diff --git a/applications/utilities/mesh/advanced/combinePatchFaces/combinePatchFaces.C b/applications/utilities/mesh/advanced/combinePatchFaces/combinePatchFaces.C
index 21c9f5867a..7720b3b559 100644
--- a/applications/utilities/mesh/advanced/combinePatchFaces/combinePatchFaces.C
+++ b/applications/utilities/mesh/advanced/combinePatchFaces/combinePatchFaces.C
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ void checkSnapMesh
 
         label nOldSize = wrongFaces.size();
 
-        const scalarField magFaceAreas = mag(mesh.faceAreas());
+        const scalarField magFaceAreas(mag(mesh.faceAreas()));
 
         forAll(magFaceAreas, faceI)
         {
diff --git a/applications/utilities/mesh/manipulation/deformedGeom/deformedGeom.C b/applications/utilities/mesh/manipulation/deformedGeom/deformedGeom.C
index 379e8e17f8..718d69fe54 100644
--- a/applications/utilities/mesh/manipulation/deformedGeom/deformedGeom.C
+++ b/applications/utilities/mesh/manipulation/deformedGeom/deformedGeom.C
@@ -79,12 +79,13 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
             Info<< "    Reading U" << endl;
             volVectorField U(Uheader, mesh);
 
-            pointField newPoints =
+            pointField newPoints
+            (
                 zeroPoints
-              + scaleFactor*pInterp.interpolate(U)().internalField();
+              + scaleFactor*pInterp.interpolate(U)().internalField()
+            );
 
             mesh.polyMesh::movePoints(newPoints);
-
             mesh.write();
         }
         else
diff --git a/applications/utilities/mesh/manipulation/refineMesh/refineMesh.C b/applications/utilities/mesh/manipulation/refineMesh/refineMesh.C
index eb33c26427..a3ee093f10 100644
--- a/applications/utilities/mesh/manipulation/refineMesh/refineMesh.C
+++ b/applications/utilities/mesh/manipulation/refineMesh/refineMesh.C
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ label twoDNess(const polyMesh& mesh)
         {
             const vectorField& n = patch.faceAreas();
 
-            scalarField cosAngle = mag(n/mag(n) & cellPlane.normal());
+            const scalarField cosAngle(mag(n/mag(n) & cellPlane.normal()));
 
             if (mag(min(cosAngle) - max(cosAngle)) > 1E-6)
             {