diff --git a/.clang-tidy b/.clang-tidy
index 66c9eb68b2..aa6164e27f 100644
--- a/.clang-tidy
+++ b/.clang-tidy
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ Checks: >
   -bugprone-implicit-widening-of-multiplication-result,
   -bugprone-inc-dec-in-conditions,
   -bugprone-unchecked-optional-access,
-  -bugprone-unhandled-exception-at-new,
   google-*,
   -google-build-using-namespace,
   -google-default-arguments,
diff --git a/.github/workflows/clang-tidy.yaml b/.github/workflows/clang-tidy.yaml
index f4ec876e30..7cf6f9e195 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/clang-tidy.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/clang-tidy.yaml
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         include:
           - cmake_options: all-options-abiv1-preview
-            warning_limit: 63
+            warning_limit: 205
           - cmake_options: all-options-abiv2-preview
-            warning_limit: 66
+            warning_limit: 219
     env:
       CC: /usr/bin/clang-22
       CXX: /usr/bin/clang++-22
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cc2e9c251d..f6f1031b02 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ Increment the:
   to compile standalone on newer standard library implementations.
   [#4574](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/4574)
 
+* [CI] Enable the bugprone-unhandled-exception-at-new check
+  [#4689](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/4689)
+
 * [EXPORTER ETW] Fix `PropertyValue` string conversions that pre-sized a
   `vector<string>` then `push_back`'d (doubling length) and that built
   `std::string` from `string_view::data()` without using the view length