diff --git a/.github/workflows/generate-code-scanning-query-lists.yml b/.github/workflows/generate-code-scanning-query-lists.yml
index 9a29cab656..e5228e82b9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/generate-code-scanning-query-lists.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/generate-code-scanning-query-lists.yml
@@ -71,6 +71,20 @@ jobs:
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.DOCS_BOT_PAT_WORKFLOW }}
 
+      - name: Lint the code (eslint)
+        if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
+        env:
+          PATH: '$PATH:${{ github.workspace }}/node_modules/.bin'
+        run: |
+          eslint --no-ignore src/code-scanning/scripts/generate-code-scanning-query-list.ts
+
+      - name: Lint the code (tsc)
+        if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
+        env:
+          PATH: '$PATH:${{ github.workspace }}/node_modules/.bin'
+        run: |
+          tsc --noEmit --project src/code-scanning/scripts/tsconfig.json
+
       - name: Build code scanning query list
         run: |
           for lang in "cpp" "csharp" "go" "java" "javascript" "python" "ruby" "swift"; do
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint-code.yml b/.github/workflows/lint-code.yml
index d51c0be647..041d2cd7e6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint-code.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint-code.yml
@@ -39,10 +39,6 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: ./.github/actions/node-npm-setup
 
-      - uses: ./.github/actions/install-cocofix
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.DOCS_BOT_PAT_WORKFLOW }}
-
       - name: Run linter
         run: npm run lint
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6543c3824e..4bb8a17c8c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -193,7 +193,8 @@
       "src/bookmarklets/*",
       "src/open-source/scripts/add-pr-links.js",
       "src/open-source/scripts/pr-link-source.js",
-      "rest-api-description/"
+      "rest-api-description/",
+      "src/code-scanning/scripts/generate-code-scanning-query-list.ts"
     ]
   },
   "jest": {
diff --git a/src/code-scanning/scripts/generate-code-scanning-query-list.ts b/src/code-scanning/scripts/generate-code-scanning-query-list.ts
index 3b63af44ea..43e12dba34 100644
--- a/src/code-scanning/scripts/generate-code-scanning-query-list.ts
+++ b/src/code-scanning/scripts/generate-code-scanning-query-list.ts
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ async function main(options: Options, language: string) {
 }
 
 function printQueries(options: Options, queries: QueryExtended[], includeAutofix: boolean) {
-  const markdown = []
+  const markdown: string[] = []
   markdown.push('{% rowheaders %}')
   markdown.push('') // blank line
   const header = ['Query name', 'Related CWEs', 'Default', 'Extended']
diff --git a/src/code-scanning/scripts/tsconfig.json b/src/code-scanning/scripts/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..11ddf7df11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/code-scanning/scripts/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+    "extends": "../../../tsconfig.json",
+    "include": ["generate-code-scanning-query-list.ts"],
+    "exclude": ["node_modules"]
+}
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 58ad36c7ec..8a59150f06 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@
     }
   },
   "exclude": [
-    "node_modules"
+    "node_modules",
+    "src/code-scanning/scripts/generate-code-scanning-query-list.ts"
   ],
   "include": [
     "*.d.ts",