diff --git a/barretenberg/cpp/CMakePresets.json b/barretenberg/cpp/CMakePresets.json
index 85e8c0c9490..cf1744b5c6f 100644
--- a/barretenberg/cpp/CMakePresets.json
+++ b/barretenberg/cpp/CMakePresets.json
@@ -70,6 +70,15 @@
         "LDFLAGS": "-O2 -gdwarf-4"
       }
     },
+    {
+      "name": "clang16-assert",
+      "displayName": "Build with Clang-16 using RelWithAssert",
+      "description": "Build with globally installed Clang-16 in release with ASSERTs mode",
+      "inherits": "default",
+      "environment": {
+        "CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE": "RelWithAssert"
+      }
+    },
     {
       "name": "asan",
       "displayName": "Debugging build with address sanitizer on Clang-16",
@@ -114,7 +123,8 @@
         "CC": "gcc-13",
         "CXX": "g++-13"
       }
-    },    {
+    },
+    {
       "name": "bench",
       "displayName": "Build benchmarks",
       "description": "Build default preset but with a special benchmark directory",
@@ -359,6 +369,11 @@
       "inherits": "default",
       "configurePreset": "clang16-dbg-fast"
     },
+    {
+      "name": "clang16-assert",
+      "inherits": "default",
+      "configurePreset": "clang16-assert"
+    },
     {
       "name": "asan",
       "inherits": "default",
@@ -389,7 +404,7 @@
       "inherits": "clang16",
       "configurePreset": "fuzzing"
     },
-{
+    {
       "name": "fuzzing-asan",
       "inherits": "clang16-dbg",
       "configurePreset": "fuzzing-asan"
@@ -442,14 +457,18 @@
       "configurePreset": "wasm-dbg",
       "inheritConfigureEnvironment": true,
       "jobs": 0,
-      "targets": ["barretenberg.wasm"]
+      "targets": [
+        "barretenberg.wasm"
+      ]
     },
     {
       "name": "wasm-threads",
       "configurePreset": "wasm-threads",
       "inheritConfigureEnvironment": true,
       "jobs": 0,
-      "targets": ["barretenberg.wasm"]
+      "targets": [
+        "barretenberg.wasm"
+      ]
     },
     {
       "name": "xray",
@@ -518,7 +537,7 @@
       "inherits": "default",
       "configurePreset": "fuzzing"
     },
-{
+    {
       "name": "fuzzing-asan",
       "inherits": "clang16-dbg",
       "configurePreset": "fuzzing-asan"