--- a/tools/clang-tidy/config.yaml
+++ b/tools/clang-tidy/config.yaml
@@ -37,16 +37,18 @@ clang_checkers:
   - name: misc-forward-declaration-namespace
     # Name with clang tidy 6.0. We are currently using 5.0
     # - name: bugprone-forward-declaration-namespace
     publish: !!bool yes
   - name: misc-suspicious-missing-comma
     publish: !!bool yes
   - name: misc-suspicious-semicolon
     publish: !!bool yes
+  - name: misc-unused-raii
+    publish: !!bool yes
   - name: misc-unused-using-decls
     publish: !!bool yes
   - name: modernize-avoid-bind
     publish: !!bool yes
     restricted-platforms:
       - win32
       - win64
   - name: modernize-loop-convert

new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/clang-tidy/test/misc-unused-raii.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+// https://clang.llvm.org/extra/clang-tidy/checks/bugprone-unused-raii.html
+
+struct scoped_lock
+{
+  scoped_lock() {}
+  ~scoped_lock() {}
+};
+
+#define SCOPED_LOCK_MACRO(m) scoped_lock()
+
+struct trivial_scoped_lock
+{
+  trivial_scoped_lock() {}
+};
+
+scoped_lock test()
+{
+  scoped_lock(); // misc-unused-raii warning!
+
+  SCOPED_LOCK_MACRO(); // no warning for macros
+
+  trivial_scoped_lock(); // no warning for trivial objects without destructors
+
+  return scoped_lock(); // no warning for return values
+}

new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/clang-tidy/test/misc-unused-raii.json
@@ -0,0 +1,1 @@
+"[[\"warning\", \"object destroyed immediately after creation; did you mean to name the object?\", \"misc-unused-raii\"]]"
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