QTextCharFormat tool tips not shown when using QSyntaxHighlighter

Highlighter::Highlighter(QTextDocument *parent)
    : QSyntaxHighlighter(parent)
{
    HighlightingRule rule;

    keywordFormat.setForeground(Qt::darkBlue);
    keywordFormat.setFontWeight(QFont::Bold);

    // THIS NEXT LINE SEEMS TO HAVE NO EFFECT
    keywordFormat.setToolTip("Test tooltip");

    QStringList keywordPatterns;
    keywordPatterns << "\\bchar\\b" << "\\bclass\\b" << "\\bconst\\b"
                    << "\\bdouble\\b" << "\\benum\\b" << "\\bexplicit\\b"
                    << "\\bfriend\\b" << "\\binline\\b" << "\\bint\\b"
                    << "\\blong\\b" << "\\bnamespace\\b" << "\\boperator\\b"
                    << "\\bprivate\\b" << "\\bprotected\\b" << "\\bpublic\\b"
                    << "\\bshort\\b" << "\\bsignals\\b" << "\\bsigned\\b"
                    << "\\bslots\\b" << "\\bstatic\\b" << "\\bstruct\\b"
                    << "\\btemplate\\b" << "\\btypedef\\b" << "\\btypename\\b"
                    << "\\bunion\\b" << "\\bunsigned\\b" << "\\bvirtual\\b"
                    << "\\bvoid\\b" << "\\bvolatile\\b";
    foreach (const QString &pattern, keywordPatterns) {
        rule.pattern = QRegExp(pattern);
        rule.format = keywordFormat;
        highlightingRules.append(rule);
    }
}

void Highlighter::highlightBlock(const QString &text)
{
    for (const HighlightingRule &rule : qAsConst(highlightingRules)) {
        QRegularExpressionMatchIterator matchIterator = rule.pattern.globalMatch(text);
        while (matchIterator.hasNext()) {
            QRegularExpressionMatch match = matchIterator.next();
            setFormat(match.capturedStart(), match.capturedLength(), rule.format);
        }
    }
}