diff --git a/apps/bulletobjecttool/main.cpp b/apps/bulletobjecttool/main.cpp
index c522d69d70..7d87899f4a 100644
--- a/apps/bulletobjecttool/main.cpp
+++ b/apps/bulletobjecttool/main.cpp
@@ -145,12 +145,12 @@ namespace
 
         config.filterOutNonExistingPaths(dataDirs);
 
-        const auto resDir = variables["resources"].as<Files::MaybeQuotedPath>();
+        const auto& resDir = variables["resources"].as<Files::MaybeQuotedPath>();
         Log(Debug::Info) << Version::getOpenmwVersionDescription();
         dataDirs.insert(dataDirs.begin(), resDir / "vfs");
-        const auto fileCollections = Files::Collections(dataDirs);
-        const auto archives = variables["fallback-archive"].as<StringsVector>();
-        const auto contentFiles = variables["content"].as<StringsVector>();
+        const Files::Collections fileCollections(dataDirs);
+        const auto& archives = variables["fallback-archive"].as<StringsVector>();
+        const auto& contentFiles = variables["content"].as<StringsVector>();
 
         Fallback::Map::init(variables["fallback"].as<Fallback::FallbackMap>().mMap);
 
diff --git a/apps/esmtool/esmtool.cpp b/apps/esmtool/esmtool.cpp
index 092be66e97..88342a2a5b 100644
--- a/apps/esmtool/esmtool.cpp
+++ b/apps/esmtool/esmtool.cpp
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ Allowed options)");
               return false;
               }*/
 
-        const auto inputFiles = variables["input-file"].as<Files::MaybeQuotedPathContainer>();
+        const auto& inputFiles = variables["input-file"].as<Files::MaybeQuotedPathContainer>();
         info.filename = inputFiles[0].u8string(); // This call to u8string is redundant, but required to build on
                                                   // MSVC 14.26 due to implementation bugs.
         if (inputFiles.size() > 1)
diff --git a/apps/essimporter/main.cpp b/apps/essimporter/main.cpp
index 7d3ad10bb1..f0833e9d81 100644
--- a/apps/essimporter/main.cpp
+++ b/apps/essimporter/main.cpp
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ Allowed options)");
         Files::ConfigurationManager cfgManager(true);
         cfgManager.readConfiguration(variables, desc);
 
-        const auto essFile = variables["mwsave"].as<Files::MaybeQuotedPath>();
-        const auto outputFile = variables["output"].as<Files::MaybeQuotedPath>();
+        const auto& essFile = variables["mwsave"].as<Files::MaybeQuotedPath>();
+        const auto& outputFile = variables["output"].as<Files::MaybeQuotedPath>();
         std::string encoding = variables["encoding"].as<std::string>();
 
         ESSImport::Importer importer(essFile, outputFile, encoding);
diff --git a/apps/navmeshtool/main.cpp b/apps/navmeshtool/main.cpp
index 793a08ba2c..8604bcdfb0 100644
--- a/apps/navmeshtool/main.cpp
+++ b/apps/navmeshtool/main.cpp
@@ -164,12 +164,12 @@ namespace NavMeshTool
 
             config.filterOutNonExistingPaths(dataDirs);
 
-            const auto resDir = variables["resources"].as<Files::MaybeQuotedPath>();
+            const auto& resDir = variables["resources"].as<Files::MaybeQuotedPath>();
             Log(Debug::Info) << Version::getOpenmwVersionDescription();
             dataDirs.insert(dataDirs.begin(), resDir / "vfs");
-            const auto fileCollections = Files::Collections(dataDirs);
-            const auto archives = variables["fallback-archive"].as<StringsVector>();
-            const auto contentFiles = variables["content"].as<StringsVector>();
+            const Files::Collections fileCollections(dataDirs);
+            const auto& archives = variables["fallback-archive"].as<StringsVector>();
+            const auto& contentFiles = variables["content"].as<StringsVector>();
             const std::size_t threadsNumber = variables["threads"].as<std::size_t>();
 
             if (threadsNumber < 1)
diff --git a/apps/opencs/view/world/dragrecordtable.cpp b/apps/opencs/view/world/dragrecordtable.cpp
index ae8c1cb708..11a0c9a540 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/view/world/dragrecordtable.cpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/view/world/dragrecordtable.cpp
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ void CSVWorld::DragRecordTable::dropEvent(QDropEvent* event)
     if (CSVWorld::DragDropUtils::isTopicOrJournal(*event, display))
     {
         const CSMWorld::TableMimeData* tableMimeData = CSVWorld::DragDropUtils::getTableMimeData(*event);
-        for (auto universalId : tableMimeData->getData())
+        for (const auto& universalId : tableMimeData->getData())
         {
             emit createNewInfoRecord(universalId.getId());
         }
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwlua/magicbindings.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwlua/magicbindings.cpp
index fb714c81c6..0a34c008a7 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwlua/magicbindings.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwlua/magicbindings.cpp
@@ -839,7 +839,7 @@ namespace MWLua
 
             // Note that, although this is member method of ActorActiveEffects and we are removing an effect (not a
             // spell), we still need to use the active spells store to purge this effect from active spells.
-            auto ptr = effects.mActor.ptr();
+            const auto& ptr = effects.mActor.ptr();
 
             auto& activeSpells = ptr.getClass().getCreatureStats(ptr).getActiveSpells();
             activeSpells.purgeEffect(ptr, key.mId, key.mArg);
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwworld/scene.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwworld/scene.cpp
index 3d96de6749..036287d3a9 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwworld/scene.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwworld/scene.cpp
@@ -69,13 +69,13 @@ namespace
 
     osg::Quat makeInverseNodeRotation(const MWWorld::Ptr& ptr)
     {
-        const auto pos = ptr.getRefData().getPosition();
+        const auto& pos = ptr.getRefData().getPosition();
         return ptr.getClass().isActor() ? makeActorOsgQuat(pos) : makeInversedOrderObjectOsgQuat(pos);
     }
 
     osg::Quat makeDirectNodeRotation(const MWWorld::Ptr& ptr)
     {
-        const auto pos = ptr.getRefData().getPosition();
+        const auto& pos = ptr.getRefData().getPosition();
         return ptr.getClass().isActor() ? makeActorOsgQuat(pos) : Misc::Convert::makeOsgQuat(pos);
     }