diff --git a/src/libcmd/repl.cc b/src/libcmd/repl.cc
index 3e3b882c3..863de05ed 100644
--- a/src/libcmd/repl.cc
+++ b/src/libcmd/repl.cc
@@ -915,6 +915,7 @@ ReplExitStatus AbstractNixRepl::runSimple(ref<EvalState> evalState, const ValMap
         return values;
     };
     LookupPath lookupPath = {};
+    // NOLINTNEXTLINE(clang-analyzer-cplusplus.NewDelete)
     auto repl = std::make_unique<NixRepl>(
         lookupPath,
         openStore(),