diff --git a/include/nlohmann/detail/bit_ops.hpp b/include/nlohmann/detail/bit_ops.hpp
index 42a09b68e..c9424a6d1 100644
--- a/include/nlohmann/detail/bit_ops.hpp
+++ b/include/nlohmann/detail/bit_ops.hpp
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ inline int count_leading_zeros(std::uint64_t x) noexcept
 #if defined(__GNUC__) || defined(__clang__)
     return __builtin_clzll(x);
 #elif defined(_MSC_VER) && (defined(_M_X64) || defined(_M_ARM64))
-    unsigned long index = 0;
+    unsigned long index = 0; // NOLINT(runtime/int): the type _BitScan*64 takes
     _BitScanReverse64(&index, x);
     return 63 - static_cast<int>(index);
 #else
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ inline int count_trailing_zeros(std::uint64_t x) noexcept
 #if defined(__GNUC__) || defined(__clang__)
     return __builtin_ctzll(x);
 #elif defined(_MSC_VER) && (defined(_M_X64) || defined(_M_ARM64))
-    unsigned long index = 0;
+    unsigned long index = 0; // NOLINT(runtime/int): the type _BitScan*64 takes
     _BitScanForward64(&index, x);
     return static_cast<int>(index);
 #else
diff --git a/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp b/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
index 66e1f236e..15ab891bb 100644
--- a/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
+++ b/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
@@ -8815,7 +8815,7 @@ inline int count_leading_zeros(std::uint64_t x) noexcept
 #if defined(__GNUC__) || defined(__clang__)
     return __builtin_clzll(x);
 #elif defined(_MSC_VER) && (defined(_M_X64) || defined(_M_ARM64))
-    unsigned long index = 0;
+    unsigned long index = 0; // NOLINT(runtime/int): the type _BitScan*64 takes
     _BitScanReverse64(&index, x);
     return 63 - static_cast<int>(index);
 #else
@@ -8838,7 +8838,7 @@ inline int count_trailing_zeros(std::uint64_t x) noexcept
 #if defined(__GNUC__) || defined(__clang__)
     return __builtin_ctzll(x);
 #elif defined(_MSC_VER) && (defined(_M_X64) || defined(_M_ARM64))
-    unsigned long index = 0;
+    unsigned long index = 0; // NOLINT(runtime/int): the type _BitScan*64 takes
     _BitScanForward64(&index, x);
     return static_cast<int>(index);
 #else