diff --git a/lib/astutils.cpp b/lib/astutils.cpp
index 21bc2e2c9..59330843c 100644
--- a/lib/astutils.cpp
+++ b/lib/astutils.cpp
@@ -292,6 +292,8 @@ bool isReturnScope(const Token * const endToken)
             Token::simpleMatch(prev->link()->linkAt(-1)->previous(), "return (")) {
             return true;
         }
+        if (Token::Match(prev->link()->previous(), "[;{}] {"))
+            return isReturnScope(prev);
     } else if (Token::simpleMatch(prev, ";")) {
         // noreturn function
         if (Token::simpleMatch(prev->previous(), ") ;") && Token::Match(prev->linkAt(-1)->tokAt(-2), "[;{}] %name% ("))
diff --git a/test/testastutils.cpp b/test/testastutils.cpp
index c3d50d6bc..acf1abd0b 100644
--- a/test/testastutils.cpp
+++ b/test/testastutils.cpp
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS(true, isReturnScope("void f() { if (a) { return; } }", -2));
         ASSERT_EQUALS(true, isReturnScope("void f() { if (a) { return (ab){0}; } }", -2)); // #7103
         ASSERT_EQUALS(false, isReturnScope("void f() { if (a) { return (ab){0}; } }", -4)); // #7103
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(true, isReturnScope("void f() { if (a) { {throw new string(x);}; } }", -4)); // #7144
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(true, isReturnScope("void f() { if (a) { {throw new string(x);}; } }", -2)); // #7144
     }
 };
 
diff --git a/test/testvalueflow.cpp b/test/testvalueflow.cpp
index c1dce4c27..d91067bbb 100644
--- a/test/testvalueflow.cpp
+++ b/test/testvalueflow.cpp
@@ -1222,6 +1222,12 @@ private:
                "}";
         ASSERT_EQUALS(false, testValueOfX(code, 3U, 0));
 
+        code = "void f(int x) {\n"
+               "    if (!x) { { throw new string(); }; }\n"
+               "    a = x;\n"
+               "}";
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(false, testValueOfX(code, 3U, 0));
+
         // if (var)
         code = "void f(int x) {\n"
                "    if (x) { a = x; }\n"  // <- x is not 0