diff --git a/source/common/umf_pools/disjoint_pool.cpp b/source/common/umf_pools/disjoint_pool.cpp
index 7259c977ed..8d7d59a1a6 100644
--- a/source/common/umf_pools/disjoint_pool.cpp
+++ b/source/common/umf_pools/disjoint_pool.cpp
@@ -913,7 +913,7 @@ void *DisjointPool::malloc(size_t size) { // For full-slab allocations indicates
     auto Ptr = impl->allocate(size, FromPool);
 
     if (impl->getParams().PoolTrace > 2) {
-        auto MT = impl->getParams().name;
+        const auto &MT = impl->getParams().name;
         std::cout << "Allocated " << std::setw(8) << size << " " << MT
                   << " bytes from " << (FromPool ? "Pool" : "Provider") << " ->"
                   << Ptr << std::endl;
@@ -938,7 +938,7 @@ void *DisjointPool::aligned_malloc(size_t size, size_t alignment) {
     auto Ptr = impl->allocate(size, alignment, FromPool);
 
     if (impl->getParams().PoolTrace > 2) {
-        auto MT = impl->getParams().name;
+        const auto &MT = impl->getParams().name;
         std::cout << "Allocated " << std::setw(8) << size << " " << MT
                   << " bytes aligned at " << alignment << " from "
                   << (FromPool ? "Pool" : "Provider") << " ->" << Ptr
@@ -957,7 +957,7 @@ enum umf_result_t DisjointPool::free(void *ptr) try {
     impl->deallocate(ptr, ToPool);
 
     if (impl->getParams().PoolTrace > 2) {
-        auto MT = impl->getParams().name;
+        const auto &MT = impl->getParams().name;
         std::cout << "Freed " << MT << " " << ptr << " to "
                   << (ToPool ? "Pool" : "Provider")
                   << ", Current total pool size "
diff --git a/source/loader/ur_adapter_registry.hpp b/source/loader/ur_adapter_registry.hpp
index 67ddca9890..3cfac34647 100644
--- a/source/loader/ur_adapter_registry.hpp
+++ b/source/loader/ur_adapter_registry.hpp
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ class AdapterRegistry {
                 }
 
                 if (exists) {
-                    adaptersLoadPaths.emplace_back(std::vector{path});
+                    adaptersLoadPaths.emplace_back(
+                        std::vector{std::move(path)});
                 } else {
                     logger::warning(
                         "Detected nonexistent path {} in environmental "
@@ -164,12 +165,12 @@ class AdapterRegistry {
 
             auto adapterNamePathOpt = getAdapterNameAsPath(adapterName);
             if (adapterNamePathOpt.has_value()) {
-                auto adapterNamePath = adapterNamePathOpt.value();
+                const auto &adapterNamePath = adapterNamePathOpt.value();
                 loadPaths.emplace_back(adapterNamePath);
             }
 
             if (loaderLibPathOpt.has_value()) {
-                auto loaderLibPath = loaderLibPathOpt.value();
+                const auto &loaderLibPath = loaderLibPathOpt.value();
                 loadPaths.emplace_back(loaderLibPath / adapterName);
             }
 
diff --git a/test/loader/adapter_registry/search_order.cpp b/test/loader/adapter_registry/search_order.cpp
index 9264bafe44..dbb6115467 100644
--- a/test/loader/adapter_registry/search_order.cpp
+++ b/test/loader/adapter_registry/search_order.cpp
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #include "fixtures.hpp"
 
 template <typename P>
-void assertRegistryPathSequence(std::vector<fs::path> testAdapterPaths,
+void assertRegistryPathSequence(const std::vector<fs::path> &testAdapterPaths,
                                 P predicate) {
     static size_t assertIndex = 0;
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ TEST_F(adapterRegSearchTest, testSearchOrder) {
     auto it = std::find_if(registry.cbegin(), registry.cend(), hasTestLibName);
     ASSERT_NE(it, registry.end());
 
-    auto testAdapterPaths = *it;
+    const auto &testAdapterPaths = *it;
     assertRegistryPathSequence(testAdapterPaths, isTestEnvPath);
 #ifndef _WIN32
     assertRegistryPathSequence(testAdapterPaths, isTestLibName);
diff --git a/test/usm/usmPoolManager.cpp b/test/usm/usmPoolManager.cpp
index fe07d5ebe8..6d2eb33bfe 100644
--- a/test/usm/usmPoolManager.cpp
+++ b/test/usm/usmPoolManager.cpp
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ TEST_P(urUsmPoolManagerTest, poolManagerInsertExisting) {
     auto [ret, manager] = usm::pool_manager<usm::pool_descriptor>::create();
     ASSERT_EQ(ret, UR_RESULT_SUCCESS);
 
-    auto desc = poolDescriptors[0];
+    const auto &desc = poolDescriptors[0];
 
     auto pool = nullPoolCreate();
     ASSERT_NE(pool, nullptr);