diff --git a/.lintrunner.toml b/.lintrunner.toml
index 2459970d88a..777e9f021f9 100644
--- a/.lintrunner.toml
+++ b/.lintrunner.toml
@@ -195,7 +195,6 @@ exclude_patterns = [
     # Kernel areas to onboard separately.
     'kernels/optimized/**',
     'kernels/portable/**',
-    'kernels/test/**',
 
     # Runtime areas to onboard incrementally.
     'runtime/backend/**',
@@ -234,6 +233,16 @@ command = [
     '--extra-arg=--suppress=unusedFunction:*kernels/quantized/*',
     '--extra-arg=--suppress=constParameterReference:*kernels/quantized/*',
     '--extra-arg=--suppress=suspiciousFloatingPointCast:*kernels/quantized/*',
+    # Kernel tests use fixture helpers, generated-style test cases, and GTest
+    # macros that cppcheck cannot consistently resolve as direct use sites.
+    '--extra-arg=--suppress=unusedFunction:*kernels/test/*',
+    '--extra-arg=--suppress=unreadVariable:*kernels/test/*',
+    '--extra-arg=--suppress=unknownMacro:*kernels/test/*',
+    '--extra-arg=--suppress=syntaxError:*kernels/test/*',
+    '--extra-arg=--suppress=passedByValue:*kernels/test/*',
+    '--extra-arg=--suppress=duplicateBranch:*kernels/test/*',
+    '--extra-arg=--suppress=useStlAlgorithm:*kernels/test/*',
+    '--extra-arg=--suppress=functionStatic:*kernels/test/*',
     '--',
     '@{{PATHSFILE}}'
 ]