diff --git a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
index 7498285ad24..2a470f1e4ed 100644
--- a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
+++ b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
@@ -1522,6 +1522,13 @@ void SymbolDatabase::createSymbolDatabaseIncompleteVars()
         }
         if (mSettings.library.functions.find(fstr) != mSettings.library.functions.end())
             continue;
+        if (mTokenizer.isCPP()) {
+            const Token* parent = tok->astParent();
+            while (Token::Match(parent, "::|[|{"))
+                parent = parent->astParent();
+            if (Token::simpleMatch(parent, "new"))
+                continue;
+        }
         const_cast<Token *>(tok)->isIncompleteVar(true); // TODO: avoid const_cast
     }
 }
diff --git a/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp b/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
index b7e846784bf..f738c999864 100644
--- a/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
+++ b/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
@@ -5494,6 +5494,23 @@ class TestSymbolDatabase : public TestFixture {
             const Token* u = Token::findsimplematch(s, "uint64_t");
             ASSERT(u && !u->isIncompleteVar());
         }
+        {
+            GET_SYMBOL_DB("void f() {\n"
+                          "    std::string* p = new std::string;\n"
+                          "    std::string* q = new std::string(\"abc\");\n"
+                          "    std::string* r = new std::string{ \"def\" };\n"
+                          "    std::string* s = new std::string[3]{ \"ghi\" };\n"
+                          "}\n");
+            ASSERT(db && errout.str().empty());
+            const Token* s1 = Token::findsimplematch(tokenizer.tokens(), "string ;");
+            ASSERT(s1 && !s1->isIncompleteVar());
+            const Token* s2 = Token::findsimplematch(s1->next(), "string (");
+            ASSERT(s2 && !s2->isIncompleteVar());
+            const Token* s3 = Token::findsimplematch(s2->next(), "string {");
+            ASSERT(s3 && !s3->isIncompleteVar());
+            const Token* s4 = Token::findsimplematch(s3->next(), "string [");
+            ASSERT(s4 && !s4->isIncompleteVar());
+        }
     }
 
     void enum1() {