Index: clang-tidy/google/AvoidThrowingObjcExceptionCheck.h
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ clang-tidy/google/AvoidThrowingObjcExceptionCheck.h
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+//===--- AvoidThrowingObjcExceptionCheck.h - clang-tidy----------*- C++ -*-===//
+//
+//                     The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
+//
+// This file is distributed under the University of Illinois Open Source
+// License. See LICENSE.TXT for details.
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#ifndef LLVM_CLANG_TOOLS_EXTRA_CLANG_TIDY_GOOGLE_OBJC_AVOID_THROWING_EXCEPTION_H
+#define LLVM_CLANG_TOOLS_EXTRA_CLANG_TIDY_GOOGLE_OBJC_AVOID_THROWING_EXCEPTION_H
+
+#include "../ClangTidy.h"
+
+namespace clang {
+namespace tidy {
+namespace google {
+namespace objc {
+
+/// The check is to find usage of @throw invocation in Objective-C code.
+/// We should avoid using @throw for Objective-C exceptions according to
+/// Google Objective-C Style Guide.
+///
+/// For the user-facing documentation see:
+/// http://clang.llvm.org/extra/clang-tidy/checks/google-objc-avoid-throwing-exception.html
+class AvoidThrowingObjcExceptionCheck : public ClangTidyCheck {
+ public:
+  AvoidThrowingObjcExceptionCheck(StringRef Name, ClangTidyContext *Context)
+      : ClangTidyCheck(Name, Context) {}
+  void registerMatchers(ast_matchers::MatchFinder *Finder) override;
+  void check(const ast_matchers::MatchFinder::MatchResult &Result) override;
+};
+
+}  // namespace objc
+}  // namespace google
+}  // namespace tidy
+}  // namespace clang
+
+#endif  // LLVM_CLANG_TOOLS_EXTRA_CLANG_TIDY_GOOGLE_OBJC_AVOID_THROWING_EXCEPTION_H
Index: clang-tidy/google/AvoidThrowingObjcExceptionCheck.cpp
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--- /dev/null
+++ clang-tidy/google/AvoidThrowingObjcExceptionCheck.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+//===--- AvoidThrowingObjcExceptionCheck.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 "AvoidThrowingObjcExceptionCheck.h"
+#include "clang/AST/ASTContext.h"
+#include "clang/ASTMatchers/ASTMatchFinder.h"
+
+using namespace clang::ast_matchers;
+
+namespace clang {
+namespace tidy {
+namespace google {
+namespace objc {
+
+void AvoidThrowingObjcExceptionCheck::registerMatchers(MatchFinder *Finder) {
+  Finder->addMatcher(objcThrowStmt().bind("throwStmt"), this);
+}
+
+void AvoidThrowingObjcExceptionCheck::check(
+    const MatchFinder::MatchResult &Result) {
+  const auto *MatchedStmt =
+      Result.Nodes.getNodeAs<ObjCAtThrowStmt>("throwStmt");
+  diag(MatchedStmt->getThrowLoc(),
+       "avoid using @throw to handle Objective-C exceptions");
+}
+
+}  // namespace objc
+}  // namespace google
+}  // namespace tidy
+}  // namespace clang
Index: clang-tidy/google/CMakeLists.txt
===================================================================
--- clang-tidy/google/CMakeLists.txt
+++ clang-tidy/google/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 add_clang_library(clangTidyGoogleModule
   AvoidCStyleCastsCheck.cpp
+  AvoidThrowingObjcExceptionCheck.cpp
   DefaultArgumentsCheck.cpp
   ExplicitConstructorCheck.cpp
   ExplicitMakePairCheck.cpp
Index: clang-tidy/google/GoogleTidyModule.cpp
===================================================================
--- clang-tidy/google/GoogleTidyModule.cpp
+++ clang-tidy/google/GoogleTidyModule.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include "../readability/NamespaceCommentCheck.h"
 #include "../readability/RedundantSmartptrGetCheck.h"
 #include "AvoidCStyleCastsCheck.h"
+#include "AvoidThrowingObjcExceptionCheck.h"
 #include "DefaultArgumentsCheck.h"
 #include "ExplicitConstructorCheck.h"
 #include "ExplicitMakePairCheck.h"
@@ -49,6 +50,8 @@
         "google-explicit-constructor");
     CheckFactories.registerCheck<readability::GlobalNamesInHeadersCheck>(
         "google-global-names-in-headers");
+    CheckFactories.registerCheck<objc::AvoidThrowingObjcExceptionCheck>(
+        "google-objc-avoid-throwing-exception");
     CheckFactories.registerCheck<objc::GlobalVariableDeclarationCheck>(
         "google-objc-global-variable-declaration");
     CheckFactories.registerCheck<runtime::IntegerTypesCheck>(
Index: docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
===================================================================
--- docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
+++ docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@
 Improvements to clang-tidy
 --------------------------
 
+- New `google-avoid-throwing-objc-exception
+  <http://clang.llvm.org/extra/clang-tidy/checks/google-objc-avoid-throwing-exception.html>`_ check
+
+  Add new check to detect usage of @throw in Objective-C code, which should be avoided.
+
 - New `objc-property-declaration
   <http://clang.llvm.org/extra/clang-tidy/checks/objc-property-declaration.html>`_ check
 
Index: docs/clang-tidy/checks/google-objc-avoid-throwing-exception.rst
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ docs/clang-tidy/checks/google-objc-avoid-throwing-exception.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+.. title:: clang-tidy - google-objc-avoid-throwing-exception
+
+google-objc-avoid-throwing-exception
+=======================================
+
+This check finds @throw usages in Objective-C files. According to Google's Objective-C
+Guide, we should not use @throw to handle exceptions.
+
+The corresponding style guide rule:
+http://go/objc-style#Avoid_Throwing_Exceptions
\ No newline at end of file
Index: docs/clang-tidy/checks/list.rst
===================================================================
--- docs/clang-tidy/checks/list.rst
+++ docs/clang-tidy/checks/list.rst
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
    google-default-arguments
    google-explicit-constructor
    google-global-names-in-headers
+   google-objc-avoid-throwing-exception
    google-objc-global-variable-declaration
    google-readability-braces-around-statements (redirects to readability-braces-around-statements) <google-readability-braces-around-statements>
    google-readability-casting
Index: test/clang-tidy/google-objc-avoid-throwing-exception.m
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ test/clang-tidy/google-objc-avoid-throwing-exception.m
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// RUN: %check_clang_tidy %s google-objc-avoid-throwing-exception %t
+@class NSString;
+
+@implementation Foo
+- (void)f {
+    NSString *foo = @"foo";
+    @throw foo;
+    // CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[@LINE-1]]:5: warning: avoid using @throw to handle Objective-C exceptions [google-objc-avoid-throwing-exception]
+}
+@end
+