diff --git a/detectors/unsafe-expect/src/lib.rs b/detectors/unsafe-expect/src/lib.rs
index db94f5a7..e7224e9a 100644
--- a/detectors/unsafe-expect/src/lib.rs
+++ b/detectors/unsafe-expect/src/lib.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ use rustc_hir::{
 use rustc_lint::{LateContext, LateLintPass};
 use rustc_span::{sym, Span, Symbol};
 use std::{collections::HashSet, hash::Hash};
-use utils::returns_result;
+use utils::fn_returns;
 
 const LINT_MESSAGE: &str = "Unsafe usage of `expect`";
 const PANIC_INDUCING_FUNCTIONS: [&str; 2] = ["panic", "bail"];
@@ -350,8 +350,10 @@ impl<'tcx> LateLintPass<'tcx> for UnsafeExpect {
         span: Span,
         _: LocalDefId,
     ) {
-        // If the function comes from a macro expansion or does not return a Result<(), ()>, we don't want to analyze it.
-        if span.from_expansion() || !returns_result(fn_decl) {
+        // If the function comes from a macro expansion or does not return a Result<(), ()> or Option<()>, we don't want to analyze it.
+        if span.from_expansion()
+            || !fn_returns(fn_decl, sym::Result) && !fn_returns(fn_decl, sym::Option)
+        {
             return;
         }
 
diff --git a/utils/src/type_utils.rs b/utils/src/type_utils.rs
index 3a4a4b9a..ab32ff22 100644
--- a/utils/src/type_utils.rs
+++ b/utils/src/type_utils.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ extern crate rustc_span;
 use rustc_hir::{FnDecl, FnRetTy, HirId, QPath};
 use rustc_lint::LateContext;
 use rustc_middle::ty::{Ty, TyKind};
-use rustc_span::sym;
+use rustc_span::Symbol;
 
 /// Get the type of a node, if it exists.
 pub fn get_node_type_opt<'tcx>(cx: &LateContext<'tcx>, hir_id: &HirId) -> Option<Ty<'tcx>> {
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@ pub fn match_type_to_str(cx: &LateContext<'_>, expr_type: Ty<'_>, type_str: &str
     }
 }
 
-/// Check if a function returns a Result type.
-pub fn returns_result(decl: &FnDecl<'_>) -> bool {
+/// Check the return type of a function.
+pub fn fn_returns(decl: &FnDecl<'_>, type_symbol: Symbol) -> bool {
     if let FnRetTy::Return(ty) = decl.output {
         matches!(ty.kind, rustc_hir::TyKind::Path(QPath::Resolved(_, path)) if path
             .segments
             .last()
-            .map_or(false, |seg| seg.ident.name == sym::Result))
+            .map_or(false, |seg| seg.ident.name == type_symbol))
     } else {
         false
     }