diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/.eslintrc.js b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/.eslintrc.js
index 7f8f4a9f3e0ba..bd396867c73d3 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/.eslintrc.js
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/.eslintrc.js
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ const enableNoThrowDefaultErrorIn = [
   'aws-cloudtrail',
   'aws-cloudwatch',
   'aws-cloudwatch-actions',
+  'aws-ecr',
   'aws-elasticloadbalancing',
   'aws-elasticloadbalancingv2',
   'aws-elasticloadbalancingv2-actions',
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-ecr/lib/repository.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-ecr/lib/repository.ts
index c2e647d3dd4ac..713d14ee8c800 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-ecr/lib/repository.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-ecr/lib/repository.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ import {
   TokenComparison,
   CustomResource,
   Aws,
+  ValidationError,
+  UnscopedValidationError,
 } from '../../core';
 import { addConstructMetadata, MethodMetadata } from '../../core/lib/metadata-resource';
 import { AutoDeleteImagesProvider } from '../../custom-resource-handlers/dist/aws-ecr/auto-delete-images-provider.generated';
@@ -630,7 +632,7 @@ export class Repository extends RepositoryBase {
     // repository names can include "/" (e.g. foo/bar/myrepo) and it is impossible to
     // parse the name from an ARN using CloudFormation's split/select.
     if (Token.isUnresolved(repositoryArn)) {
-      throw new Error('"repositoryArn" is a late-bound value, and therefore "repositoryName" is required. Use `fromRepositoryAttributes` instead');
+      throw new UnscopedValidationError('"repositoryArn" is a late-bound value, and therefore "repositoryName" is required. Use `fromRepositoryAttributes` instead');
     }
 
     validateRepositoryArn();
@@ -655,7 +657,7 @@ export class Repository extends RepositoryBase {
       const splitArn = repositoryArn.split(':');
 
       if (!splitArn[splitArn.length - 1].startsWith('repository/')) {
-        throw new Error(`Repository arn should be in the format 'arn:<PARTITION>:ecr:<REGION>:<ACCOUNT>:repository/<NAME>', got ${repositoryArn}.`);
+        throw new UnscopedValidationError(`Repository arn should be in the format 'arn:<PARTITION>:ecr:<REGION>:<ACCOUNT>:repository/<NAME>', got ${repositoryArn}.`);
       }
     }
   }
@@ -707,7 +709,7 @@ export class Repository extends RepositoryBase {
     }
 
     if (errors.length > 0) {
-      throw new Error(`Invalid ECR repository name (value: ${repositoryName})${EOL}${errors.join(EOL)}`);
+      throw new UnscopedValidationError(`Invalid ECR repository name (value: ${repositoryName})${EOL}${errors.join(EOL)}`);
     }
   }
 
@@ -754,10 +756,10 @@ export class Repository extends RepositoryBase {
     });
 
     if (props.emptyOnDelete && props.removalPolicy !== RemovalPolicy.DESTROY) {
-      throw new Error('Cannot use \'emptyOnDelete\' property on a repository without setting removal policy to \'DESTROY\'.');
+      throw new ValidationError('Cannot use \'emptyOnDelete\' property on a repository without setting removal policy to \'DESTROY\'.', this);
     } else if (props.emptyOnDelete == undefined && props.autoDeleteImages) {
       if (props.removalPolicy !== RemovalPolicy.DESTROY) {
-        throw new Error('Cannot use \'autoDeleteImages\' property on a repository without setting removal policy to \'DESTROY\'.');
+        throw new ValidationError('Cannot use \'autoDeleteImages\' property on a repository without setting removal policy to \'DESTROY\'.', this);
       }
       this.enableAutoDeleteImages();
     }
@@ -801,28 +803,28 @@ export class Repository extends RepositoryBase {
       && (rule.tagPrefixList === undefined || rule.tagPrefixList.length === 0)
       && (rule.tagPatternList === undefined || rule.tagPatternList.length === 0)
     ) {
-      throw new Error('TagStatus.Tagged requires the specification of a tagPrefixList or a tagPatternList');
+      throw new ValidationError('TagStatus.Tagged requires the specification of a tagPrefixList or a tagPatternList', this);
     }
     if (rule.tagStatus !== TagStatus.TAGGED && (rule.tagPrefixList !== undefined || rule.tagPatternList !== undefined)) {
-      throw new Error('tagPrefixList and tagPatternList can only be specified when tagStatus is set to Tagged');
+      throw new ValidationError('tagPrefixList and tagPatternList can only be specified when tagStatus is set to Tagged', this);
     }
     if (rule.tagPrefixList !== undefined && rule.tagPatternList !== undefined) {
-      throw new Error('Both tagPrefixList and tagPatternList cannot be specified together in a rule');
+      throw new ValidationError('Both tagPrefixList and tagPatternList cannot be specified together in a rule', this);
     }
     if (rule.tagPatternList !== undefined) {
       rule.tagPatternList.forEach((pattern) => {
         const splitPatternLength = pattern.split('*').length;
         if (splitPatternLength > 5) {
-          throw new Error(`A tag pattern cannot contain more than four wildcard characters (*), pattern: ${pattern}, counts: ${splitPatternLength - 1}`);
+          throw new ValidationError(`A tag pattern cannot contain more than four wildcard characters (*), pattern: ${pattern}, counts: ${splitPatternLength - 1}`, this);
         }
       });
     }
     if ((rule.maxImageAge !== undefined) === (rule.maxImageCount !== undefined)) {
-      throw new Error(`Life cycle rule must contain exactly one of 'maxImageAge' and 'maxImageCount', got: ${JSON.stringify(rule)}`);
+      throw new ValidationError(`Life cycle rule must contain exactly one of 'maxImageAge' and 'maxImageCount', got: ${JSON.stringify(rule)}`, this);
     }
 
     if (rule.tagStatus === TagStatus.ANY && this.lifecycleRules.filter(r => r.tagStatus === TagStatus.ANY).length > 0) {
-      throw new Error('Life cycle can only have one TagStatus.Any rule');
+      throw new ValidationError('Life cycle can only have one TagStatus.Any rule', this);
     }
 
     this.lifecycleRules.push({ ...rule });
@@ -862,7 +864,7 @@ export class Repository extends RepositoryBase {
     const anyRules = this.lifecycleRules.filter(r => r.tagStatus === TagStatus.ANY);
     if (anyRules.length > 0 && anyRules[0].rulePriority !== undefined && autoPrioritizedRules.length > 0) {
       // Supporting this is too complex for very little value. We just prohibit it.
-      throw new Error("Cannot combine prioritized TagStatus.Any rule with unprioritized rules. Remove rulePriority from the 'Any' rule.");
+      throw new ValidationError("Cannot combine prioritized TagStatus.Any rule with unprioritized rules. Remove rulePriority from the 'Any' rule.", this);
     }
 
     const prios = prioritizedRules.map(r => r.rulePriority!);
@@ -891,7 +893,7 @@ export class Repository extends RepositoryBase {
 
     // if encryption key is set, encryption must be set to KMS.
     if (encryptionType !== RepositoryEncryption.KMS && props.encryptionKey) {
-      throw new Error(`encryptionKey is specified, so 'encryption' must be set to KMS (value: ${encryptionType.value})`);
+      throw new ValidationError(`encryptionKey is specified, so 'encryption' must be set to KMS (value: ${encryptionType.value})`, this);
     }
 
     if (encryptionType === RepositoryEncryption.AES_256) {
@@ -905,7 +907,7 @@ export class Repository extends RepositoryBase {
       };
     }
 
-    throw new Error(`Unexpected 'encryptionType': ${encryptionType}`);
+    throw new ValidationError(`Unexpected 'encryptionType': ${encryptionType}`, this);
   }
 
   private enableAutoDeleteImages() {
@@ -958,7 +960,7 @@ function validateAnyRuleLast(rules: LifecycleRule[]) {
   if (anyRules.length === 1) {
     const maxPrio = Math.max(...rules.map(r => r.rulePriority!));
     if (anyRules[0].rulePriority !== maxPrio) {
-      throw new Error(`TagStatus.Any rule must have highest priority, has ${anyRules[0].rulePriority} which is smaller than ${maxPrio}`);
+      throw new UnscopedValidationError(`TagStatus.Any rule must have highest priority, has ${anyRules[0].rulePriority} which is smaller than ${maxPrio}`);
     }
   }
 }