"Generate url alias" checkbox unchecked - Conflict with contentanalysis (and other modules that init node values on node/add)

When the node add form is being loaded, the contentanalysis module will init a node object on node/add.
Here's the code in question:

From line 246 onwards in contentanalysis.module:

  // init node value if node/add
  if(!isset($node->nid) || !$node || !$node->nid) {
    // Load the next nid from the table
    if (!$node->nid = (int)db_next_id(db_query('SELECT MAX(nid) FROM {node}')->fetchField())) {
      $node->nid = -1;
    }
  }

This conflicts with pathauto that expects the id to be missing for new nodes,
in order to properly tick the checkbox for the "generate url alias" checkbox.

From line 294 in pathauto.module

  if (!isset($entity->path['pathauto'])) {
    if (!empty($id)) {

Can something be done about this?
There might also be other modules that initialize the node id before the vertical tabs in the form are loaded.