diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/mainmenu.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/mainmenu.cpp
index be3700342a..53f791fdac 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/mainmenu.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/mainmenu.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 #include <components/settings/values.hpp>
 #include <components/vfs/manager.hpp>
+#include <components/vfs/pathutil.hpp>
 #include <components/widgets/imagebutton.hpp>
 
 #include "../mwbase/environment.hpp"
@@ -37,7 +38,9 @@ namespace MWGui
         getWidget(mVersionText, "VersionText");
         mVersionText->setCaption(versionDescription);
 
-        mHasAnimatedMenu = mVFS->exists("video/menu_background.bik");
+        constexpr VFS::Path::NormalizedView menuBackgroundVideo("video/menu_background.bik");
+
+        mHasAnimatedMenu = mVFS->exists(menuBackgroundVideo);
 
         updateMenu();
     }
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/windowmanagerimp.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/windowmanagerimp.cpp
index 61a8b3361c..3212e8f02b 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/windowmanagerimp.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/windowmanagerimp.cpp
@@ -356,7 +356,8 @@ namespace MWGui
         mWindows.push_back(std::move(console));
         trackWindow(mConsole, makeConsoleWindowSettingValues());
 
-        bool questList = mResourceSystem->getVFS()->exists("textures/tx_menubook_options_over.dds");
+        constexpr VFS::Path::NormalizedView menubookOptionsOverTexture("textures/tx_menubook_options_over.dds");
+        const bool questList = mResourceSystem->getVFS()->exists(menubookOptionsOverTexture);
         auto journal = JournalWindow::create(JournalViewModel::create(), questList, mEncoding);
         mGuiModeStates[GM_Journal] = GuiModeState(journal.get());
         mWindows.push_back(std::move(journal));
diff --git a/apps/openmw_test_suite/misc/test_resourcehelpers.cpp b/apps/openmw_test_suite/misc/test_resourcehelpers.cpp
index 5290630394..48edb72578 100644
--- a/apps/openmw_test_suite/misc/test_resourcehelpers.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw_test_suite/misc/test_resourcehelpers.cpp
@@ -8,19 +8,22 @@ namespace
     TEST(CorrectSoundPath, wav_files_not_overridden_with_mp3_in_vfs_are_not_corrected)
     {
         std::unique_ptr<VFS::Manager> mVFS = TestingOpenMW::createTestVFS({ { "sound/bar.wav", nullptr } });
-        EXPECT_EQ(correctSoundPath("sound/bar.wav", *mVFS), "sound/bar.wav");
+        constexpr VFS::Path::NormalizedView path("sound/bar.wav");
+        EXPECT_EQ(correctSoundPath(path, *mVFS), "sound/bar.wav");
     }
 
     TEST(CorrectSoundPath, wav_files_overridden_with_mp3_in_vfs_are_corrected)
     {
         std::unique_ptr<VFS::Manager> mVFS = TestingOpenMW::createTestVFS({ { "sound/foo.mp3", nullptr } });
-        EXPECT_EQ(correctSoundPath("sound/foo.wav", *mVFS), "sound/foo.mp3");
+        constexpr VFS::Path::NormalizedView path("sound/foo.wav");
+        EXPECT_EQ(correctSoundPath(path, *mVFS), "sound/foo.mp3");
     }
 
     TEST(CorrectSoundPath, corrected_path_does_not_check_existence_in_vfs)
     {
         std::unique_ptr<VFS::Manager> mVFS = TestingOpenMW::createTestVFS({});
-        EXPECT_EQ(correctSoundPath("sound/foo.wav", *mVFS), "sound/foo.mp3");
+        constexpr VFS::Path::NormalizedView path("sound/foo.wav");
+        EXPECT_EQ(correctSoundPath(path, *mVFS), "sound/foo.mp3");
     }
 
     namespace
diff --git a/apps/openmw_test_suite/vfs/testpathutil.cpp b/apps/openmw_test_suite/vfs/testpathutil.cpp
index 6eb84f97d5..3819f9905a 100644
--- a/apps/openmw_test_suite/vfs/testpathutil.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw_test_suite/vfs/testpathutil.cpp
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ namespace VFS::Path
 
         TEST(NormalizedTest, shouldSupportConstructorFromNormalizedView)
         {
-            const NormalizedView view = "foo/bar/baz";
+            const NormalizedView view("foo/bar/baz");
             const Normalized value(view);
             EXPECT_EQ(value.view(), "foo/bar/baz");
         }
diff --git a/components/resource/scenemanager.cpp b/components/resource/scenemanager.cpp
index e4d0b4363d..6aeae80af6 100644
--- a/components/resource/scenemanager.cpp
+++ b/components/resource/scenemanager.cpp
@@ -865,7 +865,8 @@ namespace Resource
                                 << ", using embedded marker_error instead";
         }
         Files::IMemStream file(ErrorMarker::sValue.data(), ErrorMarker::sValue.size());
-        return loadNonNif("error_marker.osgt", file, mImageManager);
+        constexpr VFS::Path::NormalizedView errorMarker("error_marker.osgt");
+        return loadNonNif(errorMarker, file, mImageManager);
     }
 
     osg::ref_ptr<osg::Node> SceneManager::cloneErrorMarker()
diff --git a/components/vfs/pathutil.hpp b/components/vfs/pathutil.hpp
index 07e73acfa9..1696e656ad 100644
--- a/components/vfs/pathutil.hpp
+++ b/components/vfs/pathutil.hpp
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ namespace VFS::Path
     public:
         constexpr NormalizedView() noexcept = default;
 
-        constexpr NormalizedView(const char* value)
+        constexpr explicit NormalizedView(const char* value)
             : mValue(value)
         {
             if (!isNormalized(mValue))