diff --git a/Modernize/Sniffs/FunctionCalls/DirnameSniff.php b/Modernize/Sniffs/FunctionCalls/DirnameSniff.php
index 14dfed1a..53b49f69 100644
--- a/Modernize/Sniffs/FunctionCalls/DirnameSniff.php
+++ b/Modernize/Sniffs/FunctionCalls/DirnameSniff.php
@@ -150,6 +150,8 @@ public function process(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr)
          * PHP 5.3+: Detect use of dirname(__FILE__).
          */
         if (\strtoupper($pathParam['clean']) === '__FILE__') {
+            $levelsValue = false;
+
             // Determine if the issue is auto-fixable.
             $hasComment = $phpcsFile->findNext(Tokens::$commentTokens, ($opener + 1), $closer);
             $fixable    = ($hasComment === false);
@@ -248,7 +250,12 @@ public function process(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr)
          */
 
         // Step 1: Are there comments ? If so, not auto-fixable as we don't want to remove comments.
-        $fixable = true;
+        $fixable          = true;
+        $outerLevelsValue = false;
+        $innerParameters  = [];
+        $innerLevelsParam = false;
+        $innerLevelsValue = false;
+
         for ($i = ($opener + 1); $i < $closer; $i++) {
             if (isset(Tokens::$commentTokens[$tokens[$i]['code']])) {
                 $fixable = false;
diff --git a/Universal/Sniffs/WhiteSpace/DisallowInlineTabsSniff.php b/Universal/Sniffs/WhiteSpace/DisallowInlineTabsSniff.php
index 2deee1a8..3499506e 100644
--- a/Universal/Sniffs/WhiteSpace/DisallowInlineTabsSniff.php
+++ b/Universal/Sniffs/WhiteSpace/DisallowInlineTabsSniff.php
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ public function process(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr)
              * so from here on out, we **know** there will be tabs in the content.
              */
             $origContent = $token['orig_content'];
+            $commentOnly = '';
 
             $multiLineComment = false;
             if (($tokens[$i]['code'] === \T_COMMENT
diff --git a/Universal/Sniffs/WhiteSpace/PrecisionAlignmentSniff.php b/Universal/Sniffs/WhiteSpace/PrecisionAlignmentSniff.php
index 79210db3..32d04654 100644
--- a/Universal/Sniffs/WhiteSpace/PrecisionAlignmentSniff.php
+++ b/Universal/Sniffs/WhiteSpace/PrecisionAlignmentSniff.php
@@ -208,7 +208,11 @@ public function process(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr)
                 $origContent = $tokens[$i]['orig_content'];
             }
 
-            $spaces = 0;
+            $spaces  = 0;
+            $length  = 0;
+            $content = '';
+            $closer  = '';
+
             switch ($tokens[$i]['code']) {
                 case \T_WHITESPACE:
                     if ($this->ignoreBlankLines === true