diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin/src/rules/no-var-requires.ts b/packages/eslint-plugin/src/rules/no-var-requires.ts
index 26c49cc9dd2..d7ed1d16f7f 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-plugin/src/rules/no-var-requires.ts
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin/src/rules/no-var-requires.ts
@@ -25,20 +25,24 @@ export default util.createRule<Options, MessageIds>({
   defaultOptions: [],
   create(context) {
     return {
-      CallExpression(node: TSESTree.CallExpression): void {
+      'CallExpression[callee.name="require"]'(
+        node: TSESTree.CallExpression,
+      ): void {
         const parent =
           node.parent?.type === AST_NODE_TYPES.ChainExpression
             ? node.parent.parent
             : node.parent;
+
         if (
-          node.callee.type === AST_NODE_TYPES.Identifier &&
-          node.callee.name === 'require' &&
           parent &&
-          (parent.type === AST_NODE_TYPES.VariableDeclarator ||
-            parent.type === AST_NODE_TYPES.CallExpression ||
-            parent.type === AST_NODE_TYPES.TSAsExpression ||
-            parent.type === AST_NODE_TYPES.TSTypeAssertion ||
-            parent.type === AST_NODE_TYPES.MemberExpression)
+          [
+            AST_NODE_TYPES.CallExpression,
+            AST_NODE_TYPES.MemberExpression,
+            AST_NODE_TYPES.NewExpression,
+            AST_NODE_TYPES.TSAsExpression,
+            AST_NODE_TYPES.TSTypeAssertion,
+            AST_NODE_TYPES.VariableDeclarator,
+          ].includes(parent.type)
         ) {
           context.report({
             node,
diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin/tests/rules/no-var-requires.test.ts b/packages/eslint-plugin/tests/rules/no-var-requires.test.ts
index 688b010e417..8c6ef638a16 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-plugin/tests/rules/no-var-requires.test.ts
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin/tests/rules/no-var-requires.test.ts
@@ -132,5 +132,24 @@ ruleTester.run('no-var-requires', rule, {
         },
       ],
     },
+    {
+      // https://github.com/typescript-eslint/typescript-eslint/issues/3883
+      code: `
+const configValidator = new Validator(require('./a.json'));
+configValidator.addSchema(require('./a.json'));
+      `,
+      errors: [
+        {
+          messageId: 'noVarReqs',
+          line: 2,
+          column: 39,
+        },
+        {
+          messageId: 'noVarReqs',
+          line: 3,
+          column: 27,
+        },
+      ],
+    },
   ],
 });