diff --git a/src/LyX.cpp b/src/LyX.cpp
index 0e1b19faf6..4e97f7ae64 100644
--- a/src/LyX.cpp
+++ b/src/LyX.cpp
@@ -471,45 +471,39 @@ void LyX::earlyExit(int status)
 
 int LyX::init(int & argc, char * argv[])
 {
-	try {
-		// check for any spurious extra arguments
-		// other than documents
-		for (int argi = 1; argi < argc ; ++argi) {
-			if (argv[argi][0] == '-') {
-				lyxerr << to_utf8(
-					bformat(_("Wrong command line option `%1$s'. Exiting."),
-							from_utf8(os::utf8_argv(argi)))) << endl;
-				return EXIT_FAILURE;
-			}
-		}
-
-		// Initialization of LyX (reads lyxrc and more)
-		LYXERR(Debug::INIT, "Initializing LyX::init...");
-		bool success = init();
-		LYXERR(Debug::INIT, "Initializing LyX::init...done");
-		if (!success)
-			return EXIT_FAILURE;
-		// Remaining arguments are assumed to be files to load.
-		for (int argi = 1; argi < argc; ++argi)
-			pimpl_->files_to_load_.push_back(os::utf8_argv(argi));
-
-		if (!use_gui && pimpl_->files_to_load_.empty()) {
-			lyxerr << to_utf8(_("Missing filename for this operation.")) << endl;
+	// check for any spurious extra arguments
+	// other than documents
+	for (int argi = 1; argi < argc ; ++argi) {
+		if (argv[argi][0] == '-') {
+			lyxerr << to_utf8(
+				bformat(_("Wrong command line option `%1$s'. Exiting."),
+				from_utf8(os::utf8_argv(argi)))) << endl;
 			return EXIT_FAILURE;
 		}
+	}
 
-		if (first_start) {
-			pimpl_->files_to_load_.push_back(
-				i18nLibFileSearch("examples", "splash.lyx").absFileName());
-		}
+	// Initialization of LyX (reads lyxrc and more)
+	LYXERR(Debug::INIT, "Initializing LyX::init...");
+	bool success = init();
+	LYXERR(Debug::INIT, "Initializing LyX::init...done");
+	if (!success)
+		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 
-		return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+	// Remaining arguments are assumed to be files to load.
+	for (int argi = 1; argi < argc; ++argi)
+		pimpl_->files_to_load_.push_back(os::utf8_argv(argi));
 
-	} catch (exception const &e) {
-		// This can happen _in_theory_ in replaceEnvironmentPath
-		lyxerr << "Caught exception `" << e.what() << "'." << endl;
+	if (!use_gui && pimpl_->files_to_load_.empty()) {
+		lyxerr << to_utf8(_("Missing filename for this operation.")) << endl;
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 	}
+
+	if (first_start) {
+		pimpl_->files_to_load_.push_back(
+			i18nLibFileSearch("examples", "splash.lyx").absFileName());
+	}
+
+	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/Server.cpp b/src/Server.cpp
index 5f5d873f54..a83911dc69 100644
--- a/src/Server.cpp
+++ b/src/Server.cpp
@@ -1067,10 +1067,7 @@ Server::~Server()
 	string message;
 	for (int i = 0; i != numclients_; ++i) {
 		message = "LYXSRV:" + clients_[i] + ":bye\n";
-		// ignore exceptions, we are quitting anyway
-		try {
-			pipes_.send(message);
-		} catch (...) {}
+		pipes_.send(message);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/support/filetools.cpp b/src/support/filetools.cpp
index 694ae53099..60bd72f905 100644
--- a/src/support/filetools.cpp
+++ b/src/support/filetools.cpp
@@ -686,19 +686,27 @@ string const replaceEnvironmentPath(string const & path)
 	// $[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z_0-9]*
 	static string const envvar = "[$]([A-Za-z_][A-Za-z_0-9]*)";
 
-	static regex const envvar_br_re("(.*)" + envvar_br + "(.*)");
-	static regex const envvar_re("(.*)" + envvar + "(.*)");
-	string result = path;
-	while (1) {
-		smatch what;
-		if (!regex_match(result, what, envvar_br_re)) {
-			if (!regex_match(result, what, envvar_re))
-				break;
+	// Coverity thinks that the regex constructor can return an
+	// exception. We know that it is not true since our regex are
+	// hardcoded, but we have to protect against that nevertheless.
+	try {
+		static regex const envvar_br_re("(.*)" + envvar_br + "(.*)");
+		static regex const envvar_re("(.*)" + envvar + "(.*)");
+		string result = path;
+		while (1) {
+			smatch what;
+			if (!regex_match(result, what, envvar_br_re)) {
+				if (!regex_match(result, what, envvar_re))
+					break;
+			}
+			string env_var = getEnv(what.str(2));
+			result = what.str(1) + env_var + what.str(3);
 		}
-		string env_var = getEnv(what.str(2));
-		result = what.str(1) + env_var + what.str(3);
+		return result;
+	} catch (exception const & e) {
+		LYXERR0("Something is very wrong: " << e.what());
+		return path;
 	}
-	return result;
 }