diff --git a/src/libcmd/repl.cc b/src/libcmd/repl.cc
index 8170bd579..001da4deb 100644
--- a/src/libcmd/repl.cc
+++ b/src/libcmd/repl.cc
@@ -917,6 +917,7 @@ ReplExitStatus AbstractNixRepl::runSimple(
         return values;
     };
     LookupPath lookupPath = {};
+    // NOLINTNEXTLINE(clang-analyzer-cplusplus.NewDelete)
     auto repl = std::make_unique<NixRepl>(
             lookupPath,
             openStore(),