diff --git a/examples/checkpoint_example_polymorphic.cc b/examples/checkpoint_example_polymorphic.cc
index 539bb50e..eafa2355 100644
--- a/examples/checkpoint_example_polymorphic.cc
+++ b/examples/checkpoint_example_polymorphic.cc
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ struct MyObj : ::checkpoint::SerializableDerived<MyObj, MyBase> {
   explicit MyObj(::checkpoint::SERIALIZE_CONSTRUCT_TAG){}
 
   template <typename SerializerT>
-  void serialize(SerializerT& s) {
+  void serialize(SerializerT&) {
     printf("MyObj: serialize\n");
   }
 
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ struct MyObj2 : ::checkpoint::SerializableDerived<MyObj2, MyBase> {
   explicit MyObj2(::checkpoint::SERIALIZE_CONSTRUCT_TAG) {}
 
   template <typename SerializerT>
-  void serialize(SerializerT& s) {
+  void serialize(SerializerT&) {
     printf("MyObj2: serialize\n");
   }
   void test() override {
diff --git a/examples/checkpoint_example_polymorphic_macro.cc b/examples/checkpoint_example_polymorphic_macro.cc
index d30e94f2..f1f17a59 100644
--- a/examples/checkpoint_example_polymorphic_macro.cc
+++ b/examples/checkpoint_example_polymorphic_macro.cc
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ struct MyObj : public MyBase {
   checkpoint_virtual_serialize_derived_from(MyBase)
 
   template <typename SerializerT>
-  void serialize(SerializerT& s) {
+  void serialize(SerializerT&) {
     printf("MyObj: serialize\n");
   }
 
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ struct MyObj2 : public MyBase {
   checkpoint_virtual_serialize_derived_from(MyBase)
 
   template <typename SerializerT>
-  void serialize(SerializerT& s) {
+  void serialize(SerializerT&) {
     printf("MyObj2: serialize\n");
   }
   void test() override {
diff --git a/examples/checkpoint_example_polymorphic_macro_nonintrusive.cc b/examples/checkpoint_example_polymorphic_macro_nonintrusive.cc
index 8ae07db1..edb88041 100644
--- a/examples/checkpoint_example_polymorphic_macro_nonintrusive.cc
+++ b/examples/checkpoint_example_polymorphic_macro_nonintrusive.cc
@@ -151,12 +151,12 @@ void serialize(S& s, MyBase& obj) {
 }
 
 template <typename SerializerT>
-void serialize(SerializerT& s, MyObj& obj) {
+void serialize(SerializerT&, MyObj&) {
   printf("MyObj: serialize\n");
 }
 
 template <typename SerializerT>
-void serialize(SerializerT& s, MyObj2& obj) {
+void serialize(SerializerT&, MyObj2&) {
   printf("MyObj2: serialize\n");
 }
 
diff --git a/examples/checkpoint_example_polymorphic_nonintrusive.cc b/examples/checkpoint_example_polymorphic_nonintrusive.cc
index 12110c0e..0eb9cceb 100644
--- a/examples/checkpoint_example_polymorphic_nonintrusive.cc
+++ b/examples/checkpoint_example_polymorphic_nonintrusive.cc
@@ -136,12 +136,12 @@ void serialize(S& s, MyBase& obj) {
 }
 
 template <typename SerializerT>
-void serialize(SerializerT& s, MyObj& obj) {
+void serialize(SerializerT&, MyObj&) {
   printf("MyObj: serialize\n");
 }
 
 template <typename SerializerT>
-void serialize(SerializerT& s, MyObj2& obj) {
+void serialize(SerializerT&, MyObj2&) {
   printf("MyObj2: serialize\n");
 }
 
diff --git a/examples/checkpoint_example_traversal.cc b/examples/checkpoint_example_traversal.cc
index fb6fc765..eea1583a 100644
--- a/examples/checkpoint_example_traversal.cc
+++ b/examples/checkpoint_example_traversal.cc
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ struct TestObject {
 struct PrintBytesTraverse : checkpoint::BaseSerializer {
   PrintBytesTraverse() : checkpoint::BaseSerializer(checkpoint::eSerializationMode::None) { }
 
-  void contiguousBytes(void* ptr, std::size_t size, std::size_t num_elms) {
+  void contiguousBytes(void*, std::size_t size, std::size_t num_elms) {
     printf("PrintBytesTraverse: size=%zu, num_elms=%zu\n", size, num_elms);
   }
 };
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ struct CustomDispatch {
 // skip that overload
 template <typename SerializerT, typename U>
 struct CustomDispatch<SerializerT, std::vector<U>> {
-  static void serializeNonIntrusive(SerializerT& s, std::vector<U>& t) {
+  static void serializeNonIntrusive(SerializerT&, std::vector<U>& t) {
     // Do something special here: e.g., an RDMA for the vector during packing
     printf("Traversing vector: size=%zu\n", t.size());
     for (std::size_t i = 0; i < t.size(); i++) {
diff --git a/examples/checkpoint_example_traversal_nonintrusive.cc b/examples/checkpoint_example_traversal_nonintrusive.cc
index a3a5de8d..8131c461 100644
--- a/examples/checkpoint_example_traversal_nonintrusive.cc
+++ b/examples/checkpoint_example_traversal_nonintrusive.cc
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ void serialize(Serializer& s, TestObject& obj) {
 struct PrintBytesTraverse : checkpoint::BaseSerializer {
   PrintBytesTraverse() : checkpoint::BaseSerializer(checkpoint::eSerializationMode::None) { }
 
-  void contiguousBytes(void* ptr, std::size_t size, std::size_t num_elms) {
+  void contiguousBytes(void*, std::size_t size, std::size_t num_elms) {
     printf("PrintBytesTraverse: size=%zu, num_elms=%zu\n", size, num_elms);
   }
 };
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ struct CustomDispatch {
 // skip that overload
 template <typename SerializerT, typename U>
 struct CustomDispatch<SerializerT, std::vector<U>> {
-  static void serializeNonIntrusive(SerializerT& s, std::vector<U>& t) {
+  static void serializeNonIntrusive(SerializerT&, std::vector<U>& t) {
     // Do something special here: e.g., an RDMA for the vector during packing
     printf("Traversing vector: size=%zu\n", t.size());
     for (std::size_t i = 0; i < t.size(); i++) {
diff --git a/src/checkpoint/buffer/buffer.h b/src/checkpoint/buffer/buffer.h
index 1839d83f..66cf0f0a 100644
--- a/src/checkpoint/buffer/buffer.h
+++ b/src/checkpoint/buffer/buffer.h
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ namespace checkpoint { namespace buffer {
 using SerializedInfo = ::checkpoint::SerializedInfo;
 
 struct Buffer : SerializedInfo {
-  virtual SerialByteType* getBuffer() const = 0;
-  virtual SerialSizeType getSize() const = 0;
+  virtual SerialByteType* getBuffer() const override = 0;
+  virtual SerialSizeType getSize() const override = 0;
   virtual ~Buffer() { }
 };
 
diff --git a/src/checkpoint/container/list_serialize.h b/src/checkpoint/container/list_serialize.h
index c1bda13d..d616c11f 100644
--- a/src/checkpoint/container/list_serialize.h
+++ b/src/checkpoint/container/list_serialize.h
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ inline typename std::enable_if_t<
   std::is_same<Serializer, checkpoint::Footprinter>::value, void
 >
 deserializeOrderedElems(
-  Serializer& s, ContainerT& cont, typename ContainerT::size_type size
+  Serializer&, ContainerT&, typename ContainerT::size_type
 ) { }
 
 template <typename Serializer, typename ContainerT>
diff --git a/src/checkpoint/container/map_serialize.h b/src/checkpoint/container/map_serialize.h
index 8ace2172..39313a09 100644
--- a/src/checkpoint/container/map_serialize.h
+++ b/src/checkpoint/container/map_serialize.h
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ inline typename std::enable_if_t<
   std::is_same<Serializer, checkpoint::Footprinter>::value,
   void
 > deserializeEmplaceElems(
-  Serializer& s, ContainerT& cont, typename ContainerT::size_type size
+  Serializer&, ContainerT&, typename ContainerT::size_type
 ) { }
 
 template <typename Serializer, typename ContainerT>
diff --git a/src/checkpoint/container/variant_serialize.h b/src/checkpoint/container/variant_serialize.h
index 9ded5b25..ddabdd46 100644
--- a/src/checkpoint/container/variant_serialize.h
+++ b/src/checkpoint/container/variant_serialize.h
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ template <>
 struct SerializeEntry<> {
   template <typename SerializerT, typename VariantT>
   static void serialize(
-    SerializerT& s, VariantT& v, std::size_t entry, std::size_t cur
+    SerializerT&, VariantT&, std::size_t, std::size_t
   ) {
     // base case
   }
diff --git a/src/checkpoint/container/view_equality.h b/src/checkpoint/container/view_equality.h
index 6b1bf59f..6a3bd277 100644
--- a/src/checkpoint/container/view_equality.h
+++ b/src/checkpoint/container/view_equality.h
@@ -159,21 +159,21 @@ struct ViewEqualityStatic {
   }
 
   template <typename AnyT, typename... Args>
-  bool operator()(Kokkos::View<AnyT,Args...> const& v, Callable eq) {
+  bool operator()(Kokkos::View<AnyT,Args...> const&, Callable) {
     // No static dimension to check against dynamic dimension, return true
     return true;
   }
 
   template <typename AnyT, typename... Args>
   bool operator()(
-    Kokkos::Experimental::DynamicView<AnyT,Args...> const& v, Callable eq
+    Kokkos::Experimental::DynamicView<AnyT,Args...> const&, Callable
   ) {
     // No static dimension to check against dynamic dimension, return true
     return true;
   }
 
   template <typename AnyT, typename... Args>
-  bool operator()(Kokkos::DynRankView<AnyT,Args...> const& v, Callable eq) {
+  bool operator()(Kokkos::DynRankView<AnyT,Args...> const&, Callable) {
     // No static dimension to check against dynamic dimension, return true
     return true;
   }
diff --git a/src/checkpoint/container/view_traits_extract.h b/src/checkpoint/container/view_traits_extract.h
index e7b7d774..cc3a7756 100644
--- a/src/checkpoint/container/view_traits_extract.h
+++ b/src/checkpoint/container/view_traits_extract.h
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ template <
 struct CountDims {
   using BaseT = typename std::decay<T>::type;
   static constexpr size_t dynamic = 0;
-  static int numDims(ViewType const& view) { return 0; }
+  static int numDims(ViewType const&) { return 0; }
 };
 
 template <typename ViewType, typename T>
diff --git a/src/checkpoint/dispatch/clean_type.h b/src/checkpoint/dispatch/clean_type.h
index 045f04a3..8e6fc260 100644
--- a/src/checkpoint/dispatch/clean_type.h
+++ b/src/checkpoint/dispatch/clean_type.h
@@ -66,12 +66,12 @@ struct CleanType {
   }
 
   template <typename U = T>
-  static NonConstRefT* apply1(T* val, isConst<U>* x = nullptr) {
+  static NonConstRefT* apply1(T* val, isConst<U>* = nullptr) {
     return reinterpret_cast<NonConstRefT*>(const_cast<NonConstT*>(val));
   }
 
   template <typename U = T>
-  static NonConstRefT* apply1(T* val, isNotConst<U>* x = nullptr) {
+  static NonConstRefT* apply1(T* val, isNotConst<U>* = nullptr) {
     return reinterpret_cast<NonConstRefT*>(val);
   }
 };
diff --git a/src/checkpoint/dispatch/dispatch_serializer_byte.h b/src/checkpoint/dispatch/dispatch_serializer_byte.h
index 7c91adfe..a712345d 100644
--- a/src/checkpoint/dispatch/dispatch_serializer_byte.h
+++ b/src/checkpoint/dispatch/dispatch_serializer_byte.h
@@ -66,14 +66,14 @@ struct SerializerDispatchByte {
 
   template <typename U = T>
   void operator()(
-    SerializerT& s, T* val, SerialSizeType num, isByteCopyType<U>* x = nullptr
+    SerializerT& s, T* val, SerialSizeType num, isByteCopyType<U>* = nullptr
   ) {
     s.contiguousTyped(s, val, num);
   }
 
   template <typename U = T>
   void operator()(
-    SerializerT& s, T* val, SerialSizeType num, isNotByteCopyType<U>* x = nullptr
+    SerializerT& s, T* val, SerialSizeType num, isNotByteCopyType<U>* = nullptr
   ) {
     SerializerDispatchNonByte<SerializerT, T, Dispatcher> dispatch;
     dispatch(s, val, num);
diff --git a/src/checkpoint/dispatch/dispatch_serializer_nonbyte.h b/src/checkpoint/dispatch/dispatch_serializer_nonbyte.h
index 5da80f9b..59cd8510 100644
--- a/src/checkpoint/dispatch/dispatch_serializer_nonbyte.h
+++ b/src/checkpoint/dispatch/dispatch_serializer_nonbyte.h
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ struct SerializerDispatchNonByte {
 
   template <typename U = T>
   void applyElm(
-    SerializerT& s, T* val, hasNotSplitSerialize<U>* = nullptr
+    SerializerT&, T*, hasNotSplitSerialize<U>* = nullptr
   ) { }
 
   template <typename U = T>
diff --git a/src/checkpoint/dispatch/reconstructor.h b/src/checkpoint/dispatch/reconstructor.h
index 7a8a07f0..f35f71d1 100644
--- a/src/checkpoint/dispatch/reconstructor.h
+++ b/src/checkpoint/dispatch/reconstructor.h
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ struct Reconstructor {
   }
 
   template <typename U = T>
-  static T* constructAllowFailImpl(void* buf, isNotConstructible<U>* = nullptr) {
+  static T* constructAllowFailImpl(void*, isNotConstructible<U>* = nullptr) {
     constexpr int max_buffer_length = 32768;
     std::unique_ptr<char[]> msg = std::make_unique<char[]>(max_buffer_length);
     snprintf(
diff --git a/src/checkpoint/dispatch/vrt/base.h b/src/checkpoint/dispatch/vrt/base.h
index 425a80ab..9388a7dc 100644
--- a/src/checkpoint/dispatch/vrt/base.h
+++ b/src/checkpoint/dispatch/vrt/base.h
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ namespace checkpoint { namespace dispatch { namespace vrt {
 template <typename BaseT>
 struct SerializableBase {
   checkpoint_virtual_serialize_root()
+
+  virtual ~SerializableBase() {}
 };
 
 }}} /* end namespace checkpoint::dispatch::vrt */
diff --git a/src/checkpoint/dispatch/vrt/virtual_serialize.h b/src/checkpoint/dispatch/vrt/virtual_serialize.h
index 426352e9..0596b88b 100644
--- a/src/checkpoint/dispatch/vrt/virtual_serialize.h
+++ b/src/checkpoint/dispatch/vrt/virtual_serialize.h
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ struct SerializeVirtualTypeIfNeeded<
   >
 >
 {
-  static dispatch::vrt::TypeIdx apply(SerializerT& s, T* target) {
+  static dispatch::vrt::TypeIdx apply(SerializerT&, T*) {
     // no type idx needed in this case
     return dispatch::vrt::no_type_idx;
   }
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ struct ReconstructAsVirtualIfNeeded<
     not std::is_same<SerializerT, checkpoint::Footprinter>::value
   >
 > {
-  static T* apply(SerializerT& s, dispatch::vrt::TypeIdx entry) {
+  static T* apply(SerializerT&, dispatch::vrt::TypeIdx) {
     // no type idx needed in this case, static construction in default case
     auto t = std::allocator<T>{}.allocate(1);
     return dispatch::Reconstructor<T>::construct(t);
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ struct ReconstructAsVirtualIfNeeded<
     std::is_same<SerializerT, checkpoint::Footprinter>::value
   >
 > {
-  static T* apply(SerializerT& s, dispatch::vrt::TypeIdx entry) { return nullptr; }
+  static T* apply(SerializerT&, dispatch::vrt::TypeIdx) { return nullptr; }
 };
 
 template <typename T, typename SerializerT>
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ struct ReconstructAsVirtualIfNeeded<
     dispatch::vrt::VirtualSerializeTraits<T>::has_virtual_serialize
   >
 > {
-  static T* apply(SerializerT& s, dispatch::vrt::TypeIdx entry) {
+  static T* apply(SerializerT&, dispatch::vrt::TypeIdx entry) {
     using BaseT = ::checkpoint::dispatch::vrt::checkpoint_base_type_t<T>;
 
     // use type idx here, registration needed for proper type re-construction
diff --git a/src/checkpoint/serializers/base_serializer.h b/src/checkpoint/serializers/base_serializer.h
index 6c4de046..38308e76 100644
--- a/src/checkpoint/serializers/base_serializer.h
+++ b/src/checkpoint/serializers/base_serializer.h
@@ -126,14 +126,14 @@ struct BaseSerializer {
    * \param[in] t an element
    */
   template<typename T>
-  void countBytes(const T& t) {}
+  void countBytes(T const&) {}
 
   /**
    * \brief Add bytes for footprinting---default empty implementation
    *
    * \param[in] s the amount of bytes to add
    */
-  void addBytes(std::size_t s) {}
+  void addBytes(std::size_t) {}
 
   /**
    * \brief Add contiguous bytes to the sizer
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ struct BaseSerializer {
    * \param[in] size the number of bytes for each element
    * \param[in] num_elms the number of elements
    */
-  void contiguousBytes(void* ptr, SerialSizeType size, SerialSizeType num_elms) {}
+  void contiguousBytes(void*, SerialSizeType, SerialSizeType) {}
 
   /**
    * \brief Returns size of buffer (in bytes) used during given serialization
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ struct BaseSerializer {
    * \note Used/implemented in serialization sanitizer.
    */
   template <typename... Args>
-  void skip(Args&&... args) { }
+  void skip(Args&&...) { }
 
   /**
    * \brief Get a buffer if it is associated with the serializer
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ struct BaseSerializer {
    *
    * \return the current spot
    */
-  SerialByteType* getSpotIncrement(SerialSizeType const inc) { return nullptr; }
+  SerialByteType* getSpotIncrement(SerialSizeType const) { return nullptr; }
 
   /**
    * \brief Check if virtual serialization is disabled
diff --git a/src/checkpoint/serializers/stream_serializer.h b/src/checkpoint/serializers/stream_serializer.h
index 6136a24d..359b7a69 100644
--- a/src/checkpoint/serializers/stream_serializer.h
+++ b/src/checkpoint/serializers/stream_serializer.h
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ namespace checkpoint {
 
 template<typename StreamT = std::ostream>
 struct StreamPacker : BaseSerializer {
-  StreamPacker(SerialSizeType size, StreamT& m_stream)
+  StreamPacker(SerialSizeType, StreamT& m_stream)
     : BaseSerializer(ModeType::Packing), stream(m_stream) {
     //Nothing to do with the size.
     //Pre-allocating a buffer for the stream has more problems than solutions.
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_footprinter.cc b/tests/unit/test_footprinter.cc
index 25448c8f..d4845e29 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_footprinter.cc
+++ b/tests/unit/test_footprinter.cc
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ struct TestBase {
 };
 
 struct TestDerived2 : TestBase {
-  explicit TestDerived2(int i) {}
+  explicit TestDerived2(int) {}
   explicit TestDerived2(SERIALIZE_CONSTRUCT_TAG) {}
 
   checkpoint_virtual_serialize_derived_from(TestBase)
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_harness.h b/tests/unit/test_harness.h
index 157d3971..14aa4b11 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_harness.h
+++ b/tests/unit/test_harness.h
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ namespace checkpoint { namespace tests { namespace unit {
 
 template <typename TestBase>
 struct TestHarnessAny : TestBase {
-  virtual void SetUp() {
+  virtual void SetUp() override {
     argc_ = orig_args_.size();
     argv_ = new char*[argc_];
 
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ struct TestHarnessAny : TestBase {
     }
   }
 
-  virtual void TearDown() {
+  virtual void TearDown() override {
     for (int i = 0; i < argc_; i++) {
       delete [] argv_[i];
     }
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_traversal.cc b/tests/unit/test_traversal.cc
index 93db6ce5..a58d0d4c 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_traversal.cc
+++ b/tests/unit/test_traversal.cc
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ struct TestObject {
 struct TestTraverse : checkpoint::BaseSerializer {
   TestTraverse() : checkpoint::BaseSerializer(checkpoint::eSerializationMode::None) { }
 
-  void contiguousBytes(void* ptr, std::size_t size, std::size_t num_elms) {
+  void contiguousBytes(void*, std::size_t size, std::size_t num_elms) {
     printf("size=%zu, num=%zu\n", size, num_elms);
     bytes_ += size * num_elms;
   }
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ struct CustomDispatch {
 
 template <typename SerializerT, typename U>
 struct CustomDispatch<SerializerT, std::vector<U>> {
-  static void serializeNonIntrusive(SerializerT& s, std::vector<U>& t) {
+  static void serializeNonIntrusive(SerializerT&, std::vector<U>& t) {
     // Do something special here: e.g., an RDMA for the vector during packing
     printf("Traversing vector: size=%zu\n", t.size());
     for (std::size_t i = 0; i < t.size(); i++) {
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ struct TestTraverse2 : checkpoint::BaseSerializer {
   template <typename U, typename V>
   using DispatcherType = CustomDispatch<U, V>;
 
-  void contiguousBytes(void* ptr, std::size_t size, std::size_t num_elms) { }
+  void contiguousBytes(void*, std::size_t, std::size_t) { }
 
   TestTraverse2() : checkpoint::BaseSerializer(checkpoint::eSerializationMode::None) { }
 };
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_virtual_serialize.cc b/tests/unit/test_virtual_serialize.cc
index 6b99f693..85801b66 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_virtual_serialize.cc
+++ b/tests/unit/test_virtual_serialize.cc
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ struct HolderBase {
   virtual ~HolderBase() = default;
 
   template <typename Serializer>
-  void serialize(Serializer& s) {}
+  void serialize(Serializer&) {}
 };
 
 template <typename ObjT>
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ struct HolderObjBase : HolderBase {
   virtual ObjT* get() = 0;
 
   template <typename Serializer>
-  void serialize(Serializer& s) {}
+  void serialize(Serializer&) {}
 };
 
 template <typename ObjT>