diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4a055bdd34..ee2a65c312 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ else()
         "-Wcast-align"                  #Warn if a cast causes memory alignment changes
         "-Wshadow"                      #Warn if local variable shadows another variable
         "-Wformat=2"                    #Sanity checks for printf-like formatting
-        "-Wno-format-nonliteral"        # But don't worry about non-literal formtting (i.e. run-time printf format strings)
+        "-Wno-format-nonliteral"        # But don't worry about non-literal formatting (i.e. run-time printf format strings)
         "-Wlogical-op"                  #Checks for logical op when bit-wise expected
         "-Wmissing-declarations"        #Warn if a global function is defined with no declaration
         "-Wmissing-include-dirs"        #Warn if a user include directory is missing
@@ -178,10 +178,10 @@ else()
         "-Wduplicated-cond"             #Warn about identical conditions in if-else chains
         "-Wduplicated-branches"         #Warn when different branches of an if-else chain are equivalent
         "-Wnull-dereference"            #Warn about null pointer dereference execution paths
-        "-Wuninitialized"               #Warn about unitialized values
+        "-Wuninitialized"               #Warn about uninitialized values
         "-Winit-self"                   #Warn about self-initialization
         "-Wcatch-value=3"               #Warn when catch statements don't catch by reference
-        "-Wextra-semi"                  #Warn about redudnant semicolons
+        "-Wextra-semi"                  #Warn about redundant semicolons
         "-Wimplicit-fallthrough=3"      #Warn about case fallthroughs, but allow 'fallthrough' comments to suppress warnings
         #GCC-like optional
         #"-Wsuggest-final-types"         #Suggest where 'final' would help if specified on a type methods
diff --git a/vpr/src/place/grid_tile_lookup.cpp b/vpr/src/place/grid_tile_lookup.cpp
index d2236fdbc8..ac5ef627ab 100644
--- a/vpr/src/place/grid_tile_lookup.cpp
+++ b/vpr/src/place/grid_tile_lookup.cpp
@@ -4,8 +4,12 @@ GridTileLookup::GridTileLookup() {
     const auto& device_ctx = g_vpr_ctx.device();
     const int num_layers = device_ctx.grid.get_num_layers();
 
-    //Will store the max number of tile locations for each logical block type
-    max_placement_locations.resize(device_ctx.logical_block_types.size());
+    if (device_ctx.logical_block_types.empty()) {
+        throw std::runtime_error("Logical block types are empty.");
+    } else {
+        // Will store the max number of tile locations for each logical block type
+        max_placement_locations.resize(device_ctx.logical_block_types.size());
+    }
 
     for (const auto& type : device_ctx.logical_block_types) {
         vtr::NdMatrix<int, 3> type_count({static_cast<unsigned long>(num_layers), device_ctx.grid.width(), device_ctx.grid.height()});
diff --git a/vpr/src/route/route_common.cpp b/vpr/src/route/route_common.cpp
index 7fd9720e45..5ec0184be4 100644
--- a/vpr/src/route/route_common.cpp
+++ b/vpr/src/route/route_common.cpp
@@ -601,12 +601,11 @@ static vtr::vector<ParentBlockId, std::vector<RRNodeId>> load_rr_clb_sources(con
 
 static vtr::vector<ParentNetId, uint8_t> load_is_clock_net(const Netlist<>& net_list,
                                                            bool is_flat) {
-    vtr::vector<ParentNetId, uint8_t> is_clock_net;
+    vtr::vector<ParentNetId, uint8_t> is_clock_net(net_list.nets().size());
 
     auto& atom_ctx = g_vpr_ctx.atom();
     std::set<AtomNetId> clock_nets = find_netlist_physical_clock_nets(atom_ctx.nlist);
 
-    is_clock_net.resize(net_list.nets().size());
     for (auto net_id : net_list.nets()) {
         std::size_t net_id_num = std::size_t(net_id);
         if (is_flat) {
diff --git a/vpr/src/route/router_lookahead_map_utils.cpp b/vpr/src/route/router_lookahead_map_utils.cpp
index 0be95dd111..5a55ed8c97 100644
--- a/vpr/src/route/router_lookahead_map_utils.cpp
+++ b/vpr/src/route/router_lookahead_map_utils.cpp
@@ -1219,9 +1219,7 @@ static void run_intra_tile_dijkstra(const RRGraphView& rr_graph,
     node_expanded.resize(rr_graph.num_nodes());
     std::fill(node_expanded.begin(), node_expanded.end(), false);
 
-    vtr::vector<RRNodeId, float> node_seen_cost;
-    node_seen_cost.resize(rr_graph.num_nodes());
-    std::fill(node_seen_cost.begin(), node_seen_cost.end(), -1.);
+    vtr::vector<RRNodeId, float> node_seen_cost(rr_graph.num_nodes(), -1.f);
 
     struct t_pq_entry {
         float delay;