diff --git a/include/nlohmann/detail/input/binary_reader.hpp b/include/nlohmann/detail/input/binary_reader.hpp
index 8141bc02b..1fdda20ab 100644
--- a/include/nlohmann/detail/input/binary_reader.hpp
+++ b/include/nlohmann/detail/input/binary_reader.hpp
@@ -2657,6 +2657,8 @@ class binary_reader
             const auto* const data = reinterpret_cast<const unsigned char*>(ia.bulk_data());
             const unsigned char head = data[0];
             std::size_t size = 0;
+            // false positive: every case assigns accepted before it is read
+            // @infer-ignore DEAD_STORE
             bool accepted = true;
             switch (head)
             {
diff --git a/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp b/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
index 4976b2e81..bd4b8aa8e 100644
--- a/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
+++ b/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
@@ -20434,6 +20434,8 @@ class binary_reader
             const auto* const data = reinterpret_cast<const unsigned char*>(ia.bulk_data());
             const unsigned char head = data[0];
             std::size_t size = 0;
+            // false positive: every case assigns accepted before it is read
+            // @infer-ignore DEAD_STORE
             bool accepted = true;
             switch (head)
             {