diff --git a/.clang-tidy b/.clang-tidy
index 2eabca240..0c0689e39 100644
--- a/.clang-tidy
+++ b/.clang-tidy
@@ -11,6 +11,13 @@ Checks: >
   -performance-inefficient-string-concatenation,
   -performance-unnecessary-value-param,
   portability-*,
+  readability-*,
+  -readability-braces-around-statements,
+  -readability-else-after-return,
+  -readability-implicit-bool-conversion,
+  -readability-magic-numbers,
+  -readability-named-parameter,
+  -readability-qualified-auto,
 
 WarningsAsErrors:  '*'
 FormatStyle:       file
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/spectests/spectests.cpp b/test/spectests/spectests.cpp
index 02430dea2..e5f4fe759 100644
--- a/test/spectests/spectests.cpp
+++ b/test/spectests/spectests.cpp
@@ -559,9 +559,9 @@ class test_runner
         std::cout << "SKIPPED " << message << "\n";
     }
 
-    void log(std::string_view message) const { std::cout << message << "\n"; }
+    static void log(std::string_view message) { std::cout << message << "\n"; }
 
-    void log_no_newline(std::string_view message) const { std::cout << message << std::flush; }
+    static void log_no_newline(std::string_view message) { std::cout << message << std::flush; }
 
     test_settings m_settings;
     std::unordered_map<std::string, std::unique_ptr<fizzy::Instance>> m_instances;
diff --git a/test/utils/asserts.hpp b/test/utils/asserts.hpp
index 79ff67469..9861d2924 100644
--- a/test/utils/asserts.hpp
+++ b/test/utils/asserts.hpp
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #include <gmock/gmock.h>
 #include <iosfwd>
 
-MATCHER(Traps, "")
+MATCHER(Traps, "")  // NOLINT(readability-redundant-string-init)
 {
     return arg.trapped;
 }
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ MATCHER(Result, "empty result")
     return !arg.trapped && arg.stack.size() == 0;
 }
 
-MATCHER_P(Result, value, "")
+MATCHER_P(Result, value, "")  // NOLINT(readability-redundant-string-init)
 {
     return !arg.trapped && arg.stack.size() == 1 && arg.stack[0] == uint64_t(value);
 }
diff --git a/test/utils/wabt_engine.cpp b/test/utils/wabt_engine.cpp
index 5eeffac02..64d1ba6b4 100644
--- a/test/utils/wabt_engine.cpp
+++ b/test/utils/wabt_engine.cpp
@@ -87,10 +87,7 @@ bool WabtEngine::instantiate(bytes_view wasm_binary)
 
     // Run start function (this will return ok if no start function is present)
     const wabt::interp::ExecResult r = m_executor.RunStartFunction(m_module);
-    if (r.result != wabt::interp::Result::Ok)
-        return false;
-
-    return true;
+    return r.result == wabt::interp::Result::Ok;
 }
 
 bool WabtEngine::init_memory(bytes_view memory)