diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index 9f2ae419ed4..2e438cdb8dc 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -8642,7 +8642,8 @@ void Tokenizer::findGarbageCode() const
             syntaxError(tok);
         if (Token::Match(tok, "==|!=|<=|>= %comp%") && tok->strAt(-1) != "operator")
             syntaxError(tok, tok->str() + " " + tok->strAt(1));
-        if (Token::simpleMatch(tok, "::") && (!Token::Match(tok->next(), "%name%|*|~") || (tok->next()->isKeyword() && tok->strAt(1) != "operator")))
+        if (Token::simpleMatch(tok, "::") && (!Token::Match(tok->next(), "%name%|*|~") ||
+                                              (tok->next()->isKeyword() && !Token::Match(tok->next(), "new|delete|operator"))))
             syntaxError(tok);
         if (Token::Match(tok, "& %comp%|&&|%oror%|&|%or%") && tok->strAt(1) != ">")
             syntaxError(tok);
diff --git a/lib/tokenlist.cpp b/lib/tokenlist.cpp
index 87567f1f162..d5122ab6a9d 100644
--- a/lib/tokenlist.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenlist.cpp
@@ -749,7 +749,7 @@ static void compileTerm(Token *&tok, AST_state& state)
             tok = tok->next();
         } while (Token::Match(tok, "%name%|%str%"));
     } else if (tok->isName()) {
-        if (Token::Match(tok, "return|case") || (state.cpp && (tok->str() == "throw" || Token::simpleMatch(tok->tokAt(-1), ":: new")))) {
+        if (Token::Match(tok, "return|case") || (state.cpp && (tok->str() == "throw"))) {
             if (tok->str() == "case")
                 state.inCase = true;
             const bool tokIsReturn = tok->str() == "return";
@@ -1160,6 +1160,10 @@ static void compilePrecedence3(Token *&tok, AST_state& state)
                 compilePrecedence2(tok, state);
             }
             compileUnaryOp(newtok, state, nullptr);
+            if (Token::simpleMatch(newtok->previous(), ":: new")) {
+                newtok->previous()->astOperand1(newtok);
+                state.op.pop();
+            }
             if (innertype && Token::simpleMatch(tok, ") ,"))
                 tok = tok->next();
         } else if (state.cpp && Token::Match(tok, "delete %name%|*|&|::|(|[")) {
@@ -1169,6 +1173,10 @@ static void compilePrecedence3(Token *&tok, AST_state& state)
                 tok = tok->link()->next();
             compilePrecedence3(tok, state);
             compileUnaryOp(tok2, state, nullptr);
+            if (Token::simpleMatch(tok2->previous(), ":: delete")) {
+                tok2->previous()->astOperand1(tok2);
+                state.op.pop();
+            }
         }
         // TODO: Handle sizeof
         else break;
diff --git a/test/testtokenize.cpp b/test/testtokenize.cpp
index d08cc6a69ff..f90fbb45d7a 100644
--- a/test/testtokenize.cpp
+++ b/test/testtokenize.cpp
@@ -6251,6 +6251,8 @@ class TestTokenizer : public TestFixture {
         ASSERT_EQUALS("pint5[{new=", testAst("p = new int* [5]{};"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS("pint5[0{new=", testAst("p = new int* [5]{ 0 };"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS("sSint(new::(new=", testAst("s = new S(::new int());")); // #12502
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("sS(new::=", testAst("s = ::new (ptr) S();")); // #12552
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("pdelete::return", testAst("return ::delete p;"));
 
         // placement new
         ASSERT_EQUALS("X12,3,(new ab,c,", testAst("new (a,b,c) X(1,2,3);"));
@@ -7083,6 +7085,9 @@ class TestTokenizer : public TestFixture {
                             "There is an unknown macro here somewhere. Configuration is required. If MACRO is a macro then please configure it.");
 
         ASSERT_THROW(tokenizeAndStringify("{ for (()()) }"), InternalError); // #11643
+
+        ASSERT_NO_THROW(tokenizeAndStringify("S* g = ::new(ptr) S();")); // #12552
+        ASSERT_NO_THROW(tokenizeAndStringify("void f(int* p) { return ::delete p; }"));
     }