diff --git a/tools/warn/tidy_warn_patterns.py b/tools/warn/tidy_warn_patterns.py
index 7018d10..1297966 100644
--- a/tools/warn/tidy_warn_patterns.py
+++ b/tools/warn/tidy_warn_patterns.py
@@ -23,15 +23,19 @@
 from .severity import Severity
 
 
-def tidy_warn_pattern(description, pattern):
+def tidy_warn(description, patterns):
   return {
       'category': 'C/C++',
       'severity': Severity.TIDY,
       'description': 'clang-tidy ' + description,
-      'patterns': [r'.*: .+\[' + pattern + r'\]$']
+      'patterns': patterns,
   }
 
 
+def tidy_warn_pattern(description, pattern):
+  return tidy_warn(description, [r'.*: .+\[' + pattern + r'\]$'])
+
+
 def simple_tidy_warn_pattern(description):
   return tidy_warn_pattern(description, description)
 
@@ -168,6 +172,8 @@
     simple_tidy_warn_pattern('portability-simd-intrinsics'),
     group_tidy_warn_pattern('portability'),
 
+    tidy_warn('TIMEOUT', [r".*: warning: clang-tidy aborted "]),
+
     # warnings from clang-tidy's clang-analyzer checks
     analyzer_high('clang-analyzer-core, null pointer',
                   [r".*: warning: .+ pointer is null .*\[clang-analyzer-core"]),