diff --git a/src/pair.cpp b/src/pair.cpp
index 0a6849c8dc..d5d815d4a4 100644
--- a/src/pair.cpp
+++ b/src/pair.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-// clang-format off
 /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    LAMMPS - Large-scale Atomic/Molecular Massively Parallel Simulator
    https://www.lammps.org/, Sandia National Laboratories
@@ -32,16 +31,17 @@
 #include "suffix.h"
 #include "update.h"
 
-#include <cfloat>    // IWYU pragma: keep
-#include <climits>   // IWYU pragma: keep
+#include <cfloat>     // IWYU pragma: keep
+#include <climits>    // IWYU pragma: keep
 #include <cmath>
 #include <cstring>
 
 using namespace LAMMPS_NS;
 using namespace MathConst;
 
-enum{NONE,RLINEAR,RSQ,BMP};
-static const std::string mixing_rule_names[Pair::SIXTHPOWER+1] = {"geometric", "arithmetic", "sixthpower" };
+enum { NONE, RLINEAR, RSQ, BMP };
+static const std::string mixing_rule_names[Pair::SIXTHPOWER + 1] = {"geometric", "arithmetic",
+                                                                    "sixthpower"};
 
 // allocate space for static class instance variable and initialize it
 
@@ -49,7 +49,15 @@ int Pair::instance_total = 0;
 
 /* ---------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
-Pair::Pair(LAMMPS *lmp) : Pointers(lmp)
+Pair::Pair(LAMMPS *lmp) :
+    Pointers(lmp), eatom(nullptr), vatom(nullptr), cvatom(nullptr), cutsq(nullptr),
+    setflag(nullptr), cutghost(nullptr), rtable(nullptr), drtable(nullptr), ftable(nullptr),
+    dftable(nullptr), ctable(nullptr), dctable(nullptr), etable(nullptr), detable(nullptr),
+    ptable(nullptr), dptable(nullptr), vtable(nullptr), dvtable(nullptr), rdisptable(nullptr),
+    drdisptable(nullptr), fdisptable(nullptr), dfdisptable(nullptr), edisptable(nullptr),
+    dedisptable(nullptr), pvector(nullptr), svector(nullptr), list(nullptr), listhalf(nullptr),
+    listfull(nullptr), list_tally_compute(nullptr), elements(nullptr), elem1param(nullptr),
+    elem2param(nullptr), elem3param(nullptr), map(nullptr)
 {
   instance_me = instance_total++;
 
@@ -71,12 +79,7 @@ Pair::Pair(LAMMPS *lmp) : Pointers(lmp)
   did_mix = false;
 
   nextra = 0;
-  pvector = nullptr;
   single_extra = 0;
-  svector = nullptr;
-
-  setflag = nullptr;
-  cutsq = nullptr;
 
   ewaldflag = pppmflag = msmflag = dispersionflag = tip4pflag = dipoleflag = spinflag = 0;
   reinitflag = 1;
@@ -95,27 +98,16 @@ Pair::Pair(LAMMPS *lmp) : Pointers(lmp)
   ndisptablebits = 12;
   tabinner = sqrt(2.0);
   tabinner_disp = sqrt(2.0);
-  ftable = nullptr;
-  fdisptable = nullptr;
   trim_flag = 1;
 
   allocated = 0;
   suffix_flag = Suffix::NONE;
 
   maxeatom = maxvatom = maxcvatom = 0;
-  eatom = nullptr;
-  vatom = nullptr;
-  cvatom = nullptr;
 
   num_tally_compute = 0;
-  list_tally_compute = nullptr;
 
   nelements = nparams = maxparam = 0;
-  elements = nullptr;
-  elem1param = nullptr;
-  elem2param = nullptr;
-  elem3param = nullptr;
-  map = nullptr;
 
   nondefault_history_transfer = 0;
   beyond_contact = 0;
@@ -151,6 +143,8 @@ Pair::~Pair()
   memory->destroy(cvatom);
 }
 
+// clang-format off
+
 /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    modify parameters of the pair style
    pair_hybrid has its own version of this routine