diff --git a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/src/META-INF/plugin.xml b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/src/META-INF/plugin.xml
index 0c720b913024..dffa6ea0e1fa 100644
--- a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/src/META-INF/plugin.xml
+++ b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/src/META-INF/plugin.xml
@@ -867,6 +867,11 @@
     <localInspection language="JAVA" shortName="UnusedCatchParameter" bundle="com.siyeh.InspectionGadgetsBundle" key="unused.catch.parameter.display.name"
                      groupBundle="messages.InspectionsBundle" groupKey="group.names.error.handling" enabledByDefault="false" level="WARNING"
                      implementationClass="com.siyeh.ig.errorhandling.UnusedCatchParameterInspection"/>
+    <localInspection language="JAVA" shortName="NewExceptionWithoutArguments" bundle="com.siyeh.InspectionGadgetsBundle" key="new.exception.without.arguments.display.name"
+                     groupBundle="messages.InspectionsBundle" groupKey="group.names.error.handling" enabledByDefault="false" level="WARNING"
+                     implementationClass="com.siyeh.ig.errorhandling.NewExceptionWithoutArgumentsInspection"/>
+
+
     <localInspection language="JAVA" suppressId="FinalizeDoesntCallSuperFinalize" shortName="FinalizeCallsSuperFinalize"
                      bundle="com.siyeh.InspectionGadgetsBundle" key="finalize.doesnt.call.super.display.name"
                      groupBundle="messages.InspectionsBundle" groupKey="group.names.finalization.issues" enabledByDefault="true"
diff --git a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/src/com/siyeh/InspectionGadgetsBundle.properties b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/src/com/siyeh/InspectionGadgetsBundle.properties
index 9e20febb5952..90b828122bda 100644
--- a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/src/com/siyeh/InspectionGadgetsBundle.properties
+++ b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/src/com/siyeh/InspectionGadgetsBundle.properties
@@ -1949,3 +1949,5 @@ ignored.junit.test.method.problem.descriptor=Test method ''{0}()'' annotated wit
 unclear.binary.expression.display.name=Unclear binary expression
 unclear.binary.expression.problem.descriptor=Expression could use clarifying parentheses #loc
 unclear.binary.expression.quickfix=Add clarifying parentheses
+new.exception.without.arguments.display.name=Exception constructor called without arguments
+new.exception.without.arguments.problem.descriptor=<code>new #ref()</code> without arguments
diff --git a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/src/com/siyeh/ig/errorhandling/NewExceptionWithoutArgumentsInspection.java b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/src/com/siyeh/ig/errorhandling/NewExceptionWithoutArgumentsInspection.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b6453a340e03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/src/com/siyeh/ig/errorhandling/NewExceptionWithoutArgumentsInspection.java
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2011 Bas Leijdekkers
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.siyeh.ig.errorhandling;
+
+import com.intellij.psi.*;
+import com.intellij.psi.search.GlobalSearchScope;
+import com.siyeh.InspectionGadgetsBundle;import com.siyeh.ig.BaseInspection;
+import com.siyeh.ig.BaseInspectionVisitor;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nls;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+
+public class NewExceptionWithoutArgumentsInspection extends BaseInspection {
+  @Nls
+  @NotNull
+  @Override
+  public String getDisplayName() {
+    return InspectionGadgetsBundle.message("new.exception.without.arguments.display.name");
+  }
+
+  @NotNull
+  @Override
+  protected String buildErrorString(Object... infos) {
+    return InspectionGadgetsBundle.message("new.exception.without.arguments.problem.descriptor");
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public BaseInspectionVisitor buildVisitor() {
+    return new NewExceptionWithoutArgumentsVisitor();
+  }
+
+  private static class NewExceptionWithoutArgumentsVisitor extends BaseInspectionVisitor {
+
+    @Override
+    public void visitNewExpression(PsiNewExpression expression) {
+      super.visitNewExpression(expression);
+      final PsiExpressionList argumentList = expression.getArgumentList();
+      if (argumentList == null) {
+        return;
+      }
+      final PsiExpression[] expressions = argumentList.getExpressions();
+      if (expressions.length != 0) {
+        return;
+      }
+      final PsiJavaCodeReferenceElement classReference = expression.getClassReference();
+      if (classReference == null) {
+        return;
+      }
+      final PsiElement target = classReference.resolve();
+      if (!(target instanceof PsiClass)) {
+        return;
+      }
+      final PsiClass aClass = (PsiClass)target;
+      final GlobalSearchScope resolveScope = expression.getResolveScope();
+      final JavaPsiFacade psiFacade = JavaPsiFacade.getInstance(expression.getProject());
+      final PsiClass exceptionClass = psiFacade.findClass(CommonClassNames.JAVA_LANG_EXCEPTION, resolveScope);
+      if (exceptionClass == null) {
+        return;
+      }
+      if (!aClass.isInheritor(exceptionClass, true)) {
+        return;
+      }
+      registerNewExpressionError(expression);
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/src/inspectionDescriptions/NewExceptionWithoutArguments.html b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/src/inspectionDescriptions/NewExceptionWithoutArguments.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..dd38673c63b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/src/inspectionDescriptions/NewExceptionWithoutArguments.html
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<html>
+<body>
+This inspection reports construction of exceptions without arguments. When an exception is constructed without arguments it contains no
+information about the fault that happened, which makes debugging needlessly hard.
+<p>
+<small>New in 11, Powered by InspectionGadgets</small>
+</body>
+</html>
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