diff --git a/include/verilated.cpp b/include/verilated.cpp
index de9dbc438..cbb10ad58 100644
--- a/include/verilated.cpp
+++ b/include/verilated.cpp
@@ -2936,7 +2936,6 @@ void VerilatedContext::trace(VerilatedTraceBaseC* tfp, int levels, int options)
         VL_FATAL_MT("", 0, "",
                     "Testbench C call to 'VerilatedContext::trace()' must not be called"
                     " after 'VerilatedTrace*::open()'\n");
-        return;
     }
     {
         // Legacy usage may call {modela}->trace(...) then {modelb}->trace(...)
diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_dist_warn_coverage.pl b/test_regress/t/t_dist_warn_coverage.pl
index f21e1e798..e19159d45 100755
--- a/test_regress/t/t_dist_warn_coverage.pl
+++ b/test_regress/t/t_dist_warn_coverage.pl
@@ -67,8 +67,6 @@ foreach my $s (
     'String of ',
     'Symbol matching ',
     'Unexpected connection to arrayed port',
-    'Unknown `pragma',
-    'Unknown built-in event method ',
     'Unsized numbers/parameters not allowed in streams.',
     'Unsupported RHS tristate construct: ',
     'Unsupported or syntax error: Unsized range in instance or other declaration',
@@ -166,6 +164,7 @@ sub read_messages {
         while (my $origline = ($fh && $fh->getline)) {
             my $line = $origline;
             next if $line =~ m!^\s*//!;
+            next if $line =~ m!^\s*/\*!;
             ++$lineno;
             if ($line =~ /\b(v3error|v3warn)\b\($/g) {
                 $read_next = 1 if $line !~ /LCOV_EXCL_LINE/;
diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_event_method_bad.out b/test_regress/t/t_event_method_bad.out
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aaa78659a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_regress/t/t_event_method_bad.out
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+%Error: t/t_event_method_bad.v:12:10: Unknown built-in event method 'bad_method'
+                                    : ... note: In instance 't'
+   12 |       e1.bad_method();
+      |          ^~~~~~~~~~
+%Error: Exiting due to
diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_event_method_bad.pl b/test_regress/t/t_event_method_bad.pl
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..a82cf66cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_regress/t/t_event_method_bad.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+if (!$::Driver) { use FindBin; exec("$FindBin::Bin/bootstrap.pl", @ARGV, $0); die; }
+# DESCRIPTION: Verilator: Verilog Test driver/expect definition
+#
+# Copyright 2008 by Wilson Snyder. This program is free software; you
+# can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either the GNU
+# Lesser General Public License Version 3 or the Perl Artistic License
+# Version 2.0.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-3.0-only OR Artistic-2.0
+
+scenarios(linter => 1);
+
+lint(
+    fails => 1,
+    expect_filename => $Self->{golden_filename},
+    );
+
+ok(1);
+1;
diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_event_method_bad.v b/test_regress/t/t_event_method_bad.v
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..738932118
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_regress/t/t_event_method_bad.v
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+// DESCRIPTION: Verilator: Verilog Test module
+//
+// This file ONLY is placed under the Creative Commons Public Domain, for
+// any use, without warranty, 2024 by Wilson Snyder.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
+
+module t(/*AUTOARG*/);
+
+   event e1;
+
+   initial begin
+      e1.bad_method();
+   end
+
+endmodule