diff --git a/astroid/exceptions.py b/astroid/exceptions.py
index 60220f7af..260657c36 100644
--- a/astroid/exceptions.py
+++ b/astroid/exceptions.py
@@ -14,8 +14,13 @@
 
 """this module contains exceptions used in the astroid library
 """
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+
 from astroid import util
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from astroid import nodes
+
 __all__ = (
     "AstroidBuildingError",
     "AstroidBuildingException",
@@ -100,7 +105,7 @@ class TooManyLevelsError(AstroidImportError):
     def __init__(
         self,
         message="Relative import with too many levels " "({level}) for module {name!r}",
-        **kws
+        **kws,
     ):
         super().__init__(message, **kws)
 
@@ -256,6 +261,18 @@ class InferenceOverwriteError(AstroidError):
     """
 
 
+class ParentMissingError(AstroidError):
+    """Raised when a node which is expected to have a parent attribute is missing one
+
+    Standard attributes:
+        target: The node for which the parent lookup failed.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, target: "nodes.NodeNG") -> None:
+        self.target = target
+        super().__init__(message=f"Parent not found on {target!r}.")
+
+
 # Backwards-compatibility aliases
 OperationError = util.BadOperationMessage
 UnaryOperationError = util.BadUnaryOperationMessage
diff --git a/astroid/nodes/__init__.py b/astroid/nodes/__init__.py
index 26254a0d0..f04261610 100644
--- a/astroid/nodes/__init__.py
+++ b/astroid/nodes/__init__.py
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@
     GeneratorExp,
     Lambda,
     ListComp,
+    LocalsDictNodeNG,
     Module,
     SetComp,
     builtin_lookup,
@@ -176,6 +177,7 @@
     Lambda,
     List,
     ListComp,
+    LocalsDictNodeNG,
     Match,
     MatchAs,
     MatchCase,
@@ -268,6 +270,7 @@
     "Lambda",
     "List",
     "ListComp",
+    "LocalsDictNodeNG",
     "Match",
     "MatchAs",
     "MatchCase",
diff --git a/astroid/nodes/node_classes.py b/astroid/nodes/node_classes.py
index da4775d8c..c506d23bb 100644
--- a/astroid/nodes/node_classes.py
+++ b/astroid/nodes/node_classes.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 import sys
 import typing
 from functools import lru_cache
-from typing import Callable, Generator, Optional
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Callable, Generator, Optional
 
 from astroid import decorators, mixins, util
 from astroid.bases import Instance, _infer_stmts
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
     AstroidTypeError,
     InferenceError,
     NoDefault,
+    ParentMissingError,
 )
 from astroid.manager import AstroidManager
 from astroid.nodes.const import OP_PRECEDENCE
@@ -61,6 +62,9 @@
 else:
     from typing_extensions import Literal
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from astroid.nodes import LocalsDictNodeNG
+
 
 def _is_const(value):
     return isinstance(value, tuple(CONST_CLS))
@@ -2016,13 +2020,17 @@ def postinit(self, nodes: typing.List[NodeNG]) -> None:
         """
         self.nodes = nodes
 
-    def scope(self):
+    def scope(self) -> "LocalsDictNodeNG":
         """The first parent node defining a new scope.
+        These can be Module, FunctionDef, ClassDef, Lambda, or GeneratorExp nodes.
 
         :returns: The first parent scope node.
-        :rtype: Module or FunctionDef or ClassDef or Lambda or GenExpr
         """
         # skip the function node to go directly to the upper level scope
+        if not self.parent:
+            raise ParentMissingError(target=self)
+        if not self.parent.parent:
+            raise ParentMissingError(target=self.parent)
         return self.parent.parent.scope()
 
     def get_children(self):
diff --git a/astroid/nodes/node_ng.py b/astroid/nodes/node_ng.py
index 68a6837e6..5aed3ec40 100644
--- a/astroid/nodes/node_ng.py
+++ b/astroid/nodes/node_ng.py
@@ -1,14 +1,32 @@
 import pprint
 import typing
 from functools import singledispatch as _singledispatch
-from typing import ClassVar, Iterator, Optional, Tuple, Type, TypeVar, Union, overload
+from typing import (
+    TYPE_CHECKING,
+    ClassVar,
+    Iterator,
+    Optional,
+    Tuple,
+    Type,
+    TypeVar,
+    Union,
+    overload,
+)
 
 from astroid import decorators, util
-from astroid.exceptions import AstroidError, InferenceError, UseInferenceDefault
+from astroid.exceptions import (
+    AstroidError,
+    InferenceError,
+    ParentMissingError,
+    UseInferenceDefault,
+)
 from astroid.manager import AstroidManager
 from astroid.nodes.as_string import AsStringVisitor
 from astroid.nodes.const import OP_PRECEDENCE
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from astroid.nodes import LocalsDictNodeNG
+
 # Types for 'NodeNG.nodes_of_class()'
 T_Nodes = TypeVar("T_Nodes", bound="NodeNG")
 T_Nodes2 = TypeVar("T_Nodes2", bound="NodeNG")
@@ -251,15 +269,15 @@ def frame(self):
         """
         return self.parent.frame()
 
-    def scope(self):
+    def scope(self) -> "LocalsDictNodeNG":
         """The first parent node defining a new scope.
+        These can be Module, FunctionDef, ClassDef, Lambda, or GeneratorExp nodes.
 
         :returns: The first parent scope node.
-        :rtype: Module or FunctionDef or ClassDef or Lambda or GenExpr
         """
-        if self.parent:
-            return self.parent.scope()
-        return None
+        if not self.parent:
+            raise ParentMissingError(target=self)
+        return self.parent.scope()
 
     def root(self):
         """Return the root node of the syntax tree.
diff --git a/astroid/nodes/scoped_nodes.py b/astroid/nodes/scoped_nodes.py
index f9b4a6ed9..d32698207 100644
--- a/astroid/nodes/scoped_nodes.py
+++ b/astroid/nodes/scoped_nodes.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 import io
 import itertools
 import typing
-from typing import List, Optional
+from typing import List, Optional, TypeVar
 
 from astroid import bases
 from astroid import decorators as decorators_mod
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@
     {"classmethod", "staticmethod", "builtins.classmethod", "builtins.staticmethod"}
 )
 
+T = TypeVar("T")
+
 
 def _c3_merge(sequences, cls, context):
     """Merges MROs in *sequences* to a single MRO using the C3 algorithm.
@@ -238,7 +240,7 @@ def frame(self):
         """
         return self
 
-    def scope(self):
+    def scope(self: T) -> T:
         """The first parent node defining a new scope.
 
         :returns: The first parent scope node.
diff --git a/doc/api/astroid.exceptions.rst b/doc/api/astroid.exceptions.rst
index bb7b1b194..65abeaf81 100644
--- a/doc/api/astroid.exceptions.rst
+++ b/doc/api/astroid.exceptions.rst
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ Exceptions
       NameInferenceError
       NoDefault
       NotFoundError
+      ParentMissingError
       ResolveError
       SuperArgumentTypeError
       SuperError
diff --git a/doc/api/base_nodes.rst b/doc/api/base_nodes.rst
index c721cbb28..7b2d4a502 100644
--- a/doc/api/base_nodes.rst
+++ b/doc/api/base_nodes.rst
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ These are abstract node classes that :ref:`other nodes <nodes>` inherit from.
    astroid.mixins.FilterStmtsMixin
    astroid.mixins.ImportFromMixin
    astroid.nodes.ListComp
-   astroid.nodes.scoped_nodes.LocalsDictNodeNG
+   astroid.nodes.LocalsDictNodeNG
    astroid.nodes.node_classes.LookupMixIn
    astroid.nodes.NodeNG
    astroid.mixins.ParentAssignTypeMixin
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ These are abstract node classes that :ref:`other nodes <nodes>` inherit from.
 
 .. autoclass:: astroid.nodes.ListComp
 
-.. autoclass:: astroid.nodes.scoped_nodes.LocalsDictNodeNG
+.. autoclass:: astroid.nodes.LocalsDictNodeNG
 
 .. autoclass:: astroid.nodes.node_classes.LookupMixIn
 
diff --git a/tests/unittest_builder.py b/tests/unittest_builder.py
index 2ae6ce81b..99007483f 100644
--- a/tests/unittest_builder.py
+++ b/tests/unittest_builder.py
@@ -551,7 +551,6 @@ def func2(a={}):
             """
         builder.parse(code)
         nonetype = nodes.const_factory(None)
-        # pylint: disable=no-member; Infers two potential values
         self.assertNotIn("custom_attr", nonetype.locals)
         self.assertNotIn("custom_attr", nonetype.instance_attrs)
         nonetype = nodes.const_factory({})
diff --git a/tests/unittest_lookup.py b/tests/unittest_lookup.py
index 8de88b831..37de3b931 100644
--- a/tests/unittest_lookup.py
+++ b/tests/unittest_lookup.py
@@ -393,7 +393,6 @@ def test_builtin_lookup(self) -> None:
         self.assertEqual(len(intstmts), 1)
         self.assertIsInstance(intstmts[0], nodes.ClassDef)
         self.assertEqual(intstmts[0].name, "int")
-        # pylint: disable=no-member; Infers two potential values
         self.assertIs(intstmts[0], nodes.const_factory(1)._proxied)
 
     def test_decorator_arguments_lookup(self) -> None:
diff --git a/tests/unittest_nodes.py b/tests/unittest_nodes.py
index 9cc946565..45fde769e 100644
--- a/tests/unittest_nodes.py
+++ b/tests/unittest_nodes.py
@@ -615,7 +615,6 @@ def test_as_string(self) -> None:
 class ConstNodeTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def _test(self, value: Any) -> None:
         node = nodes.const_factory(value)
-        # pylint: disable=no-member; Infers two potential values
         self.assertIsInstance(node._proxied, nodes.ClassDef)
         self.assertEqual(node._proxied.name, value.__class__.__name__)
         self.assertIs(node.value, value)
diff --git a/tests/unittest_scoped_nodes.py b/tests/unittest_scoped_nodes.py
index 040824695..63d36e748 100644
--- a/tests/unittest_scoped_nodes.py
+++ b/tests/unittest_scoped_nodes.py
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ def test_file_stream_api(self) -> None:
         path = resources.find("data/all.py")
         file_build = builder.AstroidBuilder().file_build(path, "all")
         with self.assertRaises(AttributeError):
-            # pylint: disable=pointless-statement, no-member
+            # pylint: disable=pointless-statement
             file_build.file_stream
 
     def test_stream_api(self) -> None: