diff --git a/src/Compare.cpp b/src/Compare.cpp
index f5046bd2e1..68570b85b5 100644
--- a/src/Compare.cpp
+++ b/src/Compare.cpp
@@ -61,10 +61,10 @@ public:
 		: from(from_), to(to_)
 	{}
 
-	DocRange(Buffer const * buf)
+	DocRange(Buffer const * buf) :
+		from(doc_iterator_begin(buf)),
+		to(doc_iterator_end(buf))
 	{
-		from = doc_iterator_begin(buf);
-		to = doc_iterator_end(buf);
 		to.backwardPos();
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/DocIterator.cpp b/src/DocIterator.cpp
index 28d23e8d11..57286d9a6c 100644
--- a/src/DocIterator.cpp
+++ b/src/DocIterator.cpp
@@ -671,9 +671,9 @@ ostream & operator<<(ostream & os, DocIterator const & dit)
 
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-StableDocIterator::StableDocIterator(DocIterator const & dit)
+StableDocIterator::StableDocIterator(DocIterator const & dit) :
+	data_(dit.internalData())
 {
-	data_ = dit.internalData();
 	for (size_t i = 0, n = data_.size(); i != n; ++i)
 		data_[i].inset_ = 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/InsetList.cpp b/src/InsetList.cpp
index 56401a4ba6..3d4f7155ff 100644
--- a/src/InsetList.cpp
+++ b/src/InsetList.cpp
@@ -42,9 +42,8 @@ struct InsetTablePosLess
 } // namespace anon
 
 
-InsetList::InsetList(InsetList const & il)
+InsetList::InsetList(InsetList const & il) : list_(il.list_)
 {
-	list_ = il.list_;
 	List::iterator it = list_.begin();
 	List::iterator end = list_.end();
 	for (; it != end; ++it)
diff --git a/src/PrinterParams.cpp b/src/PrinterParams.cpp
index 5bcdeb9874..9da9c9a891 100644
--- a/src/PrinterParams.cpp
+++ b/src/PrinterParams.cpp
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ namespace lyx {
 PrinterParams::PrinterParams() 
 {
 	target = PRINTER;
-	file_name = std::string();
 	all_pages = true;
 	from_page = 1;
 	to_page = 0;
diff --git a/src/SpellChecker.h b/src/SpellChecker.h
index 425925ce37..f908ba2b47 100644
--- a/src/SpellChecker.h
+++ b/src/SpellChecker.h
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ public:
 		NO_DICTIONARY
 	};
 
+	SpellChecker() : change_number_(0) {}
+
 	virtual ~SpellChecker() {}
 
 	/// does the spell check failed
diff --git a/src/Text.cpp b/src/Text.cpp
index c003350781..794605405a 100644
--- a/src/Text.cpp
+++ b/src/Text.cpp
@@ -187,9 +187,8 @@ Text::Text(InsetText * owner, bool use_default_layout)
 
 
 Text::Text(InsetText * owner, Text const & text)
-	: owner_(owner)
+	: owner_(owner), pars_(text.pars_)
 {
-	pars_ = text.pars_;
 	ParagraphList::iterator const end = pars_.end();
 	ParagraphList::iterator it = pars_.begin();
 	for (; it != end; ++it)