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
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
   Finder->addMatcher(
       varDecl(unless(hasInitializer(anything())), unless(isInstantiated()),
               isLocalVarDecl(), unless(isStaticLocal()), isDefinition(),
+              unless(hasParent(cxxCatchStmt())),
               optionally(hasParent(declStmt(hasParent(
                   cxxForRangeStmt(hasLoopVariable(varDecl().bind(BadDecl))))))),
               unless(equalsBoundNode(BadDecl)))
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
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// RUN: %check_clang_tidy %s cppcoreguidelines-init-variables %t -- -- -fno-delayed-template-parsing
+// RUN: %check_clang_tidy %s cppcoreguidelines-init-variables %t -- -- -fno-delayed-template-parsing -fexceptions
 
 // Ensure that function declarations are not changed.
 void some_func(int x, double d, bool b, const char *p);
@@ -84,3 +84,10 @@
   for (char c : r) {
   }
 }
+
+void catch_variable_decl() {
+  // Expect no warning given here.
+  try {
+  } catch (int X) {
+  }
+}