diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/modernize/UseUsingCheck.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/modernize/UseUsingCheck.cpp
index bb05f206c717c..24eefdb082eb3 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/modernize/UseUsingCheck.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/modernize/UseUsingCheck.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 #include "UseUsingCheck.h"
 #include "clang/AST/ASTContext.h"
+#include "clang/AST/DeclGroup.h"
 #include "clang/Lex/Lexer.h"
 
 using namespace clang::ast_matchers;
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ static constexpr llvm::StringLiteral ExternCDeclName = "extern-c-decl";
 static constexpr llvm::StringLiteral ParentDeclName = "parent-decl";
 static constexpr llvm::StringLiteral TagDeclName = "tag-decl";
 static constexpr llvm::StringLiteral TypedefName = "typedef";
+static constexpr llvm::StringLiteral DeclStmtName = "decl-stmt";
 
 UseUsingCheck::UseUsingCheck(StringRef Name, ClangTidyContext *Context)
     : ClangTidyCheck(Name, Context),
@@ -41,7 +43,8 @@ void UseUsingCheck::registerMatchers(MatchFinder *Finder) {
           unless(isInstantiated()),
           optionally(hasAncestor(
               linkageSpecDecl(isExternCLinkage()).bind(ExternCDeclName))),
-          hasParent(decl().bind(ParentDeclName)))
+          anyOf(hasParent(decl().bind(ParentDeclName)),
+                hasParent(declStmt().bind(DeclStmtName))))
           .bind(TypedefName),
       this);
 
@@ -51,17 +54,32 @@ void UseUsingCheck::registerMatchers(MatchFinder *Finder) {
       tagDecl(
           anyOf(allOf(unless(anyOf(isImplicit(),
                                    classTemplateSpecializationDecl())),
-                      hasParent(decl().bind(ParentDeclName))),
+                      anyOf(hasParent(decl().bind(ParentDeclName)),
+                            hasParent(declStmt().bind(DeclStmtName)))),
                 // We want the parent of the ClassTemplateDecl, not the parent
                 // of the specialization.
                 classTemplateSpecializationDecl(hasAncestor(classTemplateDecl(
-                    hasParent(decl().bind(ParentDeclName)))))))
+                    anyOf(hasParent(decl().bind(ParentDeclName)),
+                          hasParent(declStmt().bind(DeclStmtName))))))))
           .bind(TagDeclName),
       this);
 }
 
 void UseUsingCheck::check(const MatchFinder::MatchResult &Result) {
   const auto *ParentDecl = Result.Nodes.getNodeAs<Decl>(ParentDeclName);
+
+  if (!ParentDecl) {
+    const auto *ParentDeclStmt = Result.Nodes.getNodeAs<DeclStmt>(DeclStmtName);
+    if (ParentDeclStmt) {
+      if (ParentDeclStmt->isSingleDecl())
+        ParentDecl = ParentDeclStmt->getSingleDecl();
+      else
+        ParentDecl =
+            ParentDeclStmt->getDeclGroup().getDeclGroup()
+                [ParentDeclStmt->getDeclGroup().getDeclGroup().size() - 1];
+    }
+  }
+
   if (!ParentDecl)
     return;
 
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst b/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
index f119e14ae478a..14c48547bcbe1 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
@@ -242,6 +242,9 @@ Changes in existing checks
   analyzed, se the check now handles the common patterns
   `const auto e = (*vector_ptr)[i]` and `const auto e = vector_ptr->at(i);`.
 
+- Improved :doc:`modernize-use-using <clang-tidy/checks/modernize/use-using>`
+  check by adding support for detection of typedefs declared on function level.
+
 - Improved :doc:`readability-implicit-bool-conversion
   <clang-tidy/checks/readability/implicit-bool-conversion>` check to provide
   valid fix suggestions for ``static_cast`` without a preceding space and
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/modernize/use-using.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/modernize/use-using.cpp
index 462bc984fd3ad..925e5f9c1ca54 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/modernize/use-using.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/modernize/use-using.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// RUN: %check_clang_tidy %s modernize-use-using %t -- -- -I %S/Inputs/use-using/
+// RUN: %check_clang_tidy %s modernize-use-using %t -- -- -fno-delayed-template-parsing -I %S/Inputs/use-using/
 
 typedef int Type;
 // CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[@LINE-1]]:1: warning: use 'using' instead of 'typedef' [modernize-use-using]
@@ -342,3 +342,44 @@ typedef int InExternCPP;
 // CHECK-FIXES: using InExternCPP = int;
 
 }
+
+namespace ISSUE_72179
+{  
+  void foo()
+  {
+    typedef int a;
+    // CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[@LINE-1]]:5: warning: use 'using' instead of 'typedef' [modernize-use-using]
+    // CHECK-FIXES: using a = int;
+
+  }
+
+  void foo2()
+  {
+    typedef struct { int a; union { int b; }; } c;
+    // CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[@LINE-1]]:5: warning: use 'using' instead of 'typedef' [modernize-use-using]
+    // CHECK-FIXES: using c = struct { int a; union { int b; }; };
+  }
+
+  template <typename T>
+  void foo3()
+  {
+    typedef T b;
+    // CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[@LINE-1]]:5: warning: use 'using' instead of 'typedef' [modernize-use-using]
+    // CHECK-FIXES: using b = T;
+  }
+
+  template <typename T>
+  class MyClass
+  {
+    void foo()
+    {
+      typedef MyClass c;
+      // CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[@LINE-1]]:7: warning: use 'using' instead of 'typedef' [modernize-use-using]
+      // CHECK-FIXES: using c = MyClass;
+    }
+  };
+
+  const auto foo4 = [](int a){typedef int d;};
+  // CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[@LINE-1]]:31: warning: use 'using' instead of 'typedef' [modernize-use-using]
+  // CHECK-FIXES: const auto foo4 = [](int a){using d = int;};
+}