diff --git a/Sources/Nimble/Matchers/RaisesException.swift b/Sources/Nimble/Matchers/RaisesException.swift
index 69a5687c1..2bd657494 100644
--- a/Sources/Nimble/Matchers/RaisesException.swift
+++ b/Sources/Nimble/Matchers/RaisesException.swift
@@ -121,93 +121,82 @@ internal func exceptionMatchesNonNilFieldsOrClosure(
         return matches
 }
 
-public class NMBObjCRaiseExceptionMatcher: NSObject, NMBMatcher {
-    // swiftlint:disable identifier_name
-    internal var _name: String?
-    internal var _reason: String?
-    internal var _userInfo: NSDictionary?
-    internal var _block: ((NSException) -> Void)?
-    // swiftlint:enable identifier_name
-
-    internal init(name: String?, reason: String?, userInfo: NSDictionary?, block: ((NSException) -> Void)?) {
+public class NMBObjCRaiseExceptionPredicate: NMBPredicate {
+    private let _name: String?
+    private let _reason: String?
+    private let _userInfo: NSDictionary?
+    private let _block: ((NSException) -> Void)?
+
+    fileprivate init(name: String?, reason: String?, userInfo: NSDictionary?, block: ((NSException) -> Void)?) {
         _name = name
         _reason = reason
         _userInfo = userInfo
         _block = block
-    }
-
-    @objc public func matches(_ actualBlock: @escaping () -> NSObject?, failureMessage: FailureMessage, location: SourceLocation) -> Bool {
-        let block: () -> Any? = ({ _ = actualBlock(); return nil })
-        let expr = Expression(expression: block, location: location)
 
-        do {
-            let predicate: Predicate<Any> = raiseException(
-                named: _name,
-                reason: _reason,
-                userInfo: _userInfo,
-                closure: _block
-            )
-            let result = try predicate.satisfies(expr)
-            result.message.update(failureMessage: failureMessage)
-            return result.toBoolean(expectation: .toMatch)
-        } catch let error {
-            failureMessage.stringValue = "unexpected error thrown: <\(error)>"
-            return false
+        let predicate: Predicate<NSObject> = raiseException(
+            named: name,
+            reason: reason,
+            userInfo: userInfo,
+            closure: block
+        )
+        let predicateBlock: PredicateBlock = { actualExpression in
+            return try predicate.satisfies(actualExpression).toObjectiveC()
         }
+        super.init(predicate: predicateBlock)
     }
 
-    @objc public func doesNotMatch(_ actualBlock: @escaping () -> NSObject?, failureMessage: FailureMessage, location: SourceLocation) -> Bool {
-        return !matches(actualBlock, failureMessage: failureMessage, location: location)
-    }
-
-    @objc public var named: (_ name: String) -> NMBObjCRaiseExceptionMatcher {
+    @objc public var named: (_ name: String) -> NMBObjCRaiseExceptionPredicate {
+        let (reason, userInfo, block) = (_reason, _userInfo, _block)
         return { name in
-            return NMBObjCRaiseExceptionMatcher(
+            return NMBObjCRaiseExceptionPredicate(
                 name: name,
-                reason: self._reason,
-                userInfo: self._userInfo,
-                block: self._block
+                reason: reason,
+                userInfo: userInfo,
+                block: block
             )
         }
     }
 
-    @objc public var reason: (_ reason: String?) -> NMBObjCRaiseExceptionMatcher {
+    @objc public var reason: (_ reason: String?) -> NMBObjCRaiseExceptionPredicate {
+        let (name, userInfo, block) = (_name, _userInfo, _block)
         return { reason in
-            return NMBObjCRaiseExceptionMatcher(
-                name: self._name,
+            return NMBObjCRaiseExceptionPredicate(
+                name: name,
                 reason: reason,
-                userInfo: self._userInfo,
-                block: self._block
+                userInfo: userInfo,
+                block: block
             )
         }
     }
 
-    @objc public var userInfo: (_ userInfo: NSDictionary?) -> NMBObjCRaiseExceptionMatcher {
+    @objc public var userInfo: (_ userInfo: NSDictionary?) -> NMBObjCRaiseExceptionPredicate {
+        let (name, reason, block) = (_name, _reason, _block)
         return { userInfo in
-            return NMBObjCRaiseExceptionMatcher(
-                name: self._name,
-                reason: self._reason,
+            return NMBObjCRaiseExceptionPredicate(
+                name: name,
+                reason: reason,
                 userInfo: userInfo,
-                block: self._block
+                block: block
             )
         }
     }
 
-    @objc public var satisfyingBlock: (_ block: ((NSException) -> Void)?) -> NMBObjCRaiseExceptionMatcher {
+    @objc public var satisfyingBlock: (_ block: ((NSException) -> Void)?) -> NMBObjCRaiseExceptionPredicate {
+        let (name, reason, userInfo) = (_name, _reason, _userInfo)
         return { block in
-            return NMBObjCRaiseExceptionMatcher(
-                name: self._name,
-                reason: self._reason,
-                userInfo: self._userInfo,
+            return NMBObjCRaiseExceptionPredicate(
+                name: name,
+                reason: reason,
+                userInfo: userInfo,
                 block: block
             )
         }
     }
 }
 
-extension NMBObjCMatcher {
-    @objc public class func raiseExceptionMatcher() -> NMBObjCRaiseExceptionMatcher {
-        return NMBObjCRaiseExceptionMatcher(name: nil, reason: nil, userInfo: nil, block: nil)
+extension NMBPredicate {
+    @objc public class func raiseExceptionMatcher() -> NMBObjCRaiseExceptionPredicate {
+        return NMBObjCRaiseExceptionPredicate(name: nil, reason: nil, userInfo: nil, block: nil)
     }
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/Sources/NimbleObjectiveC/DSL.h b/Sources/NimbleObjectiveC/DSL.h
index 9170541bf..2adce457a 100644
--- a/Sources/NimbleObjectiveC/DSL.h
+++ b/Sources/NimbleObjectiveC/DSL.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 @class NMBExpectation;
 @class NMBObjCBeCloseToMatcher;
-@class NMBObjCRaiseExceptionMatcher;
+@class NMBObjCRaiseExceptionPredicate;
 @protocol NMBMatcher;
 
 
@@ -332,8 +332,8 @@ NIMBLE_EXPORT id<NMBMatcher> NMB_endWith(id itemElementOrSubstring);
 NIMBLE_SHORT(id<NMBMatcher> endWith(id itemElementOrSubstring),
              NMB_endWith(itemElementOrSubstring));
 
-NIMBLE_EXPORT NMBObjCRaiseExceptionMatcher *NMB_raiseException(void);
-NIMBLE_SHORT(NMBObjCRaiseExceptionMatcher *raiseException(void),
+NIMBLE_EXPORT NMBObjCRaiseExceptionPredicate *NMB_raiseException(void);
+NIMBLE_SHORT(NMBObjCRaiseExceptionPredicate *raiseException(void),
              NMB_raiseException());
 
 NIMBLE_EXPORT id<NMBMatcher> NMB_match(id expectedValue);
diff --git a/Sources/NimbleObjectiveC/DSL.m b/Sources/NimbleObjectiveC/DSL.m
index 3333989bc..7adaca50a 100644
--- a/Sources/NimbleObjectiveC/DSL.m
+++ b/Sources/NimbleObjectiveC/DSL.m
@@ -142,8 +142,8 @@ NIMBLE_EXPORT void NMB_failWithMessage(NSString *msg, NSString *file, NSUInteger
     return [NMBPredicate satisfyAllOfMatcher:matchers];
 }
 
-NIMBLE_EXPORT NMBObjCRaiseExceptionMatcher *NMB_raiseException() {
-    return [NMBObjCMatcher raiseExceptionMatcher];
+NIMBLE_EXPORT NMBObjCRaiseExceptionPredicate *NMB_raiseException() {
+    return [NMBPredicate raiseExceptionMatcher];
 }
 
 NIMBLE_EXPORT NMBWaitUntilTimeoutBlock NMB_waitUntilTimeoutBuilder(NSString *file, NSUInteger line) {