diff --git a/.appveyor.yml b/.appveyor.yml
index d2f70f5a4b5d7..dd5a8fdaca4aa 100644
--- a/.appveyor.yml
+++ b/.appveyor.yml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ build_script:
   # Windows 10
   #------------------
   - cmd: mkdir build && cd build
-  - cmd: cmake %CMAKE_GENERATOR% -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=%configuration% -DDART_MSVC_DEFAULT_OPTIONS="%MSVC_DEFAULT_OPTIONS%" %CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE% %CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN% ..
+  - cmd: cmake %CMAKE_GENERATOR% -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=%configuration% -DDART_VERBOSE=ON -DDART_MSVC_DEFAULT_OPTIONS="%MSVC_DEFAULT_OPTIONS%" %CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE% %CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN% ..
   # - cmd: cmake --build . --target ALL_BUILD --config %configuration% -- /maxcpucount:4 /verbosity:quiet
 
   #-------------------------------
diff --git a/dart/dynamics/SharedLibraryIkFast.cpp b/dart/dynamics/SharedLibraryIkFast.cpp
index 3b4d1b1310438..a11faee2233f2 100644
--- a/dart/dynamics/SharedLibraryIkFast.cpp
+++ b/dart/dynamics/SharedLibraryIkFast.cpp
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ bool loadFunction(
 
   if (!symbol)
   {
-    dterr << "Failed to load the symbol '" << symbolName
-          << "' from the file '" << fileName << "'.\n";
+    dterr << "Failed to load the symbol '" << symbolName << "' from the file '"
+          << fileName << "'.\n";
     return false;
   }
 
diff --git a/dart/utils/XmlHelpers.cpp b/dart/utils/XmlHelpers.cpp
index c444aef791a1a..e3d4e46636f7b 100644
--- a/dart/utils/XmlHelpers.cpp
+++ b/dart/utils/XmlHelpers.cpp
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ Eigen::Vector2d toVector2d(const std::string& str)
       {
         std::cerr << "value [" << pieces[i]
                   << "] is not a valid double for Eigen::Vector2d[" << i
-                  << std::endl;
+                  << "]: " << e.what() << std::endl;
       }
     }
   }
@@ -222,8 +222,8 @@ Eigen::Vector3d toVector3d(const std::string& str)
       catch (boost::bad_lexical_cast& e)
       {
         std::cerr << "value [" << pieces[i]
-                  << "] is not a valid double for Eigen::Vector3d[" << i << "]"
-                  << std::endl;
+                  << "] is not a valid double for Eigen::Vector3d[" << i
+                  << "]: " << e.what() << std::endl;
       }
     }
   }
@@ -253,8 +253,8 @@ Eigen::Vector3i toVector3i(const std::string& str)
       catch (boost::bad_lexical_cast& e)
       {
         std::cerr << "value [" << pieces[i]
-                  << "] is not a valid int for Eigen::Vector3i[" << i << "]"
-                  << std::endl;
+                  << "] is not a valid int for Eigen::Vector3i[" << i
+                  << "]: " << e.what() << std::endl;
       }
     }
   }
@@ -284,8 +284,8 @@ Eigen::Vector6d toVector6d(const std::string& str)
       catch (boost::bad_lexical_cast& e)
       {
         std::cerr << "value [" << pieces[i]
-                  << "] is not a valid double for Eigen::Vector6d[" << i << "]"
-                  << std::endl;
+                  << "] is not a valid double for Eigen::Vector6d[" << i
+                  << "]: " << e.what() << std::endl;
       }
     }
   }
@@ -315,8 +315,8 @@ Eigen::VectorXd toVectorXd(const std::string& str)
       catch (boost::bad_lexical_cast& e)
       {
         std::cerr << "value [" << pieces[i]
-                  << "] is not a valid double for Eigen::VectorXd[" << i << "]"
-                  << std::endl;
+                  << "] is not a valid double for Eigen::VectorXd[" << i
+                  << "]: " << e.what() << std::endl;
       }
     }
   }
@@ -346,8 +346,8 @@ Eigen::Isometry3d toIsometry3d(const std::string& str)
       catch (boost::bad_lexical_cast& e)
       {
         std::cerr << "value [" << pieces[i]
-                  << "] is not a valid double for SE3[" << i << "]"
-                  << std::endl;
+                  << "] is not a valid double for SE3[" << i
+                  << "]: " << e.what() << std::endl;
       }
     }
   }
@@ -379,8 +379,8 @@ Eigen::Isometry3d toIsometry3dWithExtrinsicRotation(const std::string& str)
       catch (boost::bad_lexical_cast& e)
       {
         std::cerr << "value [" << pieces[i]
-                  << "] is not a valid double for SE3[" << i << "]"
-                  << std::endl;
+                  << "] is not a valid double for SE3[" << i
+                  << "]: " << e.what() << std::endl;
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/unittests/comprehensive/test_MultiObjectiveOptimization.cpp b/unittests/comprehensive/test_MultiObjectiveOptimization.cpp
index 71f71514cc8ba..6d1c59c57723c 100644
--- a/unittests/comprehensive/test_MultiObjectiveOptimization.cpp
+++ b/unittests/comprehensive/test_MultiObjectiveOptimization.cpp
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #include <dart/optimizer/MultiObjectiveSolver.hpp>
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
 #if HAVE_PAGMO
-#include <dart/optimizer/pagmo/pagmo.hpp>
+#  include <dart/optimizer/pagmo/pagmo.hpp>
 #endif
 
 using namespace dart;