diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/ThrowKeywordMissingCheck.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/ThrowKeywordMissingCheck.cpp
index 64c155c29cf8b..17d2e75e4f666 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/ThrowKeywordMissingCheck.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/ThrowKeywordMissingCheck.cpp
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@ using namespace clang::ast_matchers;
 namespace clang::tidy::bugprone {
 
 void ThrowKeywordMissingCheck::registerMatchers(MatchFinder *Finder) {
-  auto CtorInitializerList =
-      cxxConstructorDecl(hasAnyConstructorInitializer(anything()));
-
   Finder->addMatcher(
       cxxConstructExpr(
           hasType(cxxRecordDecl(
@@ -27,7 +24,7 @@ void ThrowKeywordMissingCheck::registerMatchers(MatchFinder *Finder) {
                   stmt(anyOf(cxxThrowExpr(), callExpr(), returnStmt()))),
               hasAncestor(decl(anyOf(varDecl(), fieldDecl()))),
               hasAncestor(expr(cxxNewExpr(hasAnyPlacementArg(anything())))),
-              allOf(hasAncestor(CtorInitializerList),
+              allOf(hasAncestor(cxxConstructorDecl()),
                     unless(hasAncestor(cxxCatchStmt()))))))
           .bind("temporary-exception-not-thrown"),
       this);
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst b/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
index 51ba157ab05de..e3294c1289635 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
@@ -177,6 +177,10 @@ Changes in existing checks
   usages of ``sizeof()``, ``alignof()``, and ``offsetof()`` when adding or
   subtracting from a pointer directly or when used to scale a numeric value.
 
+- Improved :doc:`bugprone-throw-keyword-missing
+  <clang-tidy/checks/bugprone/throw-keyword-missing>` by fixing a false positive
+  when using non-static member initializers and a constructor.
+
 - Improved :doc:`bugprone-unchecked-optional-access
   <clang-tidy/checks/bugprone/unchecked-optional-access>` to support
   `bsl::optional` and `bdlb::NullableValue` from
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/bugprone/throw-keyword-missing.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/bugprone/throw-keyword-missing.cpp
index 49233c0deefdf..bafd3d19b5a31 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/bugprone/throw-keyword-missing.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/bugprone/throw-keyword-missing.cpp
@@ -139,6 +139,15 @@ CtorInitializerListTest::CtorInitializerListTest(float) try : exc(RegularExcepti
   RegularException();
 }
 
+namespace GH115055 {
+class CtorInitializerListTest2 {
+ public:
+  CtorInitializerListTest2() {}
+ private:
+  RegularException exc{};
+};
+}  // namespace GH115055
+
 RegularException funcReturningExceptionTest(int i) {
   return RegularException();
 }