diff --git a/desloppify/languages/_framework/treesitter/analysis/unused_imports.py b/desloppify/languages/_framework/treesitter/analysis/unused_imports.py
index 666f694d1..936c524bc 100644
--- a/desloppify/languages/_framework/treesitter/analysis/unused_imports.py
+++ b/desloppify/languages/_framework/treesitter/analysis/unused_imports.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 import logging
 import re
+from functools import lru_cache
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 from .. import PARSE_INIT_ERRORS
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ def detect_unused_imports(
         return _detect_unused_imports_ecmascript(file_list, spec, parser, language)
 
     query = _make_query(language, spec.import_query)
+    implicit_uses = _compile_implicit_uses(getattr(spec, "implicit_import_uses", ()))
     entries: list[dict] = []
 
     for filepath in file_list:
@@ -94,6 +96,10 @@ def detect_unused_imports(
             if not raw_path:
                 continue
 
+            # Wildcard imports (Kotlin/Java `import a.b.*`) bind no single name.
+            if _node_text(import_node).rstrip().rstrip(";").endswith("*"):
+                continue
+
             # Get the import statement's line range so we can exclude it
             # from the search.
             import_start = import_node.start_byte
@@ -122,12 +128,16 @@ def detect_unused_imports(
             alias_name = _extract_alias(import_node)
 
             # Extract the imported name from the path.
-            name = alias_name or _extract_import_name(raw_path)
+            # Backtick-escaped names (Kotlin ``Mockito.`when` ``) are used escaped.
+            name = (alias_name or _extract_import_name(raw_path)).strip("`")
             if not name:
                 continue
 
             # Check if the name appears in the rest of the file.
-            if not re.search(r'\b' + re.escape(name) + r'\b', rest):
+            if re.search(r'\b' + re.escape(name) + r'\b', rest):
+                continue
+            implicit = implicit_uses.get(name)
+            if implicit is None or not implicit.search(rest):
                 entries.append({
                     "file": filepath,
                     "line": import_node.start_point[0] + 1,
@@ -137,6 +147,11 @@ def detect_unused_imports(
     return entries
 
 
+@lru_cache(maxsize=32)
+def _compile_implicit_uses(pairs: tuple[tuple[str, str], ...]) -> dict[str, re.Pattern[str]]:
+    return {name: re.compile(pattern) for name, pattern in pairs}
+
+
 def _detect_unused_imports_ecmascript(
     file_list: list[str],
     spec: TreeSitterLangSpec,
@@ -422,7 +437,7 @@ def _extract_alias(import_node) -> str | None:
             found_as = True
             continue
         # The node immediately after "as" is the alias name.
-        if found_as and child.type in ("name", "identifier", "namespace_name"):
+        if found_as and child.type in ("name", "identifier", "namespace_name", "type_identifier"):
             return _node_text(child)
     return None
 
@@ -440,7 +455,7 @@ def _iter_children(node):
             yield child
         elif child.type in (
             "namespace_use_clause", "import_clause",
-            "namespace_alias", "as_pattern",
+            "namespace_alias", "as_pattern", "import_alias",
         ):
             yield from _iter_children(child)
 
diff --git a/desloppify/languages/_framework/treesitter/specs/compiled.py b/desloppify/languages/_framework/treesitter/specs/compiled.py
index 128517061..c8a02df01 100644
--- a/desloppify/languages/_framework/treesitter/specs/compiled.py
+++ b/desloppify/languages/_framework/treesitter/specs/compiled.py
@@ -96,6 +96,40 @@
     ),
 )
 
+# Kotlin operator conventions: imported operator extensions are called by
+# syntax, not by name.
+_KOTLIN_OPERATOR_USES: tuple[tuple[str, str], ...] = (
+    ("getValue", r"\bby\b"),
+    ("setValue", r"\bvar\b[^\n]*\bby\b"),
+    ("provideDelegate", r"\bby\b"),
+    ("contains", r"\bin\b"),
+    ("get", r"\["),
+    ("set", r"\]\s*[-+*/%]?="),
+    ("invoke", r"[\w)\]]\s*[({]"),
+    ("iterator", r"\bfor\s*\("),
+    ("hasNext", r"\bfor\s*\("),
+    ("next", r"\bfor\s*\("),
+    ("compareTo", r"[<>]"),
+    ("rangeTo", r"\.\."),
+    ("rangeUntil", r"\.\.<"),
+    ("plus", r"\+"),
+    ("minus", r"-"),
+    ("times", r"\*"),
+    ("div", r"/"),
+    ("rem", r"%"),
+    ("unaryPlus", r"\+"),
+    ("unaryMinus", r"-"),
+    ("not", r"!"),
+    ("inc", r"\+\+"),
+    ("dec", r"--"),
+    ("plusAssign", r"\+="),
+    ("minusAssign", r"-="),
+    ("timesAssign", r"\*="),
+    ("divAssign", r"/="),
+    ("remAssign", r"%="),
+    *((f"component{n}", r"\(\s*\w+\s*(?::[^,()]*)?,") for n in range(1, 10)),
+)
+
 KOTLIN_SPEC = TreeSitterLangSpec(
     grammar="kotlin",
     function_query="""
@@ -109,6 +143,7 @@
             (identifier) @path) @import
     """,
     resolve_import=resolve_kotlin_import,
+    implicit_import_uses=_KOTLIN_OPERATOR_USES,
     class_query="""
         (class_declaration
             (type_identifier) @name
diff --git a/desloppify/languages/_framework/treesitter/types.py b/desloppify/languages/_framework/treesitter/types.py
index 152d2abdf..541cdeff7 100644
--- a/desloppify/languages/_framework/treesitter/types.py
+++ b/desloppify/languages/_framework/treesitter/types.py
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ class TreeSitterLangSpec:
 
     import_query: str = ""
     resolve_import: Callable[[str, str, str], str | None] | None = None
+    # (imported name, regex) pairs: an import whose name never appears in the
+    # file still counts as used when the regex matches, e.g. Kotlin operator
+    # conventions (`getValue` is called by `by`, `contains` by `in`).
+    implicit_import_uses: tuple[tuple[str, str], ...] = ()
 
     class_query: str = ""
 
diff --git a/desloppify/tests/lang/common/test_kotlin_unused_imports.py b/desloppify/tests/lang/common/test_kotlin_unused_imports.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4bcf1e0ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/desloppify/tests/lang/common/test_kotlin_unused_imports.py
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+"""Kotlin-specific behaviour of the tree-sitter unused import detector."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import pytest
+
+pytest.importorskip("tree_sitter_language_pack")
+
+from desloppify.languages._framework.treesitter.analysis.unused_imports import (  # noqa: E402
+    detect_unused_imports,
+)
+from desloppify.languages._framework.treesitter.specs.compiled import KOTLIN_SPEC  # noqa: E402
+
+
+def _unused(tmp_path: Path, source: str) -> list[str]:
+    path = tmp_path / "Sample.kt"
+    path.write_text(source, encoding="utf-8")
+    return sorted(entry["name"] for entry in detect_unused_imports([str(path)], KOTLIN_SPEC))
+
+
+def test_operator_convention_imports_count_as_used(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    source = """package p
+
+import androidx.compose.runtime.getValue
+import androidx.compose.runtime.setValue
+import androidx.compose.runtime.mutableStateOf
+import com.acme.contains
+import com.acme.component1
+import com.acme.component2
+import com.acme.plus
+
+fun f(items: Set<Int>) {
+    var count by mutableStateOf(0)
+    val (a, b) = Pair(1, 2)
+    if (count in items) count = a + b
+}
+"""
+    assert _unused(tmp_path, source) == []
+
+
+def test_operator_imports_without_matching_syntax_are_unused(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    source = """package p
+
+import androidx.compose.runtime.getValue
+import androidx.compose.runtime.setValue
+
+fun f() {
+    val count = 1
+}
+"""
+    assert _unused(tmp_path, source) == ["getValue", "setValue"]
+
+
+def test_set_value_needs_a_var_delegate(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    source = """package p
+
+import androidx.compose.runtime.getValue
+import androidx.compose.runtime.setValue
+
+fun f(state: State<Int>) {
+    val count by state
+}
+"""
+    assert _unused(tmp_path, source) == ["setValue"]
+
+
+def test_backticked_alias_and_wildcard_imports(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    source = """package p
+
+import org.mockito.Mockito.`when`
+import com.acme.LongName as Short
+import com.acme.Unused as AlsoUnused
+import com.acme.model.*
+
+fun f() {
+    `when`(Short.make()).thenReturn(null)
+}
+"""
+    assert _unused(tmp_path, source) == ["AlsoUnused"]
+
+
+def test_plain_unused_import_is_still_reported(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    source = """package p
+
+import com.acme.BuriedGem
+import com.acme.Used
+
+fun f(u: Used) = u
+"""
+    assert _unused(tmp_path, source) == ["BuriedGem"]