diff --git a/lib/checkother.cpp b/lib/checkother.cpp
index f7229fa48..e22f0e72b 100644
--- a/lib/checkother.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkother.cpp
@@ -2574,7 +2574,15 @@ void CheckOther::duplicateIfError(const Token *tok1, const Token *tok2)
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 void CheckOther::checkDuplicateBranch()
 {
-    if (!_settings->isEnabled("style"))
+    // This is inconclusive since in practice most warnings are noise:
+    // * There can be unfixed low-priority todos. The code is fine as it
+    //   is but it could be possible to enhance it. Writing a warning
+    //   here is noise since the code is fine (see cppcheck, abiword, ..)
+    // * There can be overspecified code so some conditions can't be true
+    //   and their conditional code is a duplicate of the condition that
+    //   is always true just in case it would be false. See for instance
+    //   abiword.
+    if (!_settings->isEnabled("style") || !_settings->inconclusive)
         return;
 
     const SymbolDatabase *symbolDatabase = _tokenizer->getSymbolDatabase();
@@ -2621,7 +2629,7 @@ void CheckOther::duplicateBranchError(const Token *tok1, const Token *tok2)
     reportError(toks, Severity::style, "duplicateBranch", "Found duplicate branches for 'if' and 'else'.\n"
                 "Finding the same code in an 'if' and related 'else' branch is suspicious and "
                 "might indicate a cut and paste or logic error. Please examine this code "
-                "carefully to determine if it is correct.");
+                "carefully to determine if it is correct.", true);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/test/testother.cpp b/test/testother.cpp
index 81479edeb..6531472ca 100644
--- a/test/testother.cpp
+++ b/test/testother.cpp
@@ -4512,7 +4512,7 @@ private:
               "    else\n"
               "        b = 1;\n"
               "}");
-        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:4] -> [test.cpp:2]: (style) Found duplicate branches for 'if' and 'else'.\n", errout.str());
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:4] -> [test.cpp:2]: (style, inconclusive) Found duplicate branches for 'if' and 'else'.\n", errout.str());
 
         check("void f(int a, int &b) {\n"
               "    if (a) {\n"
@@ -4523,7 +4523,7 @@ private:
               "    } else\n"
               "        b = 1;\n"
               "}");
-        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:5] -> [test.cpp:3]: (style) Found duplicate branches for 'if' and 'else'.\n", errout.str());
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:5] -> [test.cpp:3]: (style, inconclusive) Found duplicate branches for 'if' and 'else'.\n", errout.str());
 
         check("void f(int a, int &b) {\n"
               "    if (a == 1)\n"
@@ -4535,7 +4535,7 @@ private:
               "            b = 2;\n"
               "    }\n"
               "}");
-        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:7] -> [test.cpp:5]: (style) Found duplicate branches for 'if' and 'else'.\n", errout.str());
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:7] -> [test.cpp:5]: (style, inconclusive) Found duplicate branches for 'if' and 'else'.\n", errout.str());
 
         check("int f(int signed, unsigned char value) {\n"
               "    int ret;\n"
@@ -4561,7 +4561,7 @@ private:
               "    else\n"
               "        __asm__(\"mov ax, bx\");\n"
               "}");
-        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:4] -> [test.cpp:2]: (style) Found duplicate branches for 'if' and 'else'.\n", errout.str());
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:4] -> [test.cpp:2]: (style, inconclusive) Found duplicate branches for 'if' and 'else'.\n", errout.str());
     }
 
     void duplicateBranch1() {
@@ -4575,7 +4575,7 @@ private:
               "  else\n"
               "    frac = front/(front-back);\n"
               "}");
-        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:5] -> [test.cpp:3]: (style) Found duplicate branches for 'if' and 'else'.\n", errout.str());
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:5] -> [test.cpp:3]: (style, inconclusive) Found duplicate branches for 'if' and 'else'.\n", errout.str());
 
         check("void f()\n"
               "{\n"
@@ -4584,7 +4584,7 @@ private:
               "  else\n"
               "    frac = front/((front-back));\n"
               "}");
-        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:5] -> [test.cpp:3]: (style) Found duplicate branches for 'if' and 'else'.\n", errout.str());
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:5] -> [test.cpp:3]: (style, inconclusive) Found duplicate branches for 'if' and 'else'.\n", errout.str());
     }
 
     void duplicateBranch2() {