# Lazy lint on return?
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/lazy-lint-on-return/99979
**Category:** General
**Created:** [18 December 2025 13:20 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/lazy-lint-on-return/99979 "2025-12-18T13:20:04Z")
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### Author:  [@ThingsTinkerer](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ThingsTinkerer)
#### Post date: [18 December 2025 13:20 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/lazy-lint-on-return/99979/1 "2025-12-18T13:20:04Z")
Was refactoring some code and naturally linter triggered and show invalid name. This happened while assigning variable (`const a = b`), however it never linted on return (`return b`)! What's going on here? Is it more complicated, error prone or noisy to lint on return? Or is it just too lazy in general? If `b` isn't declared anywhere, I'd like a heads up regardless of where it is referenced.
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### Author:  [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [18 December 2025 14:45 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/lazy-lint-on-return/99979/2 "2025-12-18T14:45:52Z")
Can you post an example function please.
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### Author:  [@ThingsTinkerer](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ThingsTinkerer)
#### Post date: [18 December 2025 22:04 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/lazy-lint-on-return/99979/3 "2025-12-18T22:04:29Z")
Something like this:
```javascript
const a = b;
return [a, b];
```
This triggers red line under `b` on line 1. Nothing on return line. I thought perhaps the nr lint tab trigger would include return, but if I change `a = b` to `a = 2`, nr lint disappears. Replacing first `b` with `2` also removes my suspicion that it was lazy and only triggered on first reference.
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### Author:  [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [22 December 2025 16:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/lazy-lint-on-return/99979/4 "2025-12-22T16:11:21Z")
That is indeed odd. It seems not to do the checking in the return statement. This shows errors on b as expected
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [22 March 2026 16:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/lazy-lint-on-return/99979/5 "2026-03-22T16:11:53Z")
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