diff --git a/cde/lib/DtWidget/Control.c b/cde/lib/DtWidget/Control.c
index 82ad592ee..8ca98320f 100644
--- a/cde/lib/DtWidget/Control.c
+++ b/cde/lib/DtWidget/Control.c
@@ -1290,8 +1290,8 @@ Draw(
   XRectangle		clip;
   Position		p_x, p_y, s_x, s_y;
   Dimension		width = 0, height = 0;
-  Pixmap		pix;
-  Pixmap		mask;
+  Pixmap		pix = 0;
+  Pixmap		mask = 0;
   int			index;
   Dimension		left = 0, right = 0, top = 0, bottom = 0;
   Dimension		v_pad;
diff --git a/cde/lib/DtWidget/Editor.c b/cde/lib/DtWidget/Editor.c
index ca23d66cb..168d95a19 100644
--- a/cde/lib/DtWidget/Editor.c
+++ b/cde/lib/DtWidget/Editor.c
@@ -1784,7 +1784,7 @@ extractFontMetrics(
     XmFontListEntry next_entry;
     XmFontType type_return = XmFONT_IS_FONT;
     XtPointer tmp_font;
-    XFontStruct *font;
+    XFontStruct *font = NULL;
     Boolean have_font_struct = False;
     Boolean have_font_set = False;
     Boolean use_font_set = False;
diff --git a/cde/lib/DtWidget/Icon.c b/cde/lib/DtWidget/Icon.c
index 8a234b5c8..7ce3f377b 100644
--- a/cde/lib/DtWidget/Icon.c
+++ b/cde/lib/DtWidget/Icon.c
@@ -3063,7 +3063,7 @@ Draw(
 	GC		gc;
 	XRectangle	clip;
 	Position	p_x, p_y, s_x, s_y;
-	Dimension	width, height;
+	Dimension	width = 0, height = 0;
 	unsigned char	behavior =	G_Behavior (g);
         Position        adj_x, adj_y;
 	int		rec_width=0,begin=0,diff=0;
diff --git a/cde/lib/DtWidget/SpinBox.c b/cde/lib/DtWidget/SpinBox.c
index e3e5e3c21..6d182092f 100644
--- a/cde/lib/DtWidget/SpinBox.c
+++ b/cde/lib/DtWidget/SpinBox.c
@@ -940,7 +940,7 @@ _SpinBoxBeginLine(	DtSpinBoxWidget spin,
 			Cardinal *num_params)
 {
     int new_position;
-    float new_current;
+    float new_current = 0.0;
     
     if (*num_params != 0) /* params means label or arrows */
 	spin = (DtSpinBoxWidget)XtParent(spin);
@@ -978,7 +978,7 @@ _SpinBoxEndLine(	DtSpinBoxWidget spin,
 			Cardinal *num_params)
 {
     int new_position;
-    float new_current;
+    float new_current = 0.0;
     
     if (*num_params != 0) /* params means label or arrows */
 	spin = (DtSpinBoxWidget)XtParent(spin);
diff --git a/cde/lib/DtWidget/TitleBox.c b/cde/lib/DtWidget/TitleBox.c
index 2bf1e9345..c1913f40b 100644
--- a/cde/lib/DtWidget/TitleBox.c
+++ b/cde/lib/DtWidget/TitleBox.c
@@ -985,7 +985,7 @@ GeometryManager(
 			height_req = request->request_mode & CWHeight,
 			bw_req = request->request_mode & CWBorderWidth,
 			almost = False;
-	XtGeometryResult	result, parent_result;
+	XtGeometryResult	result = XtGeometryYes, parent_result;
 	XtWidgetGeometry	parent_req, parent_reply;