diff --git a/cfg/std.cfg b/cfg/std.cfg
index edb76a1e4e8..753cd006ae1 100644
--- a/cfg/std.cfg
+++ b/cfg/std.cfg
@@ -8593,6 +8593,11 @@ initializer list (7) string& replace (const_iterator i1, const_iterator i2, init
     <arg nr="variadic">
     </arg>
   </function>
+  <function name="std::exception::what,std::logic_error::what,std::invalid_argument::what,std::domain_error::what,std::length_error::what,std::out_of_range::what,std::future_error::what,std::runtime_error::what,std::range_error::what,std::overflow_error::what,std::underflow_error::what,std::regex_error::what,std::system_error::what,std::ios_base::failure::what,std::filesystem::filesystem_error::what,std::nonexistent_local_time::what,std::ambiguous_local_time::what,std::format_error::what,std::bad_typeid::what,std::bad_cast::what,std::bad_any_cast::what,std::bad_optional_access::what,std::bad_expected_access::what,std::bad_weak_ptr::what,std::bad_function_call::what,std::bad_alloc::what,std::bad_array_new_length::what,std::bad_exception::what,std::ios_base::failure::what,std::bad_variant_access::what">
+    <noreturn>false</noreturn>
+    <use-retval/>
+    <returnValue type="const char *"/>
+  </function>
   <memory>
     <alloc init="false" buffer-size="malloc">malloc</alloc>
     <alloc init="true" buffer-size="calloc">calloc</alloc>
diff --git a/test/cfg/std.cpp b/test/cfg/std.cpp
index d48817a7f31..1d2c17e8de6 100644
--- a/test/cfg/std.cpp
+++ b/test/cfg/std.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #define __STDC_WANT_LIB_EXT1__ 1
 #include <ctime>
 #include <cwchar>
+#include <exception>
 #include <fstream>
 #include <functional>
 #ifndef __STDC_NO_THREADS__
@@ -924,6 +925,12 @@ void std_tie_ignoredReturnValue(int a, int b)
     std::tie(a, b);
 }
 
+void std_exception_ignoredReturnValue(const std::exception& e)
+{
+    // cppcheck-suppress ignoredReturnValue
+    e.what();
+}
+
 void valid_code()
 {
     std::vector<int> vecInt{0, 1, 2};