# Inspections

> **TL;DR**
> `File | Settings | Editor | Inspections` for Windows and Linux
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> `CLion | Settings | Editor | Inspections` for macOS
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> `Ctrl+Alt+S` (Windows), `⌘ Comma` (macOS), `⌘ Comma` (IntelliJ IDEA Classic (macOS)), `⌘ Comma` (macOS System Shortcuts), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (XWin), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (GNOME), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (KDE), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (Emacs), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (Sublime Text), `⌘ Comma` (Sublime Text (macOS)), `⌘ Comma` (Xcode), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (Visual Studio), `⌘ Comma` (Visual Studio (macOS)), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (ReSharper), `⌘ Comma` (ReSharper (macOS)), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (QtCreator), `⌘ Comma` (QtCreator (macOS)), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (NetBeans), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (Eclipse), `⌘ Comma` (Eclipse (macOS)) ![the Settings icon](https://resources.jetbrains.com/help/img/idea/2026.2/app.expui.general.settings.svg)

Use this page to [customize inspection profiles](customizing-profiles.html), [configure inspection severity levels](configuring-inspection-severities.html), [disable and enable inspections](disabling-and-enabling-inspections.html)   and [configure inspections for different scopes](running-inspections.html#scopes_order)  .

Modified inspections are highlighted in blue.

## Manage profiles

| Item | Description |
| --- | --- |
| Profile | Select the name of the profile you want to configure.     Note that the selected profile is automatically used for project highlighting after clicking Apply.    |
| ![Show Scheme Actions](https://resources.jetbrains.com/help/img/idea/2026.2/app.expui.general.settings.svg) |      * Copy to IDE/Copy to Project: create a copy of the selected profile on the project or global (IDE) level.    * Duplicate: create a copy of the current profile.    * Rename: rename the profile.    * Delete: remove a profile. You can only delete custom profiles.    * Add Description: write some description for the current profile. After you type the text, press `Enter` (Windows), `⏎` (macOS), `⏎` (IntelliJ IDEA Classic (macOS)), `⏎` (macOS System Shortcuts), `Enter` (XWin), `Enter` (GNOME), `Enter` (KDE), `Enter` (Emacs), `Enter` (Sublime Text), `⏎` (Sublime Text (macOS)), `⏎` (Xcode), `Enter` (Visual Studio), `⏎` (Visual Studio (macOS)), `Enter` (ReSharper), `⏎` (ReSharper (macOS)), `Enter` (QtCreator), `⏎` (QtCreator (macOS)), `Enter` (NetBeans), `Enter` (Eclipse), `⏎` (Eclipse (macOS)) it, or `Escape` (Windows), `⎋` (macOS), `⎋` (IntelliJ IDEA Classic (macOS)), `⎋` (macOS System Shortcuts), `Escape` (XWin), `Escape` (GNOME), `Escape` (KDE), `Escape, Escape` (Emacs), `Escape` (Sublime Text), `⎋` (Sublime Text (macOS)), `⎋` (Xcode), `Escape` (Visual Studio), `⎋` (Visual Studio (macOS)), `Escape` (ReSharper), `⎋` (ReSharper (macOS)), `Escape` (QtCreator), `⎋` (QtCreator (macOS)), `Escape` (NetBeans), `Escape` (Eclipse), `⎋` (Eclipse (macOS)) to discard.    * Export: save the current profile to your computer as an XML file.    * Import Profile: import a previously exported profile.    * Restore Defaults: restore the default inspection settings.    |

> **Tip:**
> For more information about working with profiles, refer to [Configure profiles](customizing-profiles.html).

## Toolbar

![Inspections toolbar](https://resources.jetbrains.com/help/img/idea/2026.2/ws_inspections_settings_toolbar.png)

| Item | Tooltip and Shortcut | Description |
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| ![Search](https://resources.jetbrains.com/help/img/idea/2026.2/app-client.expui.inline.searchHistory.svg) | Search | Search through the list of inspections. Your search requests will be stored.  |
| ![Filter Inspections](https://resources.jetbrains.com/help/img/idea/2026.2/app-client.expui.general.filter.svg) | Filter Inspections | Show the list of available inspections filters.     To reset the applied filter, click the Filter Inspections icon and select the Reset Filter option from the list.    |
| ![Expand All](https://resources.jetbrains.com/help/img/idea/2026.2/app-client.expui.general.expandAll.svg)![CollapseAll](https://resources.jetbrains.com/help/img/idea/2026.2/app-client.expui.general.collapseAll.svg) | Expand All `Ctrl+NumPad +` (Windows), `⌘ NumPad +` (macOS), `⌘ NumPad +` (IntelliJ IDEA Classic (macOS)), `⌘ NumPad +` (macOS System Shortcuts), `Ctrl+NumPad +` (XWin), `Ctrl+NumPad +` (GNOME), `Ctrl+NumPad +` (KDE), `Ctrl+NumPad +` (Emacs), `Ctrl+NumPad +` (Sublime Text), `⌘ NumPad +` (Sublime Text (macOS)), `⌘ NumPad +` (Xcode), `Ctrl+NumPad +` (Visual Studio), `⌘ NumPad +` (Visual Studio (macOS)), `Ctrl+NumPad +` (ReSharper), `⌘ NumPad +` (ReSharper (macOS)), `Ctrl+NumPad +` (QtCreator), `Ctrl+NumPad +` (QtCreator (macOS)), `Ctrl+NumPad +` (NetBeans), `Ctrl+Shift+NumPad *` (Eclipse), `⌘ ⇧ NumPad *` (Eclipse (macOS))     Collapse All `Ctrl+NumPad -` (Windows), `⌘ NumPad -` (macOS), `⌘ NumPad -` (IntelliJ IDEA Classic (macOS)), `⌘ NumPad -` (macOS System Shortcuts), `Ctrl+NumPad -` (XWin), `Ctrl+NumPad -` (GNOME), `Ctrl+NumPad -` (KDE), `Ctrl+NumPad -` (Emacs), `Ctrl+NumPad -` (Sublime Text), `⌘ NumPad -` (Sublime Text (macOS)), `⌘ NumPad -` (Xcode), `Ctrl+NumPad -` (Visual Studio), `⌘ NumPad -` (Visual Studio (macOS)), `Ctrl+NumPad -` (ReSharper), `⌘ NumPad -` (ReSharper (macOS)), `Ctrl+NumPad -` (QtCreator), `Ctrl+NumPad -` (QtCreator (macOS)), `Ctrl+NumPad -` (NetBeans), `Ctrl+Shift+NumPad /` (Eclipse), `⌘ ⇧ NumPad /` (Eclipse (macOS))   | Expand/collapse all inspections. |
| ![Reset to Empty](https://resources.jetbrains.com/help/img/idea/2026.2/app-client.expui.actions.unselectAll.png) | Reset to Empty | Disable all inspections. |
| ![Add Custom Inspection](https://resources.jetbrains.com/help/img/idea/2026.2/app-client.expui.general.add.svg) |  Add Custom Inspection `Alt+Insert` (Windows), `⌘ N` (macOS), `⌃ N` (IntelliJ IDEA Classic (macOS)), `⌘ N` (macOS System Shortcuts), `Alt+Insert` (XWin), `Alt+Insert` (GNOME), `Alt+Insert` (KDE), `Alt+Insert` (Emacs), `Alt+Insert` (Sublime Text), `⌘ N` (Sublime Text (macOS)), `⌘ N` (Xcode), `Alt+Insert` (Visual Studio), `⌘ ⌃ N` (Visual Studio (macOS)), `Alt+Insert` (ReSharper), `⌘ ⌃ N` (ReSharper (macOS)), `Alt+Insert` (QtCreator), `Alt+Insert` (QtCreator (macOS)), `Alt+Insert` (NetBeans), `Alt+Insert` (Eclipse), `⌘ N` (Eclipse (macOS))  |  Add [Search and Replace                         Templates](null)  .  |
| ![Remove Custom Inspection](https://resources.jetbrains.com/help/img/idea/2026.2/app-client.expui.general.remove.svg) |  Remove Custom Inspection `Backspace` (Windows), `⌫` (macOS), `⌫` (IntelliJ IDEA Classic (macOS)), `⌫` (macOS System Shortcuts), `Backspace` (XWin), `Backspace` (GNOME), `Backspace` (KDE), `Backspace` (Emacs), `Backspace` (Sublime Text), `⌫` (Sublime Text (macOS)), `⌫` (Xcode), `Backspace` (Visual Studio), `⌫` (Visual Studio (macOS)), `Backspace` (ReSharper), `⌫` (ReSharper (macOS)), `Backspace` (QtCreator), `⌫` (QtCreator (macOS)), `Backspace` (NetBeans), `Backspace` (Eclipse), `⌫` (Eclipse (macOS))  |  Use this button to remove your custom inspections.  |

> **Tip:**
> For more information, refer to [Disable and suppress inspections](disabling-and-enabling-inspections.html).

## Inspection severity and scopes

| Item | Description |
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| Description | The description of the selected inspection. |
| Inspection severity | Select the severity level for the current inspection.  |
| Scopes | Select the scope of files to which you want to apply the current inspection.     Click Edit Scopes Order to switch to another dialog, where you can create a new scope or [change the order of the existing scopes](running-inspections.html#scopes_order).     |

> **Tip:**
> For more information about severities, refer to [Change inspection severity](configuring-inspection-severities.html).

## Options

This area is only available for some types of inspections, provided that an inspection of this type is enabled (the checkbox next to it is selected). Use the controls in this area to re-configure the default inspection settings.

## See also

### Procedures

[Inspection profiles](customizing-profiles.html) [Scopes and file colors](configuring-scopes-and-file-colors.html) [Inspection severities](configuring-inspection-severities.html)

### Reference

[Scopes](settings-scopes.html)