Index: clang-tidy/modernize/MakeSmartPtrCheck.cpp
===================================================================
--- clang-tidy/modernize/MakeSmartPtrCheck.cpp
+++ clang-tidy/modernize/MakeSmartPtrCheck.cpp
@@ -120,6 +120,9 @@
 
   if (New->getNumPlacementArgs() != 0)
     return;
+  // Skip when this is a new-expression with `auto`, e.g. new auto(1)
+  if (New->getType()->getPointeeType()->getContainedAutoType())
+    return;
 
   // Be conservative for cases where we construct an array without any
   // initalization.
Index: test/clang-tidy/modernize-make-unique.cpp
===================================================================
--- test/clang-tidy/modernize-make-unique.cpp
+++ test/clang-tidy/modernize-make-unique.cpp
@@ -341,6 +341,9 @@
   // CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[@LINE-1]]:7: warning: use std::make_unique instead
   // CHECK-FIXES: PE1 = std::make_unique<E>();
 
+  // No warnings for `auto` new expression.
+  PE1.reset(new auto(E()));
+
   //============================================================================
   //  NOTE: For initlializer-list constructors, the check only gives warnings,
   //  and no fixes are generated.