diff --git a/nvbench/state.cuh b/nvbench/state.cuh
index d815df7..f71cbeb 100644
--- a/nvbench/state.cuh
+++ b/nvbench/state.cuh
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ private:
         std::optional<nvbench::device_info> device,
         std::size_t type_config_index);
 
-  bool skip_hot_measurement() { return get_run_once() || get_skip_batched(); }
+  [[nodiscard]] bool skip_hot_measurement() const { return get_run_once() || get_skip_batched(); }
 
   std::reference_wrapper<const nvbench::benchmark_base> m_benchmark;
   nvbench::named_values m_axis_values;