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diff --git a/pylint/checkers/refactoring.py b/pylint/checkers/refactoring.py
index 1f437799d..75a36af06 100644
--- a/pylint/checkers/refactoring.py
+++ b/pylint/checkers/refactoring.py
@@ -568,6 +568,11 @@ class RefactoringChecker(checkers.BaseTokenChecker):
if not node.exc:
# Ignore bare raises
return True
+ if not utils.is_node_inside_try_except(node):
+ # If the raise statement is not inside a try/except statement
+ # then the exception is raised and cannot be caught. No need
+ # to infer it.
+ return True
exc = utils.safe_infer(node.exc)
if exc is None or exc is astroid.Uninferable:
return False