Inspections

Last modified: 08 October 2024

File | Settings | Editor | Inspections for Windows and Linux

CLion | Settings | Editor | Inspections for macOS

the Settings icon

Use this page to customize inspection profiles, configure inspection severity levels, disable and enable inspections and configure inspections for different scopes.

Inspections settings

Modified inspections are highlighted in blue.

Manage profiles

the Profile list and the settings icon

Profile

Select the name of the profile you want to configure.

Note that the selected profile is automatically used for project highlighting after clicking Apply.

Show Scheme Actions

  • Copy to IDE/Copy to Project: create a copy of the selected profile on the project or global (IDE) level.

  • Duplicate: create a copy of the current profile.

  • Rename: rename the profile.

  • Delete: remove a profile. You can only delete custom profiles.

  • Add Description: write some description for the current profile. After you type the text, press it, or to discard.

  • Export: save the current profile to your computer as an XML file.

  • Import Profile: import a previously exported profile.

  • Restore Defaults: restore the default inspection settings.

tip

For more information about working with profiles, refer to Configure profiles.

Toolbar

Inspections toolbar

Search History

Search through the list of inspections. Your search requests will be stored.

Filter Inspections

Show the list of available inspections filters.

To reset the applied filter, click the Filter Inspections icon and select the Reset Filter option from the list.

Expand All

Collapse All

Expand/collapse all inspections.

Reset to Empty

Disable all inspections.

Add Structural Search & Replace Inspection

Add Search and Replace Templates.

Remove Structural Search & Replace Inspection

Use this button to remove your custom inspections.

tip

For more information, refer to Disable and suppress inspections.

Inspection severity and scopes

Item

Description

Description

The description of the selected inspection.

Inspection severity

Select the severity level for the current inspection.

Scopes

Select the scope of files to which you want to apply the current inspection.

Click Edit Scopes Order to switch to another dialog, where you can create a new scope or change the order of the existing scopes.

tip

For more information about severities, refer to Change inspection severity.

Options

This area is only available for some types of inspections, provided that an inspection of this type is enabled (the checkbox next to it is selected). Use the controls in this area to re-configure the default inspection settings.

See also

Procedures

Reference