diff --git a/infer/src/clang/cPredicates.ml b/infer/src/clang/cPredicates.ml
index 9b38800a8..46df3e56a 100644
--- a/infer/src/clang/cPredicates.ml
+++ b/infer/src/clang/cPredicates.ml
@@ -330,34 +330,64 @@ let is_method_property_accessor_of_ivar an context =
   | _
    -> false
 
+let get_method_name_from_context context =
+  match context.CLintersContext.current_method with
+  | Some method_decl -> (
+    match Clang_ast_proj.get_named_decl_tuple method_decl with
+    | Some (_, mnd)
+     -> mnd.Clang_ast_t.ni_name
+    | _
+     -> "" )
+  | _
+   -> ""
+
 let is_objc_constructor context =
+  Typ.Procname.is_objc_constructor (get_method_name_from_context context)
+
+let is_objc_dealloc context = Typ.Procname.is_objc_dealloc (get_method_name_from_context context)
+
+let is_in_method context name =
+  let current_method_name = get_method_name_from_context context in
+  ALVar.compare_str_with_alexp current_method_name name
+
+let is_in_objc_method context name =
   match context.CLintersContext.current_method with
-  | Some method_decl
-   -> let method_name =
-        match Clang_ast_proj.get_named_decl_tuple method_decl with
-        | Some (_, mnd)
-         -> mnd.Clang_ast_t.ni_name
-        | _
-         -> ""
-      in
-      Typ.Procname.is_objc_constructor method_name
+  | Some ObjCMethodDecl _
+   -> is_in_method context name
   | _
    -> false
 
-let is_objc_dealloc context =
+let is_in_function context name =
   match context.CLintersContext.current_method with
-  | Some method_decl
-   -> let method_name =
-        match Clang_ast_proj.get_named_decl_tuple method_decl with
-        | Some (_, mnd)
-         -> mnd.Clang_ast_t.ni_name
-        | _
-         -> ""
-      in
-      Typ.Procname.is_objc_dealloc method_name
+  | Some FunctionDecl _
+   -> is_in_method context name
+  | _
+   -> false
+
+let is_in_cxx_method context name =
+  match context.CLintersContext.current_method with
+  | Some CXXMethodDecl _
+   -> is_in_method context name
+  | _
+   -> false
+
+let is_in_cxx_constructor context name =
+  match context.CLintersContext.current_method with
+  | Some CXXConstructorDecl _
+   -> is_in_method context name
+  | _
+   -> false
+
+let is_in_cxx_destructor context name =
+  match context.CLintersContext.current_method with
+  | Some CXXDestructorDecl _
+   -> is_in_method context name
   | _
    -> false
 
+let is_in_block context =
+  match context.CLintersContext.current_method with Some BlockDecl _ -> true | _ -> false
+
 let captures_cxx_references an = List.length (captured_variables_cxx_ref an) > 0
 
 let is_binop_with_kind an alexp_kind =
diff --git a/infer/src/clang/cPredicates.mli b/infer/src/clang/cPredicates.mli
index bf66a378d..45b4d2a4d 100644
--- a/infer/src/clang/cPredicates.mli
+++ b/infer/src/clang/cPredicates.mli
@@ -48,6 +48,18 @@ val is_ivar_atomic : Ctl_parser_types.ast_node -> bool
 val is_method_property_accessor_of_ivar :
   Ctl_parser_types.ast_node -> CLintersContext.context -> bool
 
+val is_in_block : CLintersContext.context -> bool
+
+val is_in_cxx_constructor : CLintersContext.context -> ALVar.alexp -> bool
+
+val is_in_cxx_destructor : CLintersContext.context -> ALVar.alexp -> bool
+
+val is_in_cxx_method : CLintersContext.context -> ALVar.alexp -> bool
+
+val is_in_function : CLintersContext.context -> ALVar.alexp -> bool
+
+val is_in_objc_method : CLintersContext.context -> ALVar.alexp -> bool
+
 val is_objc_constructor : CLintersContext.context -> bool
 
 val is_objc_dealloc : CLintersContext.context -> bool
diff --git a/infer/src/clang/cTL.ml b/infer/src/clang/cTL.ml
index 48b263806..05d12b69d 100644
--- a/infer/src/clang/cTL.ml
+++ b/infer/src/clang/cTL.ml
@@ -764,6 +764,18 @@ let rec eval_Atomic _pred_name args an lcxt =
    -> CPredicates.is_enum_constant an cname
   | "is_global_var", [], an
    -> CPredicates.is_syntactically_global_var an
+  | "is_in_block", [], _
+   -> CPredicates.is_in_block lcxt
+  | "is_in_cxx_constructor", [name], _
+   -> CPredicates.is_in_cxx_constructor lcxt name
+  | "is_in_cxx_destructor", [name], _
+   -> CPredicates.is_in_cxx_destructor lcxt name
+  | "is_in_cxx_method", [name], _
+   -> CPredicates.is_in_cxx_method lcxt name
+  | "is_in_function", [name], _
+   -> CPredicates.is_in_function lcxt name
+  | "is_in_objc_method", [name], _
+   -> CPredicates.is_in_objc_method lcxt name
   | "is_ivar_atomic", [], an
    -> CPredicates.is_ivar_atomic an
   | "is_method_property_accessor_of_ivar", [], an
diff --git a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/objc/linters-for-test-only/InContextOfMethodsTest.m b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/objc/linters-for-test-only/InContextOfMethodsTest.m
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..231258278
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/objc/linters-for-test-only/InContextOfMethodsTest.m
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2017 - present Facebook, Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
+ * of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
+ */
+@interface InContextOfMethodsTest
+
+@end
+
+@implementation InContextOfMethodsTest
+
+- (void)method {
+  int x = 0;
+}
+
+- (void)method_with_block {
+  ^{
+    int x = 0;
+  }();
+}
+
+@end
+
+void function() { int x = 0; }
diff --git a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/objc/linters-for-test-only/issues.exp b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/objc/linters-for-test-only/issues.exp
index bb97b103b..4a28438d3 100644
--- a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/objc/linters-for-test-only/issues.exp
+++ b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/objc/linters-for-test-only/issues.exp
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+codetoanalyze/objc/linters-for-test-only/InContextOfMethodsTest.m, InContextOfMethodsTest_method, 15, TEST_BUILTIN_TYPE, []
+codetoanalyze/objc/linters-for-test-only/InContextOfMethodsTest.m, InContextOfMethodsTest_method, 16, TEST_IN_METHOD_CONTEXT, []
+codetoanalyze/objc/linters-for-test-only/InContextOfMethodsTest.m, InContextOfMethodsTest_method, 16, TEST_VAR_TYPE_CHECK, []
+codetoanalyze/objc/linters-for-test-only/InContextOfMethodsTest.m, InContextOfMethodsTest_method_with_block, 19, TEST_BUILTIN_TYPE, []
+codetoanalyze/objc/linters-for-test-only/InContextOfMethodsTest.m, __objc_anonymous_block_______1, 21, TEST_VAR_TYPE_CHECK, []
+codetoanalyze/objc/linters-for-test-only/InContextOfMethodsTest.m, __objc_anonymous_block_______2, 21, TEST_IN_BLOCK_CONTEXT, []
+codetoanalyze/objc/linters-for-test-only/InContextOfMethodsTest.m, function, 27, TEST_IN_FUNCTION_CONTEXT, []
+codetoanalyze/objc/linters-for-test-only/InContextOfMethodsTest.m, function, 27, TEST_VAR_TYPE_CHECK, []
 codetoanalyze/objc/linters-for-test-only/PrivateAPIChecker.m, TestView_methodd, 16, TEST_BUILTIN_TYPE, []
 codetoanalyze/objc/linters-for-test-only/PrivateAPIChecker.m, TestView_methoddd, 20, TEST_BUILTIN_TYPE, []
 codetoanalyze/objc/linters-for-test-only/PrivateAPIChecker.m, TestView_methoddd, 21, TEST_SELECTOR, []
diff --git a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/objc/linters-for-test-only/linters_example.al b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/objc/linters-for-test-only/linters_example.al
index 910a1ccb4..da9ac92b3 100644
--- a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/objc/linters-for-test-only/linters_example.al
+++ b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/objc/linters-for-test-only/linters_example.al
@@ -376,3 +376,24 @@ DEFINE-CHECKER ENUM_CONSTANTS = {
        HOLDS-IN-NODE CallExpr;
    SET message = "%name% has default visibility and used attribute";
  };
+
+ DEFINE-CHECKER TEST_IN_METHOD_CONTEXT = {
+   SET report_when =
+       WHEN declaration_has_name("x") AND is_in_objc_method("method")
+       HOLDS-IN-NODE VarDecl;
+   SET message = "var %name% declared in ObjC method";
+ };
+
+ DEFINE-CHECKER TEST_IN_BLOCK_CONTEXT = {
+   SET report_when =
+       WHEN declaration_has_name("x") AND is_in_block()
+       HOLDS-IN-NODE VarDecl;
+   SET message = "var %name% declared in block";
+ };
+
+ DEFINE-CHECKER TEST_IN_FUNCTION_CONTEXT = {
+   SET report_when =
+       WHEN declaration_has_name("x") AND is_in_function(REGEXP("funct.*"))
+       HOLDS-IN-NODE VarDecl;
+   SET message = "var %name% declared in function";
+ };