Unchecked exception declared in 'throws' clause

Reports declaration of an unchecked exception (java.lang.RuntimeException or one of its subclasses) in the throws clause of a method.

Declarations of unchecked exceptions are not required and may be deleted or moved to a Javadoc @throws tag.

Example:

  public class InvalidDataException extends RuntimeException {}

  class TextEditor {
    void readSettings() throws InvalidDataException {} // warning: Unchecked exception 'InvalidDataException' declared in 'throws' clause
  }

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.

ThrowsRuntimeException

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 | Error handling

Inspection ID: ThrowsRuntimeException

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 ThrowsRuntimeException

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

IntelliJ IDEA 2025.3

Inspection Details
By default bundled with:	IntelliJ IDEA 2025.3, Qodana for JVM 2025.3,

Last modified: 03 December 2025