diff --git a/include/nlohmann/json.hpp b/include/nlohmann/json.hpp
index 64fb45c4c..d588dae74 100644
--- a/include/nlohmann/json.hpp
+++ b/include/nlohmann/json.hpp
@@ -2561,6 +2561,8 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
     {
         auto ret = ValueType();
         JSONSerializer<ValueType>::from_json(*this, ret);
+        // false positive: ret is returned by value, not its address
+        // @infer-ignore STACK_VARIABLE_ADDRESS_ESCAPE
         return ret;
     }
 
diff --git a/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp b/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
index db07ff1f9..bdfb3f0c8 100644
--- a/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
+++ b/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
@@ -29790,6 +29790,8 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
     {
         auto ret = ValueType();
         JSONSerializer<ValueType>::from_json(*this, ret);
+        // false positive: ret is returned by value, not its address
+        // @infer-ignore STACK_VARIABLE_ADDRESS_ESCAPE
         return ret;
     }