US Patent 10296311 Finding uninitialized variables outside the local scope

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system for finding uninitialized variables outside the local scope. Initially, a source code of a program is received. The source code may include multiple functions. A checked scope is determined for at least one variable in the source code. The checked scope includes a local scope. Additionally, the local scope is accessed using at least one function call of the functions. Static analysis is run, covering the checked scope for the at least one variable in the source code. At least one inter-procedural dependency is identified to determine whether the at least one variable in the local scope is uninitialized. Responsive to determining that the at least one variable in the local scope is uninitialized the at least one variable is displayed to a user.