diff --git a/src/man.c b/src/man.c
index b3d13d1..030a5d1 100644
--- a/src/man.c
+++ b/src/man.c
@@ -991,11 +991,17 @@ static char *get_preprocessors_from_file (pipeline *decomp, int prefixes)
 
 	if (!strncmp (line, PP_COOKIE, 4)) {
 		const char *newline = strchr (line, '\n');
-		if (newline)
-			return xstrndup (line + 4, newline - (line + 4));
-		else
-			return xstrdup (line + 4);
+		if (newline) {
+			char *ret = xstrndup (line + 4, newline - (line + 4));
+			free (line);
+			return ret;
+		} else {
+			char *ret = xstrdup (line + 4);
+			free (line);
+			return ret;
+		}
 	}
+	free (line);
 	return NULL;
 }
 
@@ -2401,6 +2407,7 @@ static int display (const char *dir, const char *man_file,
 		if (!found) {
 			pipeline_free (format_cmd);
 			pipeline_free (decomp);
+			free (formatted_encoding);
 			return found;
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/zsoelim.c b/src/zsoelim.c
index bf5c8ff..6a484c4 100644
--- a/src/zsoelim.c
+++ b/src/zsoelim.c
@@ -2528,6 +2528,7 @@ int zsoelim_open_file (const char *filename, gl_list_t manpathlist,
 					if (decomp) {
 						NAME = xstrdup (found_name);
 						gl_list_free (names);
+						free (name);
 						goto out;
 					}
 				} GL_LIST_FOREACH_END (names);
diff --git a/src/zsoelim.l b/src/zsoelim.l
index a8a7e3b..3cb552b 100644
--- a/src/zsoelim.l
+++ b/src/zsoelim.l
@@ -473,6 +473,7 @@ int zsoelim_open_file (const char *filename, gl_list_t manpathlist,
 					if (decomp) {
 						NAME = xstrdup (found_name);
 						gl_list_free (names);
+						free (name);
 						goto out;
 					}
 				} GL_LIST_FOREACH_END (names);