diff --git a/src/cmake.cc b/src/cmake.cc
index 225fce9..973ac6a 100644
--- a/src/cmake.cc
+++ b/src/cmake.cc
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 CMake::CMake(const boost::filesystem::path &path) {
   const auto find_cmake_project=[](const boost::filesystem::path &cmake_path) {
     for(auto &line: filesystem::read_lines(cmake_path)) {
-      const static std::regex project_regex("^ *project *\\(.*\\r?$", std::regex::icase);
+      const static std::regex project_regex(R"(^ *project *\(.*\r?$)", std::regex::icase);
       std::smatch sm;
       if(std::regex_match(line, sm, project_regex))
         return true;
diff --git a/src/compile_commands.cc b/src/compile_commands.cc
index 5f11afe..27f946b 100644
--- a/src/compile_commands.cc
+++ b/src/compile_commands.cc
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ std::vector<std::string> CompileCommands::get_arguments(const boost::filesystem:
     arguments.emplace_back(default_std_argument);
   
   auto clang_version_string=clangmm::to_string(clang_getClangVersion());
-  const static std::regex clang_version_regex("^[A-Za-z ]+([0-9.]+).*$");
+  const static std::regex clang_version_regex(R"(^[A-Za-z ]+([0-9.]+).*$)");
   std::smatch sm;
   if(std::regex_match(clang_version_string, sm, clang_version_regex)) {
     auto clang_version=sm[1].str();
diff --git a/src/ctags.cc b/src/ctags.cc
index 31a0845..d2f8f88 100644
--- a/src/ctags.cc
+++ b/src/ctags.cc
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Ctags::Location Ctags::get_location(const std::string &line, bool markup) {
   auto &line_fixed=line;
 #endif
 
-  const static std::regex regex("^([^\t]+)\t([^\t]+)\t(?:/\\^)?([ \t]*)(.+?)(\\$/)?;\"\tline:([0-9]+)\t?[a-zA-Z]*:?(.*)$");
+  const static std::regex regex(R"(^([^\t]+)\t([^\t]+)\t(?:/\^)?([ \t]*)(.+?)(\$/)?;"\tline:([0-9]+)\t?[a-zA-Z]*:?(.*)$)");
   std::smatch sm;
   if(std::regex_match(line_fixed, sm, regex)) {
     location.symbol=sm[1].str();
diff --git a/src/meson.cc b/src/meson.cc
index 0960c92..42516f6 100644
--- a/src/meson.cc
+++ b/src/meson.cc
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 Meson::Meson(const boost::filesystem::path &path) {
   const auto find_project=[](const boost::filesystem::path &file_path) {
     for(auto &line: filesystem::read_lines(file_path)) {
-      const static std::regex project_regex("^ *project *\\(.*\\r?$", std::regex::icase);
+      const static std::regex project_regex(R"(^ *project *\(.*\r?$)", std::regex::icase);
       std::smatch sm;
       if(std::regex_match(line, sm, project_regex))
         return true;
diff --git a/src/source_clang.cc b/src/source_clang.cc
index f8146a7..d7bad23 100644
--- a/src/source_clang.cc
+++ b/src/source_clang.cc
@@ -536,8 +536,8 @@ Source::ClangViewAutocomplete::ClangViewAutocomplete(const boost::filesystem::pa
     
     std::string line=" "+get_line_before();
     const static std::regex dot_or_arrow(R"(^.*[a-zA-Z0-9_\)\]\>](\.|->)([a-zA-Z0-9_]*)$)");
-    const static std::regex colon_colon("^.*::([a-zA-Z0-9_]*)$");
-    const static std::regex part_of_symbol("^.*[^a-zA-Z0-9_]+([a-zA-Z0-9_]{3,})$");
+    const static std::regex colon_colon(R"(^.*::([a-zA-Z0-9_]*)$)");
+    const static std::regex part_of_symbol(R"(^.*[^a-zA-Z0-9_]+([a-zA-Z0-9_]{3,})$)");
     std::smatch sm;
     if(std::regex_match(line, sm, dot_or_arrow)) {
       {
@@ -987,7 +987,7 @@ Source::ClangViewRefactor::ClangViewRefactor(const boost::filesystem::path &file
     }
     else {
       // If cursor is at an include line, return offset to included file
-      const static std::regex include_regex("^[ \t]*#[ \t]*include[ \t]*[<\"]([^<>\"]+)[>\"].*$");
+      const static std::regex include_regex(R"(^[ \t]*#[ \t]*include[ \t]*[<"]([^<>"]+)[>"].*$)");
       std::smatch sm;
       auto line=get_line();
       if(std::regex_match(line, sm, include_regex)) {
diff --git a/src/source_language_protocol.cc b/src/source_language_protocol.cc
index 2cbfccc..50906ba 100644
--- a/src/source_language_protocol.cc
+++ b/src/source_language_protocol.cc
@@ -1148,8 +1148,8 @@ void Source::LanguageProtocolView::setup_autocomplete() {
     
     std::string line=" "+get_line_before();
     const static std::regex dot_or_arrow(R"(^.*[a-zA-Z0-9_\)\]\>"'](\.)([a-zA-Z0-9_]*)$)");
-    const static std::regex colon_colon("^.*::([a-zA-Z0-9_]*)$");
-    const static std::regex part_of_symbol("^.*[^a-zA-Z0-9_]+([a-zA-Z0-9_]{3,})$");
+    const static std::regex colon_colon(R"(^.*::([a-zA-Z0-9_]*)$)");
+    const static std::regex part_of_symbol(R"(^.*[^a-zA-Z0-9_]+([a-zA-Z0-9_]{3,})$)");
     std::smatch sm;
     if(std::regex_match(line, sm, dot_or_arrow)) {
       {
diff --git a/src/usages_clang.cc b/src/usages_clang.cc
index ccd54cf..fd50f37 100644
--- a/src/usages_clang.cc
+++ b/src/usages_clang.cc
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ std::pair<std::map<boost::filesystem::path, Usages::Clang::PathSet>, Usages::Cla
   std::map<boost::filesystem::path, PathSet> paths_includes;
   PathSet paths_with_spelling;
 
-  const static std::regex include_regex("^[ \t]*#[ \t]*include[ \t]*[\"]([^\"]+)[\"].*$");
+  const static std::regex include_regex(R"R(^[ \t]*#[ \t]*include[ \t]*"([^"]+)".*$)R");
 
   auto is_spelling_char = [](char chr) {
     return (chr >= 'a' && chr <= 'z') || (chr >= 'A' && chr <= 'Z') || (chr >= '0' && chr <= '9') || chr == '_';