diff --git a/run_cppcheck.sh b/run_cppcheck.sh
index 5a35fc0..6c52522 100755
--- a/run_cppcheck.sh
+++ b/run_cppcheck.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,17 @@ RESULTS_FILE=cppcheck-results.log
 # --force: force checks all define combinations (default max is 12)
 # -iaws-sdk-cpp: avoid checking AWS C++ SDK source files in our repo
 # -UWIN32: do not check WIN32-defined codepaths; this would throw errors on Mac
-cppcheck --force -iaws-sdk-cpp -UWIN32 ./src 2> ${RESULTS_FILE}
+# --check-level: use exhaustive checking for pipeline jobs; can disable during active development for quicker results
+# --inline-suppr: enable inline error suppression
+# -i: ignore CMake and installed files
+
+cppcheck \
+  --force -iaws-sdk-cpp -UWIN32 \
+  --check-level=exhaustive \
+  --inline-suppr \
+  -i "src/vcpkg_installed" \
+  -i "src/cmake-build-debug" \
+  ./src 2> ${RESULTS_FILE}
 
 if [ -s ${RESULTS_FILE} ]; then
     echo "!! Cppcheck errors found! Check ${RESULTS_FILE} for details."
diff --git a/src/opensearchenlist/msdtc_enlist.cpp b/src/opensearchenlist/msdtc_enlist.cpp
index f427d83..3a85716 100644
--- a/src/opensearchenlist/msdtc_enlist.cpp
+++ b/src/opensearchenlist/msdtc_enlist.cpp
@@ -1111,7 +1111,10 @@ RETCODE static EnlistInDtc_1pipe(void *conn, ITransaction *pTra,
                     case DTC_CHECK_RM_CONNECTION:
                         if (!confirmingLink) {
                             confirmingLink = true;
+
+                            // cppcheck-suppress unknownMacro
                             strcat(dtcname, ";" KEYWORD_DTC_CHECK "=0");
+
                             continue;
                         }
                     default: