diff --git a/cli/filelister.cpp b/cli/filelister.cpp
index 515a58d3d..d03035845 100644
--- a/cli/filelister.cpp
+++ b/cli/filelister.cpp
@@ -138,7 +138,6 @@ void FileLister::recursiveAddFiles(std::map<std::string, std::size_t> &files, co
 
     if (INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE != hFind) {
         FindClose(hFind);
-        hFind = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/checkbufferoverrun.cpp b/lib/checkbufferoverrun.cpp
index cc4929e5a..6ef144253 100644
--- a/lib/checkbufferoverrun.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkbufferoverrun.cpp
@@ -823,11 +823,9 @@ void CheckBufferOverrun::arrayIndexInForLoop(const Token *tok, const ArrayInfo &
         }
     }
 
-    bool usedInArray = false;
-
     if (max_value > size) {
         if (tok3->strAt(1) == ")") {
-
+            bool usedInArray = false;
             for (const Token *loopTok = tok3->tokAt(2); loopTok->str() != "}" ; loopTok = loopTok->next()) {
                 if (loopTok->varId() == arrayInfo.varid() && loopTok->tokAt(2)->varId() == counter_varid)
                     usedInArray = true;
diff --git a/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp b/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
index 7c3b8b39c..a3d74dc57 100644
--- a/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
@@ -772,18 +772,16 @@ static void addtoken(Token **rettail, const Token *tok, const std::string &str)
 
 Token *CheckMemoryLeakInFunction::getcode(const Token *tok, std::list<const Token *> callstack, const unsigned int varid, CheckMemoryLeak::AllocType &alloctype, CheckMemoryLeak::AllocType &dealloctype, bool classmember, unsigned int sz)
 {
-    Token *rethead = 0, *rettail = 0;
-
     // variables whose value depends on if(!var). If one of these variables
     // is used in a if-condition then generate "ifv" instead of "if".
     std::set<unsigned int> extravar;
 
     // The first token should be ";"
-    rethead = new Token(0);
+    Token* rethead = new Token(0);
     rethead->str(";");
     rethead->linenr(tok->linenr());
     rethead->fileIndex(tok->fileIndex());
-    rettail = rethead;
+    Token* rettail = rethead;
 
     int indentlevel = 0;
     int parlevel = 0;
diff --git a/lib/preprocessor.cpp b/lib/preprocessor.cpp
index cd5d3e728..8ff74f2af 100644
--- a/lib/preprocessor.cpp
+++ b/lib/preprocessor.cpp
@@ -905,10 +905,8 @@ std::string Preprocessor::getdef(std::string line, bool def)
     if (line.compare(0, 12, "#if defined ") == 0)
         line.erase(0, 11);
     else if (line.compare(0, 15, "#elif !defined(") == 0) {
-        std::string::size_type pos = 0;
-
         line.erase(0, 15);
-        pos = line.find(")");
+        std::string::size_type pos = line.find(")");
         // if pos == ::npos then another part of the code will complain
         // about the mismatch
         if (pos != std::string::npos)
@@ -2024,7 +2022,6 @@ void Preprocessor::handleIncludes(std::string &code, const std::string &filePath
     std::string::size_type pos = 0;
     std::string::size_type endfilePos = 0;
     std::set<std::string> handledFiles;
-    endfilePos = pos;
     while ((pos = code.find("#include", pos)) != std::string::npos) {
         // Accept only includes that are at the start of a line
         if (pos > 0 && code[pos-1] != '\n') {
diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index 237a4ee96..a97a6d828 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -1123,14 +1123,13 @@ void Tokenizer::simplifyTypedef()
                     //    classes, casts, operators, and template parameters
 
                     // try to determine which category this substitution is
-                    bool isDerived = false;
                     bool inCast = false;
                     bool inTemplate = false;
                     bool inOperator = false;
                     bool inSizeof = false;
 
                     // check for derived class: class A : some_typedef {
-                    isDerived = Token::Match(tok2->previous(), "public|protected|private %type% {|,");
+                    bool isDerived = Token::Match(tok2->previous(), "public|protected|private %type% {|,");
 
                     // check for cast: (some_typedef) A or static_cast<some_typedef>(A)
                     // todo: check for more complicated casts like: (const some_typedef *)A
@@ -3755,10 +3754,7 @@ bool Tokenizer::removeRedundantConditions()
             continue;
 
         // Find matching else
-        Token *elseTag = 0;
-
-        // Find the closing "}"
-        elseTag = tok->linkAt(4)->next();
+        Token *elseTag = tok->linkAt(4)->next();
 
         bool boolValue = (tok->strAt(2) == "true");