diff --git a/t/chainlint/block.expect b/t/chainlint/block.expect
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fed7e89ae8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/chainlint/block.expect
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+(
+	foo &&
+	{
+		echo a
+		echo b
+	} &&
+	bar &&
+	{
+		echo c
+?!AMP?!	}
+	baz
+>)
diff --git a/t/chainlint/block.test b/t/chainlint/block.test
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d859151af1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/chainlint/block.test
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+(
+# LINT: missing "&&" in block not currently detected (for consistency with
+# LINT: --chain-lint at top level and to provide escape hatch if needed)
+	foo &&
+	{
+		echo a
+		echo b
+	} &&
+	bar &&
+# LINT: missing "&&" at closing "}"
+	{
+		echo c
+	}
+	baz
+)
diff --git a/t/chainlint/multi-line-nested-command-substitution.expect b/t/chainlint/multi-line-nested-command-substitution.expect
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..19c023b1c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/chainlint/multi-line-nested-command-substitution.expect
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+(
+	foo &&
+	x=$(
+		echo bar |
+		cat
+>>	) &&
+	echo ok
+>) |
+sort
diff --git a/t/chainlint/multi-line-nested-command-substitution.test b/t/chainlint/multi-line-nested-command-substitution.test
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ca0620ab6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/chainlint/multi-line-nested-command-substitution.test
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+(
+	foo &&
+	x=$(
+		echo bar |
+		cat
+	) &&
+	echo ok
+) |
+sort
diff --git a/t/chainlint/nested-cuddled-subshell.expect b/t/chainlint/nested-cuddled-subshell.expect
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c2a59ffc33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/chainlint/nested-cuddled-subshell.expect
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+(
+	(cd foo &&
+		bar
+>>	) &&
+	(cd foo &&
+		bar
+?!AMP?!>>	)
+	(
+		cd foo &&
+>>		bar) &&
+	(
+		cd foo &&
+?!AMP?!>>		bar)
+	(cd foo &&
+>>		bar) &&
+	(cd foo &&
+?!AMP?!>>		bar)
+	foobar
+>)
diff --git a/t/chainlint/nested-cuddled-subshell.test b/t/chainlint/nested-cuddled-subshell.test
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8fd656c7b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/chainlint/nested-cuddled-subshell.test
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+(
+# LINT: opening "(" cuddled with first nested subshell statement
+	(cd foo &&
+		bar
+	) &&
+
+# LINT: same but "&&" missing
+	(cd foo &&
+		bar
+	)
+
+# LINT: closing ")" cuddled with final nested subshell statement
+	(
+		cd foo &&
+		bar) &&
+
+# LINT: same but "&&" missing
+	(
+		cd foo &&
+		bar)
+
+# LINT: "(" and ")" cuddled with first and final subshell statements
+	(cd foo &&
+		bar) &&
+
+# LINT: same but "&&" missing
+	(cd foo &&
+		bar)
+
+	foobar
+)
diff --git a/t/chainlint/nested-here-doc.expect b/t/chainlint/nested-here-doc.expect
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..559301e005
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/chainlint/nested-here-doc.expect
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+(
+	cat &&
+?!AMP?!	cat
+	foobar
+>)
diff --git a/t/chainlint/nested-here-doc.test b/t/chainlint/nested-here-doc.test
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..027e0bb3ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/chainlint/nested-here-doc.test
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+(
+# LINT: inner "EOF" not misintrepreted as closing INPUT_END here-doc
+	cat <<-\INPUT_END &&
+	fish are mice
+	but geese go slow
+	data <<EOF
+		perl is lerp
+		and nothing else
+	EOF
+	toink
+	INPUT_END
+
+# LINT: same but missing "&&"
+	cat <<-\EOT
+	text goes here
+	data <<EOF
+		data goes here
+	EOF
+	more test here
+	EOT
+
+	foobar
+)
diff --git a/t/chainlint/nested-subshell-comment.expect b/t/chainlint/nested-subshell-comment.expect
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..15b68d4373
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/chainlint/nested-subshell-comment.expect
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+(
+	foo &&
+	(
+		bar &&
+		# bottles wobble while fiddles gobble
+		# minor numbers of cows (or do they?)
+		baz &&
+		snaff
+?!AMP?!>>	)
+	fuzzy
+>)
diff --git a/t/chainlint/nested-subshell-comment.test b/t/chainlint/nested-subshell-comment.test
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0ff136ab3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/chainlint/nested-subshell-comment.test
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+(
+	foo &&
+	(
+		bar &&
+# LINT: ")" in comment in nested subshell not misinterpreted as closing ")"
+		# bottles wobble while fiddles gobble
+		# minor numbers of cows (or do they?)
+		baz &&
+		snaff
+# LINT: missing "&&" on ')'
+	)
+	fuzzy
+)
diff --git a/t/chainlint/nested-subshell.expect b/t/chainlint/nested-subshell.expect
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c8165ad19e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/chainlint/nested-subshell.expect
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+(
+	cd foo &&
+	(
+		echo a &&
+		echo b
+>>	) >file &&
+	cd foo &&
+	(
+		echo a
+		echo b
+>>	) >file
+>)
diff --git a/t/chainlint/nested-subshell.test b/t/chainlint/nested-subshell.test
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..998b05a47d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/chainlint/nested-subshell.test
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+(
+	cd foo &&
+	(
+		echo a &&
+		echo b
+	) >file &&
+
+	cd foo &&
+	(
+# LINT: nested multi-line subshell not presently checked for missing "&&"
+		echo a
+		echo b
+	) >file
+)