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Add explicit 'return' or 'continue' before local functions

Separate local functions at the end of a block with explicit 'return' or 'continue'. This will help readers understand where a method or a loop really ends without checking whether there is any executable code left after or between local functions. Learn more...

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.

SeparateLocalFunctionsWithJumpStatement
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 | C# | Common Practices and Code Improvements

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 SeparateLocalFunctionsWithJumpStatement

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:

JetBrains Rider 2025.2, Qodana for .NET 2025.2,

Last modified: 18 September 2025