diff --git a/lib/checkunusedfunctions.cpp b/lib/checkunusedfunctions.cpp
index 3c590576a..906ec15d1 100644
--- a/lib/checkunusedfunctions.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkunusedfunctions.cpp
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ void CheckUnusedFunctions::parseTokens(const Tokenizer &tokenizer, const char Fi
     }
 
     // Function usage..
-    const Token *scopeEnd = nullptr;
     for (const Token *tok = tokenizer.tokens(); tok; tok = tok->next()) {
 
         // parsing of library code to find called functions
@@ -163,31 +162,21 @@ void CheckUnusedFunctions::parseTokens(const Tokenizer &tokenizer, const char Fi
             }
         }
 
-        if (scopeEnd == nullptr) {
-            if (!Token::Match(tok, ")|= const| {"))
-                continue;
-            scopeEnd = tok;
-            while (scopeEnd->str() != "{")
-                scopeEnd = scopeEnd->next();
-            scopeEnd = scopeEnd->link();
-        } else if (tok == scopeEnd) {
-            scopeEnd = nullptr;
-            continue;
-        }
-
-
         const Token *funcname = nullptr;
 
-        if (Token::Match(tok->next(), "%var% (")) {
+        if (tok->scope()->isExecutable() && Token::Match(tok->next(), "%var% (")) {
             funcname = tok->next();
         }
 
-        else if (Token::Match(tok->next(), "%var% <") && Token::simpleMatch(tok->linkAt(2), "> (")) {
+        else if (tok->scope()->isExecutable() && Token::Match(tok->next(), "%var% <") && Token::simpleMatch(tok->linkAt(2), "> (")) {
             funcname = tok->next();
         }
 
-        else if (Token::Match(tok, "[;{}.,()[=+-/&|!?:] %var% [(),;:}]"))
+        else if (Token::Match(tok, "[;{}.,()[=+-/|!?:] &| %var% [(),;:}]")) {
             funcname = tok->next();
+            if (tok->str() == "&")
+                funcname = funcname->next();
+        }
 
         else if (Token::Match(tok, "[=(,] &| %var% :: %var%")) {
             funcname = tok->next();
diff --git a/test/testunusedfunctions.cpp b/test/testunusedfunctions.cpp
index 9b3f2943f..80a04a630 100644
--- a/test/testunusedfunctions.cpp
+++ b/test/testunusedfunctions.cpp
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(operator1);   // #3195
         TEST_CASE(returnRef);
         TEST_CASE(attribute); // #3471 - FP __attribute__(constructor)
+        TEST_CASE(initializer_list);
 
         TEST_CASE(multipleFiles);   // same function name in multiple files
 
@@ -284,6 +285,16 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
+    void initializer_list() {
+        check("int foo() { return 0; }\n"
+              "struct A {\n"
+              "    A() : m_i(foo())\n"
+              "    {}\n"
+              "int m_i;\n"
+              "};");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+    }
+
 
     void multipleFiles() {
         CheckUnusedFunctions c;