diff --git a/alg/viewshed/cumulative.cpp b/alg/viewshed/cumulative.cpp
index 6b24a91cec79..79d48c68c4d0 100644
--- a/alg/viewshed/cumulative.cpp
+++ b/alg/viewshed/cumulative.cpp
@@ -136,24 +136,34 @@ void Cumulative::runExecutor(const std::string &srcFilename, Progress &progress,
 {
     DatasetPtr srcDs(GDALDataset::Open(srcFilename.c_str(), GA_ReadOnly));
     if (!srcDs)
+    {
         err = true;
-
-    Location loc;
-    while (!err && m_observerQueue.pop(loc))
+    }
+    else
     {
-        GDALDriver *memDriver = GetGDALDriverManager()->GetDriverByName("MEM");
-        DatasetPtr dstDs(memDriver->Create(
-            "", m_extent.xSize(), m_extent.ySize(), 1, GDT_Byte, nullptr));
-        err = (dstDs == nullptr);
-        if (!err)
+        Location loc;
+        while (!err && m_observerQueue.pop(loc))
         {
-            ViewshedExecutor executor(*srcDs->GetRasterBand(1),
-                                      *dstDs->GetRasterBand(1), loc.x, loc.y,
-                                      m_extent, m_extent, m_opts, progress);
-            err = !executor.run();
+            GDALDriver *memDriver =
+                GetGDALDriverManager()->GetDriverByName("MEM");
+            DatasetPtr dstDs(memDriver ? memDriver->Create("", m_extent.xSize(),
+                                                           m_extent.ySize(), 1,
+                                                           GDT_Byte, nullptr)
+                                       : nullptr);
+            if (!dstDs)
+            {
+                err = true;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                ViewshedExecutor executor(
+                    *srcDs->GetRasterBand(1), *dstDs->GetRasterBand(1), loc.x,
+                    loc.y, m_extent, m_extent, m_opts, progress);
+                err = !executor.run();
+                if (!err)
+                    m_datasetQueue.push(std::move(dstDs));
+            }
         }
-        if (!err)
-            m_datasetQueue.push(std::move(dstDs));
     }
 
     // Job done. Set the output queue state.  If all the executor jobs have completed,
diff --git a/alg/viewshed/viewshed_executor.cpp b/alg/viewshed/viewshed_executor.cpp
index 643846cf1470..01a9d5e32658 100644
--- a/alg/viewshed/viewshed_executor.cpp
+++ b/alg/viewshed/viewshed_executor.cpp
@@ -136,6 +136,8 @@ ViewshedExecutor::ViewshedExecutor(GDALRasterBand &srcBand,
 // calculate the height adjustment factor.
 double ViewshedExecutor::calcHeightAdjFactor()
 {
+    std::lock_guard g(iMutex);
+
     const OGRSpatialReference *poDstSRS =
         m_dstBand.GetDataset()->GetSpatialRef();
 
diff --git a/apps/gdaldem_lib.cpp b/apps/gdaldem_lib.cpp
index 6d9ef904c02a..d23b2389439c 100644
--- a/apps/gdaldem_lib.cpp
+++ b/apps/gdaldem_lib.cpp
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@
 #include "commonutils.h"
 #include "gdalargumentparser.h"
 
+#include <cassert>
 #include <cfloat>
 #include <cmath>
 #include <cstdio>
@@ -1666,13 +1667,10 @@ GDALColorReliefGetRGBA(const std::vector<ColorAssociation> &asColorAssociation,
         if (eColorSelectionMode == COLOR_SELECTION_NEAREST_ENTRY &&
             asColorAssociation[i - 1].dfVal != dfVal)
         {
-            size_t index = i;
-            if (dfVal - asColorAssociation[i - 1].dfVal <
-                asColorAssociation[i].dfVal - dfVal)
-            {
-                --index;
-            }
-
+            const size_t index = (dfVal - asColorAssociation[i - 1].dfVal <
+                                  asColorAssociation[i].dfVal - dfVal)
+                                     ? i - 1
+                                     : i;
             *pnR = asColorAssociation[index].nR;
             *pnG = asColorAssociation[index].nG;
             *pnB = asColorAssociation[index].nB;
diff --git a/autotest/cpp/test_alg.cpp b/autotest/cpp/test_alg.cpp
index 6d58a164164e..76024d5f88c3 100644
--- a/autotest/cpp/test_alg.cpp
+++ b/autotest/cpp/test_alg.cpp
@@ -157,6 +157,8 @@ TEST_F(test_alg, GDALWarpResolveWorkingDataType_padfSrcNoDataReal_with_band)
     GDALDatasetUniquePtr poDS(GDALDriver::FromHandle(GDALGetDriverByName("MEM"))
                                   ->Create("", 1, 1, 1, GDT_Byte, nullptr));
     GDALWarpOptions *psOptions = GDALCreateWarpOptions();
+    // False-positive: hSrcDS is no longer used after GDALDestroyWarpOptions()
+    // coverity[escape]
     psOptions->hSrcDS = GDALDataset::ToHandle(poDS.get());
     psOptions->nBandCount = 1;
     psOptions->panSrcBands =
diff --git a/frmts/kmlsuperoverlay/kmlsuperoverlaydataset.cpp b/frmts/kmlsuperoverlay/kmlsuperoverlaydataset.cpp
index eeab23d79b87..62ba490713b8 100644
--- a/frmts/kmlsuperoverlay/kmlsuperoverlaydataset.cpp
+++ b/frmts/kmlsuperoverlay/kmlsuperoverlaydataset.cpp
@@ -2793,6 +2793,9 @@ KmlSuperOverlayReadDataset::Open(const char *pszFilename,
         auto poOvrDS = std::make_unique<KmlSuperOverlayReadDataset>();
 
         poOvrDS->bIsOvr = true;
+        // The life-time of objects is such that poOvrDS is destroyed when
+        // poDS is destroyed.
+        // coverity[escape]
         poOvrDS->poParent = poDS.get();
         poOvrDS->nFactor = nFactor;
         poOvrDS->nRasterXSize = nFactor * poDSIcon->GetRasterXSize();
diff --git a/frmts/vrt/gdaltileindexdataset.cpp b/frmts/vrt/gdaltileindexdataset.cpp
index 53215da04218..388f45136164 100644
--- a/frmts/vrt/gdaltileindexdataset.cpp
+++ b/frmts/vrt/gdaltileindexdataset.cpp
@@ -1184,7 +1184,7 @@ bool GDALTileIndexDataset::Open(GDALOpenInfo *poOpenInfo)
                                 ? dfOutMaxY
                                 : std::ceil(dfOutMaxY / dfResY) * dfResY);
 
-                        m_oSRS = oSTACSRS;
+                        m_oSRS = std::move(oSTACSRS);
                         pszResX = osResX.c_str();
                         pszResY = osResY.c_str();
                         pszMinX = osMinX.c_str();
diff --git a/ogr/ogrsf_frmts/sqlite/ogrsqlitedatasource.cpp b/ogr/ogrsf_frmts/sqlite/ogrsqlitedatasource.cpp
index af52e5cdd45b..d6ce19133af9 100644
--- a/ogr/ogrsf_frmts/sqlite/ogrsqlitedatasource.cpp
+++ b/ogr/ogrsf_frmts/sqlite/ogrsqlitedatasource.cpp
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ void OGRSQLiteBaseDataSource::FinishSpatialite()
             std::lock_guard oLock(oCleanupMutex);
             pfn_spatialite_cleanup_ex(ctxt);
         }
+        // coverity[thread1_overwrites_value_in_field]
         hSpatialiteCtxt = nullptr;
     }
 }
diff --git a/port/cpl_http.cpp b/port/cpl_http.cpp
index 449bb36bd39c..471adadbc20b 100644
--- a/port/cpl_http.cpp
+++ b/port/cpl_http.cpp
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ char **CPLHTTPGetOptionsFromEnv(const char *pszFilename)
 {
     CPLStringList aosOptions;
     std::string osNonStreamingFilename;
-    if (STARTS_WITH(pszFilename, "/vsi"))
+    if (pszFilename && STARTS_WITH(pszFilename, "/vsi"))
     {
         VSIFilesystemHandler *poFSHandler =
             VSIFileManager::GetHandler(pszFilename);
diff --git a/port/cpl_worker_thread_pool.cpp b/port/cpl_worker_thread_pool.cpp
index c3b7df7f53bc..6136b0febb03 100644
--- a/port/cpl_worker_thread_pool.cpp
+++ b/port/cpl_worker_thread_pool.cpp
@@ -611,8 +611,8 @@ bool CPLJobQueue::SubmitJob(std::function<void()> task)
     }
 
     // cppcheck-suppress knownConditionTrueFalse
+    // coverity[uninit_member,copy_constructor_call]
     return m_poPool->SubmitJob(
-        // coverity[uninit_member,copy_constructor_call]
         [this, task]
         {
             task();