;
             }
+            else if (ch==':' && CurrentToken.empty() && code.peek() == ' ')
+            {
+                // :
+                addtoken(":", lineno, FileIndex, true);
+                CurrentToken.clear();
+                continue;
+            }
+            else if (ch==':' && CurrentToken.empty() && code.peek() == ':')
+            {
+                // ::
+                ch = (char)code.get();
+                addtoken("::", lineno, FileIndex, true);
+                CurrentToken.clear();
+                continue;
+            }
             else
             {
                 if (CurrentToken == "#file")
diff --git a/test/testclass.cpp b/test/testclass.cpp
index 1b439ec37..5e9252eab 100644
--- a/test/testclass.cpp
+++ b/test/testclass.cpp
@@ -2232,6 +2232,16 @@ private:
                        "    } obj;\n"
                        "};\n");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:4]: (warning) Member variable 'LocalClass::bitsInData_' is not initialized in the constructor.\n", errout.str());
+
+        checkUninitVar("Object::MemFunc() {\n"
+                       "    class LocalClass : ::copy_protected {\n"
+                       "    public:\n"
+                       "        LocalClass() : copy_protected(1), dataLength_(0) {}\n"
+                       "        std::streamsize dataLength_;\n"
+                       "        double bitsInData_;\n"
+                       "    } obj;\n"
+                       "};\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:4]: (warning) Member variable 'LocalClass::bitsInData_' is not initialized in the constructor.\n", errout.str());
     }
 
     void uninitVarArray1()