Index: clang-tidy/CMakeLists.txt
===================================================================
--- clang-tidy/CMakeLists.txt
+++ clang-tidy/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 add_subdirectory(misc)
 add_subdirectory(modernize)
 add_subdirectory(mpi)
+add_subdirectory(obvious)
 add_subdirectory(performance)
 add_subdirectory(readability)
 add_subdirectory(utils)
Index: clang-tidy/obvious/CMakeLists.txt
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ clang-tidy/obvious/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+set(LLVM_LINK_COMPONENTS support)
+
+add_clang_library(clangTidyObviousModule
+  ObviousTidyModule.cpp
+
+  LINK_LIBS
+  clangAST
+  clangASTMatchers
+  clangBasic
+  clangLex
+  clangTidy
+  clangTidyUtils
+  )
Index: clang-tidy/obvious/ObviousTidyModule.cpp
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ clang-tidy/obvious/ObviousTidyModule.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+//===------- ObviousTidyModule.cpp - clang-tidy ---------------------------===//
+//
+//                     The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
+//
+// This file is distributed under the University of Illinois Open Source
+// License. See LICENSE.TXT for details.
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#include "../ClangTidy.h"
+#include "../ClangTidyModule.h"
+#include "../ClangTidyModuleRegistry.h"
+
+using namespace clang::ast_matchers;
+
+namespace clang {
+namespace tidy {
+namespace obvious {
+
+class ObviousModule : public ClangTidyModule {
+public:
+  void addCheckFactories(ClangTidyCheckFactories &CheckFactories) override {
+    // Add obvious checks here.
+  }
+};
+
+// Register the ObviousModule using this statically initialized variable.
+static ClangTidyModuleRegistry::Add<ObviousModule> X("obvious-module",
+                                                     "Add obvious checks.");
+
+} // namespace obvious
+
+// This anchor is used to force the linker to link in the generated object file
+// and thus register the ObviousModule.
+volatile int ObviousModuleAnchorSource = 0;
+
+} // namespace tidy
+} // namespace clang
Index: clang-tidy/plugin/CMakeLists.txt
===================================================================
--- clang-tidy/plugin/CMakeLists.txt
+++ clang-tidy/plugin/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
   clangTidyLLVMModule
   clangTidyMiscModule
   clangTidyModernizeModule
+  clangTidyObviousModule
   clangTidyMPIModule
   clangTidyPerformanceModule
   clangTidyReadabilityModule
Index: clang-tidy/plugin/ClangTidyPlugin.cpp
===================================================================
--- clang-tidy/plugin/ClangTidyPlugin.cpp
+++ clang-tidy/plugin/ClangTidyPlugin.cpp
@@ -108,6 +108,11 @@
 static int LLVM_ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED ModernizeModuleAnchorDestination =
     ModernizeModuleAnchorSource;
 
+// This anchor is used to force the linker to link the ObviousModule.
+extern volatile int ObviousModuleAnchorSource;
+static int LLVM_ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED ObviousModuleAnchorDestination =
+    ObviousModuleAnchorSource;
+
 // This anchor is used to force the linker to link the PerformanceModule.
 extern volatile int PerformanceModuleAnchorSource;
 static int LLVM_ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED PerformanceModuleAnchorDestination =
Index: clang-tidy/tool/CMakeLists.txt
===================================================================
--- clang-tidy/tool/CMakeLists.txt
+++ clang-tidy/tool/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
   clangTidyMiscModule
   clangTidyModernizeModule
   clangTidyMPIModule
+  clangTidyObviousModule
   clangTidyPerformanceModule
   clangTidyReadabilityModule
   clangTooling
Index: clang-tidy/tool/ClangTidyMain.cpp
===================================================================
--- clang-tidy/tool/ClangTidyMain.cpp
+++ clang-tidy/tool/ClangTidyMain.cpp
@@ -465,6 +465,11 @@
 static int LLVM_ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED MPIModuleAnchorDestination =
     MPIModuleAnchorSource;
 
+// This anchor is used to force the linker to link the ObviousModule.
+extern volatile int ObviousModuleAnchorSource;
+static int LLVM_ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED ObviousModuleAnchorDestination =
+  ObviousModuleAnchorSource;
+
 // This anchor is used to force the linker to link the PerformanceModule.
 extern volatile int PerformanceModuleAnchorSource;
 static int LLVM_ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED PerformanceModuleAnchorDestination =
Index: docs/clang-tidy/index.rst
===================================================================
--- docs/clang-tidy/index.rst
+++ docs/clang-tidy/index.rst
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@
 ``modernize-``         Checks that advocate usage of modern (currently "modern"
                        means "C++11") language constructs.
 ``mpi-``               Checks related to MPI (Message Passing Interface).
+``obvious-``           Checks for obvious bugs that probably won't be found
+                       in working code, but can be found while looking for an
+                       obvious bug in broken code.
 ``performance-``       Checks that target performance-related issues.
 ``readability-``       Checks that target readability-related issues that don't
                        relate to any particular coding style.