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Non-final static field is used during class initialization

Reports the use of non-final static variables during class initialization.

In such cases, the code semantics may become dependent on the class creation order. Additionally, such cases may lead to the use of variables before their initialization, and generally cause difficult and confusing bugs.

Example:

class Foo { public static int bar = 0; static { System.out.println(bar); } }

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.

NonFinalStaticVariableUsedInClassInitialization
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 | Java | Initialization

Inspection ID: NonFinalStaticVariableUsedInClassInitialization

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 NonFinalStaticVariableUsedInClassInitialization

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

Inspection Details

By default bundled with:

IntelliJ IDEA 2025.3, Qodana for JVM 2025.3,

Last modified: 03 December 2025