diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/.eslintrc.js b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/.eslintrc.js
index bd396867c73d3..283ad93834c89 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/.eslintrc.js
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/.eslintrc.js
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ const enableNoThrowDefaultErrorIn = [
   'aws-elasticloadbalancingv2-actions',
   'aws-elasticloadbalancingv2-targets',
   'aws-lambda',
+  'aws-logs',
   'aws-rds',
   'aws-s3',
   'aws-sns',
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-logs/lib/data-protection-policy.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-logs/lib/data-protection-policy.ts
index f00fcc1ea11e1..1d7674b34113a 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-logs/lib/data-protection-policy.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-logs/lib/data-protection-policy.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { Construct } from 'constructs';
 import { ILogGroup } from './log-group';
 import { IBucket } from '../../aws-s3';
-import { Stack } from '../../core';
+import { Stack, UnscopedValidationError } from '../../core';
 /**
  * Creates a data protection policy for CloudWatch Logs log groups.
  */
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export class DataProtectionPolicy {
 
   constructor(props: DataProtectionPolicyProps) {
     if (props.identifiers.length == 0) {
-      throw new Error('DataIdentifier cannot be empty');
+      throw new UnscopedValidationError('DataIdentifier cannot be empty');
     }
     this.dataProtectionPolicyProps = props;
   }
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-logs/lib/field-index-policy.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-logs/lib/field-index-policy.ts
index 2df85826a866c..7874f9591d073 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-logs/lib/field-index-policy.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-logs/lib/field-index-policy.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { Construct } from 'constructs';
+import { UnscopedValidationError } from '../../core';
 
 /**
  * Creates a field index policy for CloudWatch Logs log groups.
@@ -8,7 +9,7 @@ export class FieldIndexPolicy {
 
   constructor(props: FieldIndexPolicyProps) {
     if (props.fields.length > 20) {
-      throw new Error('A maximum of 20 fields can be indexed per log group');
+      throw new UnscopedValidationError('A maximum of 20 fields can be indexed per log group');
     }
     this.fieldIndexPolicyProps = props;
   }
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-logs/lib/log-group.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-logs/lib/log-group.ts
index ef1c71b477a01..f7367d248ada6 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-logs/lib/log-group.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-logs/lib/log-group.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { ILogSubscriptionDestination, SubscriptionFilter } from './subscription-
 import * as cloudwatch from '../../aws-cloudwatch';
 import * as iam from '../../aws-iam';
 import * as kms from '../../aws-kms';
-import { Annotations, Arn, ArnFormat, RemovalPolicy, Resource, Stack, Token } from '../../core';
+import { Annotations, Arn, ArnFormat, RemovalPolicy, Resource, Stack, Token, ValidationError } from '../../core';
 import { addConstructMetadata } from '../../core/lib/metadata-resource';
 
 export interface ILogGroup extends iam.IResourceWithPolicy {
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ export class LogGroup extends LogGroupBase {
     if (retentionInDays === Infinity || retentionInDays === RetentionDays.INFINITE) { retentionInDays = undefined; }
 
     if (retentionInDays !== undefined && !Token.isUnresolved(retentionInDays) && retentionInDays <= 0) {
-      throw new Error(`retentionInDays must be positive, got ${retentionInDays}`);
+      throw new ValidationError(`retentionInDays must be positive, got ${retentionInDays}`, this);
     }
 
     let logGroupClass = props.logGroupClass;
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-logs/lib/metric-filter.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-logs/lib/metric-filter.ts
index c87f273e87bb8..10f3dcaa1c2ec 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-logs/lib/metric-filter.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-logs/lib/metric-filter.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { Construct } from 'constructs';
 import { ILogGroup, MetricFilterOptions } from './log-group';
 import { CfnMetricFilter } from './logs.generated';
 import { Metric, MetricOptions } from '../../aws-cloudwatch';
-import { Resource } from '../../core';
+import { Resource, ValidationError } from '../../core';
 import { addConstructMetadata, MethodMetadata } from '../../core/lib/metadata-resource';
 
 /**
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export class MetricFilter extends Resource {
 
     const numberOfDimensions = Object.keys(props.dimensions ?? {}).length;
     if (numberOfDimensions > 3) {
-      throw new Error(`MetricFilter only supports a maximum of 3 dimensions but received ${numberOfDimensions}.`);
+      throw new ValidationError(`MetricFilter only supports a maximum of 3 dimensions but received ${numberOfDimensions}.`, this);
     }
 
     // It looks odd to map this object to a singleton list, but that's how
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-logs/lib/pattern.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-logs/lib/pattern.ts
index 44caabb6fec35..7894343c844a7 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-logs/lib/pattern.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-logs/lib/pattern.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { UnscopedValidationError } from '../../core';
+
 // Implementation of metric patterns
 
 /**
@@ -180,7 +182,7 @@ export class FilterPattern {
    * A JSON log pattern that matches if all given JSON log patterns match
    */
   public static all(...patterns: JsonPattern[]): JsonPattern {
-    if (patterns.length === 0) { throw new Error('Must supply at least one pattern, or use allEvents() to match all events.'); }
+    if (patterns.length === 0) { throw new UnscopedValidationError('Must supply at least one pattern, or use allEvents() to match all events.'); }
     if (patterns.length === 1) { return patterns[0]; }
     return new JSONAggregatePattern('&&', patterns);
   }
@@ -189,7 +191,7 @@ export class FilterPattern {
    * A JSON log pattern that matches if any of the given JSON log patterns match
    */
   public static any(...patterns: JsonPattern[]): JsonPattern {
-    if (patterns.length === 0) { throw new Error('Must supply at least one pattern'); }
+    if (patterns.length === 0) { throw new UnscopedValidationError('Must supply at least one pattern'); }
     if (patterns.length === 1) { return patterns[0]; }
     return new JSONAggregatePattern('||', patterns);
   }
@@ -282,7 +284,7 @@ class JSONPostfixPattern extends JsonPattern {
 class JSONAggregatePattern extends JsonPattern {
   public constructor(operator: string, patterns: JsonPattern[]) {
     if (operator !== '&&' && operator !== '||') {
-      throw new Error('Operator must be one of && or ||');
+      throw new UnscopedValidationError('Operator must be one of && or ||');
     }
 
     const clauses = patterns.map(p => '(' + p.jsonPatternString + ')');
@@ -313,12 +315,12 @@ export class SpaceDelimitedTextPattern implements IFilterPattern {
     // going through the factory
     for (const column of columns) {
       if (!validColumnName(column)) {
-        throw new Error(`Invalid column name: ${column}`);
+        throw new UnscopedValidationError(`Invalid column name: ${column}`);
       }
     }
 
     if (sum(columns.map(c => c === COL_ELLIPSIS ? 1 : 0)) > 1) {
-      throw new Error("Can use at most one '...' column");
+      throw new UnscopedValidationError("Can use at most one '...' column");
     }
 
     return new SpaceDelimitedTextPattern(columns, {});
@@ -335,10 +337,10 @@ export class SpaceDelimitedTextPattern implements IFilterPattern {
    */
   public whereString(columnName: string, comparison: string, value: string): SpaceDelimitedTextPattern {
     if (columnName === COL_ELLIPSIS) {
-      throw new Error("Can't use '...' in a restriction");
+      throw new UnscopedValidationError("Can't use '...' in a restriction");
     }
     if (this.columns.indexOf(columnName) === -1) {
-      throw new Error(`Column in restrictions that is not in columns: ${columnName}`);
+      throw new UnscopedValidationError(`Column in restrictions that is not in columns: ${columnName}`);
     }
 
     comparison = validateStringOperator(comparison);
@@ -354,10 +356,10 @@ export class SpaceDelimitedTextPattern implements IFilterPattern {
    */
   public whereNumber(columnName: string, comparison: string, value: number): SpaceDelimitedTextPattern {
     if (columnName === COL_ELLIPSIS) {
-      throw new Error("Can't use '...' in a restriction");
+      throw new UnscopedValidationError("Can't use '...' in a restriction");
     }
     if (this.columns.indexOf(columnName) === -1) {
-      throw new Error(`Column in restrictions that is not in columns: ${columnName}`);
+      throw new UnscopedValidationError(`Column in restrictions that is not in columns: ${columnName}`);
     }
 
     comparison = validateNumericalOperator(comparison);
@@ -445,7 +447,7 @@ function validateStringOperator(operator: string) {
   if (operator === '==') { operator = '='; }
 
   if (operator !== '=' && operator !== '!=') {
-    throw new Error(`Invalid comparison operator ('${operator}'), must be either '=' or '!='`);
+    throw new UnscopedValidationError(`Invalid comparison operator ('${operator}'), must be either '=' or '!='`);
   }
 
   return operator;
@@ -463,7 +465,7 @@ function validateNumericalOperator(operator: string) {
   if (operator === '==') { operator = '='; }
 
   if (VALID_OPERATORS.indexOf(operator) === -1) {
-    throw new Error(`Invalid comparison operator ('${operator}'), must be one of ${VALID_OPERATORS.join(', ')}`);
+    throw new UnscopedValidationError(`Invalid comparison operator ('${operator}'), must be one of ${VALID_OPERATORS.join(', ')}`);
   }
 
   return operator;
@@ -478,7 +480,7 @@ function renderRestriction(column: string, restriction: ColumnRestriction) {
   } else if (restriction.stringValue) {
     return `${column} ${restriction.comparison} ${quoteTerm(restriction.stringValue)}`;
   } else {
-    throw new Error('Invalid restriction');
+    throw new UnscopedValidationError('Invalid restriction');
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-logs/lib/subscription-filter.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-logs/lib/subscription-filter.ts
index 5c3907ffde784..516d4c040e74e 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-logs/lib/subscription-filter.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-logs/lib/subscription-filter.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { ILogGroup, SubscriptionFilterOptions } from './log-group';
 import { CfnSubscriptionFilter } from './logs.generated';
 import * as iam from '../../aws-iam';
 import { KinesisDestination } from '../../aws-logs-destinations';
-import { Resource, Token } from '../../core';
+import { Resource, Token, ValidationError } from '../../core';
 import { addConstructMetadata } from '../../core/lib/metadata-resource';
 
 /**
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ export class SubscriptionFilter extends Resource {
       !Token.isUnresolved(props.destination) &&
       !(props.destination instanceof KinesisDestination)
     ) {
-      throw new Error('distribution property can only be used with KinesisDestination.');
+      throw new ValidationError('distribution property can only be used with KinesisDestination.', this);
     }
 
     const destProps = props.destination.bind(this, props.logGroup);