diff --git a/infer/src/checkers/accessPath.ml b/infer/src/checkers/accessPath.ml
index 79923170d..f3542a0ff 100644
--- a/infer/src/checkers/accessPath.ml
+++ b/infer/src/checkers/accessPath.ml
@@ -121,8 +121,7 @@ let of_exp exp0 typ0 ~(f_resolve_id : Var.t -> raw option) =
 let of_lhs_exp lhs_exp typ ~(f_resolve_id : Var.t -> raw option) =
   match of_exp lhs_exp typ ~f_resolve_id with
   | [lhs_ap] -> Some lhs_ap
-  | [] -> None
-  | _ -> failwithf "Creating lhs access path from invalid access path %a" Exp.pp lhs_exp
+  | _ -> None
 
 let append (base, old_accesses) new_accesses =
   base, old_accesses @ new_accesses
diff --git a/infer/src/quandary/TaintAnalysis.ml b/infer/src/quandary/TaintAnalysis.ml
index 4c2662d4a..cdb6a8bde 100644
--- a/infer/src/quandary/TaintAnalysis.ml
+++ b/infer/src/quandary/TaintAnalysis.ml
@@ -267,6 +267,12 @@ module Make (TaintSpec : TaintSpec.S) = struct
           analyze_id_assignment (Var.of_id lhs_id) rhs_exp rhs_typ astate
       | Sil.Store (Exp.Lvar lhs_pvar, lhs_typ, rhs_exp, _) when Pvar.is_frontend_tmp lhs_pvar ->
           analyze_id_assignment (Var.of_pvar lhs_pvar) rhs_exp lhs_typ astate
+      | Sil.Store (Exp.Lvar lhs_pvar, _, Exp.Exn _, _) when Pvar.is_return lhs_pvar ->
+          (* the Java frontend translates `throw Exception` as `return Exception`, which is a bit
+             wonky. this tranlsation causes problems for us in computing a summary when an
+             exception is "returned" from a void function. skip code like this for now
+             (fix via t14159157 later *)
+          astate
       | Sil.Store (lhs_exp, lhs_typ, rhs_exp, loc) ->
           let lhs_access_path =
             match AccessPath.of_lhs_exp lhs_exp lhs_typ ~f_resolve_id with
@@ -347,10 +353,9 @@ module Make (TaintSpec : TaintSpec.S) = struct
 
             Domain.join astate_acc astate_with_summary in
 
-          (* highly polymorphic call sites stress reactive mode too much by spawning a ton of
-             threads that thrash the machine. here, we choose an arbitrary call limit that allows us
-             to finish the analysis in practice. this is obviously unsound; will try to remove in
-             the future. *)
+          (* highly polymorphic call sites stress reactive mode too much by using too much memory.
+             here, we choose an arbitrary call limit that allows us to finish the analysis in
+             practice. this is obviously unsound; will try to remove in the future. *)
           let max_calls = 10 in
           let targets =
             if IList.length call_flags.cf_targets <= max_calls
diff --git a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/quandary/Exceptions.java b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/quandary/Exceptions.java
index 04f9991bb..4808a0983 100644
--- a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/quandary/Exceptions.java
+++ b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/quandary/Exceptions.java
@@ -117,4 +117,17 @@ class Exceptions {
     callSinkThenThrow(InferTaint.inferSecretSource());
   }
 
+  public static void doThrow(Object param) throws RuntimeException {
+    throw new RuntimeException(param.toString());
+  }
+
+  // false negative; need to track flow into and out of exceptions to get this (t14159157)
+  public static void FN_callSink() {
+    try {
+      doThrow(InferTaint.inferSecretSource());
+    } catch (RuntimeException e) {
+      InferTaint.inferSensitiveSink(e);
+    }
+  }
+
 }