diff --git a/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp b/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp
index 8463f6a1c8e..5f90ed93d7d 100644
--- a/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp
@@ -906,7 +906,7 @@ bool CheckUninitVar::checkIfForWhileHead(const Token *startparentheses, const Va
                     continue;
                 uninitvarError(errorToken, errorToken->expressionString(), alloc);
             }
-            return true;
+            return !Token::Match(tok->astParent(), "!|%comp%");
         }
         // skip sizeof / offsetof
         if (isUnevaluated(tok))
diff --git a/test/testuninitvar.cpp b/test/testuninitvar.cpp
index b3c988e5b00..3b2e82c4b50 100644
--- a/test/testuninitvar.cpp
+++ b/test/testuninitvar.cpp
@@ -2035,7 +2035,7 @@ class TestUninitVar : public TestFixture {
                        "        return;\n"
                        "    char c = *s;\n"
                        "}");
-        TODO_ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:6]: (error) Memory is allocated but not initialized: s\n", "", errout_str());
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:6:15]: (error) Memory is allocated but not initialized: s [uninitdata]\n", errout_str());
 
         // #3708 - false positive when using ptr typedef
         checkUninitVar("void f() {\n"
@@ -2139,6 +2139,24 @@ class TestUninitVar : public TestFixture {
                        "        *(p + i) = 0;\n"
                        "}\n");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout_str());
+
+        checkUninitVar("int* f() {\n" // #14448
+                       "    int* p = (int*)malloc(4);\n"
+                       "    if (!p)\n"
+                       "        return nullptr;\n"
+                       "    if (*p) {}\n"
+                       "    return p;\n"
+                       "}\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:5:9]: (error) Memory is allocated but not initialized: *p [uninitdata]\n", errout_str());
+
+        checkUninitVar("int* f() {\n"
+                       "    int* p = (int*)malloc(4);\n"
+                       "    if (p == nullptr)\n"
+                       "        return nullptr;\n"
+                       "    if (*p) {}\n"
+                       "    return p;\n"
+                       "}\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:5:9]: (error) Memory is allocated but not initialized: *p [uninitdata]\n", errout_str());
     }
 
     // class / struct..