diff --git a/cpp/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Memory Management/UninitializedLocal.ql b/cpp/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Memory Management/UninitializedLocal.ql
index baa98bdfb2f..809f52d8a49 100644
--- a/cpp/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Memory Management/UninitializedLocal.ql	
+++ b/cpp/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Memory Management/UninitializedLocal.ql	
@@ -72,6 +72,13 @@ VariableAccess commonException() {
   or
   result.getParent() instanceof BuiltInOperation
   or
+  // Ignore the uninitialized use that is explicitly cast to void and
+  // is also an expression statement.
+  (
+    result.getActualType() instanceof VoidType and
+    result.getParent() instanceof ExprStmt
+  )
+  or
   // Finally, exclude functions that contain assembly blocks. It's
   // anyone's guess what happens in those.
   containsInlineAssembly(result.getEnclosingFunction())
diff --git a/cpp/ql/src/change-notes/2023-07-03-improve-uninitialized-local.md b/cpp/ql/src/change-notes/2023-07-03-improve-uninitialized-local.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c8c1a0bd6ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cpp/ql/src/change-notes/2023-07-03-improve-uninitialized-local.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+category: minorAnalysis
+---
+* The `cpp/uninitialized-local` query now excludes uninitialized uses that are explicitly cast to void and are expression statements. As a result, the query will report less false positives.
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