'lazy' can be used with delegation

Detects uses of lazy { ... } without delegation.

Example:

    private val x = lazy { "hello" }

    fun test() {
        printlin(x.value)
    }

A quick-fix is suggested if a lazy variable is only used by calling direct access to its value:

  private val x by lazy { "hello" }

  fun test() {
        println(x)
  }

Constructions with explicit lazy type like

private val x: Lazy<String> = lazy { "hello" }

are not reported, as they are assumed to be used intentionally.

Locating this inspection

By ID

Can be used to locate inspection in e.g. Qodana configuration files, where you can quickly enable or disable it, or adjust its settings.

LazyWithoutDelegation

Via Settings dialog

Path to the inspection settings via IntelliJ Platform IDE Settings dialog, when you need to adjust inspection settings directly from your IDE.

Settings or Preferences | Editor | Inspections | Kotlin | Probable bugs

Inspection ID: LazyWithoutDelegation

Suppressing Inspection

You can suppress this inspection by placing the following comment marker before the code fragment where you no longer want messages from this inspection to appear:

//noinspection LazyWithoutDelegation

More detailed instructions as well as other ways and options that you have can be found in the product documentation:

IntelliJ IDEA 2026.2

Inspection Details
By default bundled with:	IntelliJ IDEA 2026.2, Qodana for JVM 2026.2,

Last modified: 30 June 2026