diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/FindTarget.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/FindTarget.cpp
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/FindTarget.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/FindTarget.cpp
@@ -642,6 +642,11 @@
     return RecursiveASTVisitor::TraverseNestedNameSpecifierLoc(L);
   }
 
+  bool TraverseConstructorInitializer(CXXCtorInitializer *Init) {
+    visitNode(DynTypedNode::create(*Init));
+    return RecursiveASTVisitor::TraverseConstructorInitializer(Init);
+  }
+
 private:
   /// Obtain information about a reference directly defined in \p N. Does not
   /// recurse into child nodes, e.g. do not expect references for constructor
@@ -669,13 +674,14 @@
     if (const TypeLoc *TL = N.get<TypeLoc>())
       return refInTypeLoc(*TL);
     if (const CXXCtorInitializer *CCI = N.get<CXXCtorInitializer>()) {
-      if (CCI->isBaseInitializer())
-        return refInTypeLoc(CCI->getBaseClassLoc());
-      assert(CCI->isAnyMemberInitializer());
-      return {ReferenceLoc{NestedNameSpecifierLoc(),
-                           CCI->getMemberLocation(),
-                           /*IsDecl=*/false,
-                           {CCI->getAnyMember()}}};
+      // Other type initializers (e.g. base initializer) are handled by visiting
+      // the typeLoc.
+      if (CCI->isAnyMemberInitializer()) {
+        return {ReferenceLoc{NestedNameSpecifierLoc(),
+                             CCI->getMemberLocation(),
+                             /*IsDecl=*/false,
+                             {CCI->getAnyMember()}}};
+      }
     }
     // We do not have location information for other nodes (QualType, etc)
     return {};
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/unittests/FindTargetTests.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/unittests/FindTargetTests.cpp
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/unittests/FindTargetTests.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/unittests/FindTargetTests.cpp
@@ -812,6 +812,7 @@
            "1: targets = {func}\n"
            "2: targets = {w}, decl\n"
            "3: targets = {FuncParam}\n"},
+          // declaration references.
           {R"cpp(
              namespace ns {}
              class S {};
@@ -835,6 +836,44 @@
            "8: targets = {INT2}, decl\n"
            "9: targets = {NS}, decl\n"
            "10: targets = {ns}\n"},
+          // cxx constructor initializer.
+          {R"cpp(
+             class Base {};
+             void foo() {
+               // member initializer
+               class $0^X {
+                 int $1^abc;
+                 $2^X(): $3^abc() {}
+               };
+               // base initializer
+               class $4^Derived : public $5^Base {
+                 $6^Base $7^B;
+                 $8^Derived() : $9^Base() {}
+               };
+               // delegating initializer
+               class $10^Foo {
+                 $11^Foo(int$12^);
+                 $13^Foo(): $14^Foo(111) {}
+               };
+             }
+           )cpp",
+           "0: targets = {X}, decl\n"
+           "1: targets = {foo()::X::abc}, decl\n"
+           "2: targets = {foo()::X::X}, decl\n"
+           "3: targets = {foo()::X::abc}\n"
+           "4: targets = {Derived}, decl\n"
+           "5: targets = {Base}\n"
+           "6: targets = {Base}\n"
+           "7: targets = {foo()::Derived::B}, decl\n"
+           "8: targets = {foo()::Derived::Derived}, decl\n"
+           "9: targets = {Base}\n"
+           "10: targets = {Foo}, decl\n"
+           "11: targets = {foo()::Foo::Foo}, decl\n"
+           // FIXME: we should exclude the built-in type.
+           "12: targets = {}, decl\n"
+           "13: targets = {foo()::Foo::Foo}, decl\n"
+           "14: targets = {Foo}\n"},
+
       };
 
   for (const auto &C : Cases) {