diff --git a/.clang-tidy b/.clang-tidy
index 2d65a827..4f80d145 100644
--- a/.clang-tidy
+++ b/.clang-tidy
@@ -1,10 +1,30 @@
 ---
-Checks:                       '-*,clang-diagnostic-*,clang-analyzer-*,bugprone-*,concurrency-*,cppcoreguidelines-*,modernize-*,readability-*,-readability-redundant-access-specifiers,-readability-function-cognitive-complexity'
-ExtraArgs:                    '-Wno-unknown-warning-option'
+Checks: [
+    '-*',
+    'clang-diagnostic-*',
+    'clang-analyzer-*',
+    'bugprone-*',
+    'concurrency-*',
+    'cppcoreguidelines-*',
+    'modernize-*',
+    'readability-*',
+    '-readability-redundant-access-specifiers',
+    '-readability-function-cognitive-complexity'
+  ]
+ExtraArgs: ['-Wno-unknown-warning-option']
 FormatStyle:                  none
 HeaderFileExtensions:         ['', 'h','hh','hpp','hxx']
 HeaderFilterRegex:            ''
 ImplementationFileExtensions: ['c','cc','cpp','cxx']
+CheckOptions:
+  - key: MinimumExceptionNameLength
+    value:   1
+  - key: MinimumLoopCounterNameLength
+    value:   3
+  - key: MinimumParameterNameLength
+    value:   3
+  - key: MinimumVariableNameLength
+    value:   3
 User:                         'scott.e.graves@protonmail.com'
 WarningsAsErrors:             ''
 ...