diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/cppcoreguidelines/InitVariablesCheck.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/cppcoreguidelines/InitVariablesCheck.cpp
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/cppcoreguidelines/InitVariablesCheck.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/cppcoreguidelines/InitVariablesCheck.cpp
@@ -29,11 +29,15 @@
       MathHeader(Options.get("MathHeader", "math.h")) {}
 
 void InitVariablesCheck::registerMatchers(MatchFinder *Finder) {
-  Finder->addMatcher(varDecl(unless(hasInitializer(anything())),
-                             unless(isInstantiated()), isLocalVarDecl(),
-                             unless(isStaticLocal()), isDefinition())
-                         .bind("vardecl"),
-                     this);
+  std::string BadDecl = "badDecl";
+  Finder->addMatcher(
+      varDecl(unless(hasInitializer(anything())), unless(isInstantiated()),
+              isLocalVarDecl(), unless(isStaticLocal()), isDefinition(),
+              optionally(hasParent(declStmt(hasParent(
+                  cxxForRangeStmt(hasLoopVariable(varDecl().bind(BadDecl))))))),
+              unless(equalsBoundNode(BadDecl)))
+          .bind("vardecl"),
+      this);
 }
 
 void InitVariablesCheck::registerPPCallbacks(const SourceManager &SM,
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/cppcoreguidelines-init-variables.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/cppcoreguidelines-init-variables.cpp
--- a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/cppcoreguidelines-init-variables.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/cppcoreguidelines-init-variables.cpp
@@ -78,3 +78,9 @@
   int parens(42);
   int braces{42};
 }
+
+template <typename RANGE>
+void f(RANGE r) {
+  for (char c : r) {
+  }
+}