diff --git a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
index bec4d00a3..aa158f637 100644
--- a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
+++ b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
@@ -4861,10 +4861,13 @@ void SymbolDatabase::setValueTypeInTokenList(Token *tokens, bool cpp, const Sett
         } else if (tok->enumerator()) {
             setValueType(tok, *tok->enumerator(), cpp, defsign, settings);
         } else if (cpp && tok->str() == "new") {
-            if (Token::Match(tok, "new %type% ;|[")) {
+            if (Token::Match(tok, "new %type% ;|[") ||
+                Token::Match(tok, "new ( std| ::| nothrow ) %type% ;|[")) {
                 ValueType vt;
                 vt.pointer = 1;
-                const Token * const typeTok = tok->next();
+                const Token * typeTok = tok->next();
+                if (typeTok->str() == "(")
+                    typeTok = typeTok->link()->next();
                 vt.type = ValueType::typeFromString(typeTok->str(), typeTok->isLong());
                 if (vt.type == ValueType::Type::UNKNOWN_TYPE)
                     vt.fromLibraryType(typeTok->str(), settings);
diff --git a/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp b/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
index 683137548..5e309df63 100644
--- a/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
+++ b/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
@@ -4313,6 +4313,8 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("signed int", typeOf("; auto x = 3;", "x"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS("signed int *", typeOf("; auto *p = (int *)0;", "p"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS("signed int *", typeOf("; auto data = new int[100];", "data"));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("signed int *", typeOf("; auto data = new (nothrow) int[100];", "data"));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("signed int *", typeOf("; auto data = new (std::nothrow) int[100];", "data"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS("const signed short", typeOf("short values[10]; void f() { for (const auto *x : values); }", "x"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS("signed int *", typeOf("MACRO(test) void test() { auto x = (int*)y; }", "x")); // #7931 (garbage?)
     }