diff --git a/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Core/TopologyKernel.cc b/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Core/TopologyKernel.cc
index 66180619008a41b3c6386f9cd4e8900202b97407..da783c38a4c81c22939fbddd6ec0647fcb130561 100644
--- a/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Core/TopologyKernel.cc
+++ b/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Core/TopologyKernel.cc
@@ -468,6 +468,7 @@ CellHandle TopologyKernel::add_cell(const std::vector<HalfFaceHandle>& _halfface
 //========================================================================================
 
 /// Set the vertices of an edge
+// cppcheck-suppress unusedFunction ; public interface
 void TopologyKernel::set_edge(const EdgeHandle& _eh, const VertexHandle& _fromVertex, const VertexHandle& _toVertex) {
 
     assert(_fromVertex.is_valid() && (size_t)_fromVertex.idx() < n_vertices() && !is_deleted(_fromVertex));
@@ -502,6 +503,7 @@ void TopologyKernel::set_edge(const EdgeHandle& _eh, const VertexHandle& _fromVe
 //========================================================================================
 
 /// Set the half-edges of a face
+// cppcheck-suppress unusedFunction ; public interface
 void TopologyKernel::set_face(const FaceHandle& _fh, const std::vector<HalfEdgeHandle>& _hes) {
 
     Face& f = face(_fh);
@@ -542,6 +544,7 @@ void TopologyKernel::set_face(const FaceHandle& _fh, const std::vector<HalfEdgeH
 //========================================================================================
 
 /// Set the half-faces of a cell
+// cppcheck-suppress unusedFunction ; public interface
 void TopologyKernel::set_cell(const CellHandle& _ch, const std::vector<HalfFaceHandle>& _hfs) {
 
     Cell& c = cell(_ch);
@@ -1954,6 +1957,7 @@ void TopologyKernel::delete_multiple_cells(const std::vector<bool>& _tag) {
 
 //========================================================================================
 
+// cppcheck-suppress unusedFunction ; public interface
 CellIter TopologyKernel::delete_cell_range(const CellIter& _first, const CellIter& _last) {
 
     assert(_first >= cells_begin());
diff --git a/src/OpenVolumeMesh/FileManager/FileManager.cc b/src/OpenVolumeMesh/FileManager/FileManager.cc
index d06e6e0b97dfa2ef3a2507c1678ac2e71a78842f..2f3005b5a29dd6130eac6beed26ae4eb39d23dee 100644
--- a/src/OpenVolumeMesh/FileManager/FileManager.cc
+++ b/src/OpenVolumeMesh/FileManager/FileManager.cc
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ bool FileManager::isHexahedralMesh(const std::string& _filename) const {
   return true;
 }
 
+// cppcheck-suppress unusedFunction ; public interface
 bool FileManager::isTetrahedralMesh(const std::string& _filename) const {
 
   std::ifstream iff(_filename.c_str(), std::ios::in);
diff --git a/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Mesh/TetrahedralMeshTopologyKernel.cc b/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Mesh/TetrahedralMeshTopologyKernel.cc
index d0c1c628e80074239c346551c843ac8b80275c51..2c5ec1286098b1c451441c210743b8e33047aeb0 100644
--- a/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Mesh/TetrahedralMeshTopologyKernel.cc
+++ b/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Mesh/TetrahedralMeshTopologyKernel.cc
@@ -330,6 +330,7 @@ void TetrahedralMeshTopologyKernel::collapse_edge(HalfEdgeHandle _heh)
 //    swapPropertyElements(halfedge_props_begin(), halfedge_props_end(), source, destination);
 //}
 
+// cppcheck-suppress unusedFunction ; public interface
 VertexHandle TetrahedralMeshTopologyKernel::collapse_edge(HalfEdgeHandle _heh)
 {
     bool deferred_deletion_tmp = deferred_deletion_enabled();
@@ -420,6 +421,7 @@ VertexHandle TetrahedralMeshTopologyKernel::collapse_edge(HalfEdgeHandle _heh)
 
 }
 
+// cppcheck-suppress unusedFunction ; public interface
 void TetrahedralMeshTopologyKernel::split_edge(HalfEdgeHandle _heh, VertexHandle _vh)
 {
     bool deferred_deletion_tmp = deferred_deletion_enabled();
@@ -448,6 +450,7 @@ void TetrahedralMeshTopologyKernel::split_edge(HalfEdgeHandle _heh, VertexHandle
 
 }
 
+// cppcheck-suppress unusedFunction ; public interface
 void TetrahedralMeshTopologyKernel::split_face(FaceHandle _fh, VertexHandle _vh)
 {
     bool deferred_deletion_tmp = deferred_deletion_enabled();
@@ -560,6 +563,7 @@ std::vector<VertexHandle> TetrahedralMeshTopologyKernel::get_halfface_vertices(H
     return std::vector<VertexHandle>();
 }
 
+// cppcheck-suppress unusedFunction ; public interface
 std::vector<VertexHandle> TetrahedralMeshTopologyKernel::get_halfface_vertices(HalfFaceHandle hfh, HalfEdgeHandle heh) const
 {
     std::vector<VertexHandle> vertices;