diff --git a/DetectorDescription/DetDescrCond/DetDescrCondExample/src/CoolHistExample.cxx b/DetectorDescription/DetDescrCond/DetDescrCondExample/src/CoolHistExample.cxx
index dbf298e02ec0e8350f6f9050d8c855adb114dae9..50b355198f918a136e54b157458902f645379504 100755
--- a/DetectorDescription/DetDescrCond/DetDescrCondExample/src/CoolHistExample.cxx
+++ b/DetectorDescription/DetDescrCond/DetDescrCondExample/src/CoolHistExample.cxx
@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ CoolHistExample::CoolHistExample(const std::string& name,
    m_objname("fileGUID"),
    m_dirname("DefTag"),
    m_channel(10),
-   m_retrievedir(false)
+   m_retrievedir(false),
+   m_histptr(nullptr),
+   m_objptr(nullptr),
+   m_dirptr(nullptr)
 {
   // declare properties
   declareProperty("RetrieveDir",m_retrievedir);
diff --git a/DetectorDescription/DetDescrCond/DetDescrCondExample/src/ReadAlignTrans.cxx b/DetectorDescription/DetDescrCond/DetDescrCondExample/src/ReadAlignTrans.cxx
index 96befaa26fe140c2315d27afd5780629419b28d3..ad971284387b516906b99919a649ca8887b1681e 100755
--- a/DetectorDescription/DetDescrCond/DetDescrCondExample/src/ReadAlignTrans.cxx
+++ b/DetectorDescription/DetDescrCond/DetDescrCondExample/src/ReadAlignTrans.cxx
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
 
 ReadAlignTrans::ReadAlignTrans(const std::string& name, 
   ISvcLocator* pSvcLocator) :AthAlgorithm(name,pSvcLocator),
-   p_geomodelsvc(0)
+   p_geomodelsvc(0),
+   m_sidetman()
 {}
 
 ReadAlignTrans::~ReadAlignTrans(void)