diff --git a/src/App/Application.cpp b/src/App/Application.cpp
index 59fc634f09..aa67fb1e7e 100644
--- a/src/App/Application.cpp
+++ b/src/App/Application.cpp
@@ -599,7 +599,13 @@ public:
     ~DocOpenGuard() {
         if(flag) {
             flag = false;
-            signal();
+            try {
+                signal();
+            }
+            catch (const boost::exception&) {
+                // reported by code analyzers
+                Base::Console().Warning("~DocOpenGuard: Unexpected boost exception\n");
+            }
         }
     }
 };
@@ -926,7 +932,13 @@ Application::TransactionSignaller::TransactionSignaller(bool abort, bool signal)
 Application::TransactionSignaller::~TransactionSignaller() {
     if(--_TransSignalCount == 0 && _TransSignalled) {
         _TransSignalled = false;
-        GetApplication().signalCloseTransaction(abort);
+        try {
+            GetApplication().signalCloseTransaction(abort);
+        }
+        catch (const boost::exception&) {
+            // reported by code analyzers
+            Base::Console().Warning("~TransactionSignaller: Unexpected boost exception\n");
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/Base/Exception.cpp b/src/Base/Exception.cpp
index 522429de6d..cd88fe97c7 100644
--- a/src/Base/Exception.cpp
+++ b/src/Base/Exception.cpp
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ PyObject * Exception::getPyObject(void)
 
 void Exception::setPyObject( PyObject * pydict)
 {
-    if (pydict!=NULL) {
+    if (pydict && Py::_Dict_Check(pydict)) {
         Py::Dict edict(pydict);
         if (edict.hasKey("sfile"))
             _file = static_cast<std::string>(Py::String(edict.getItem("sfile")));
diff --git a/src/Gui/TaskElementColors.cpp b/src/Gui/TaskElementColors.cpp
index 1b3e708c64..c9d3dd30b6 100644
--- a/src/Gui/TaskElementColors.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/TaskElementColors.cpp
@@ -106,7 +106,12 @@ public:
     }
 
     ~Private() {
-        vpParent->OnTopWhenSelected.setValue(onTopMode);
+        try {
+            vpParent->OnTopWhenSelected.setValue(onTopMode);
+        }
+        catch (const Base::Exception& e) {
+            e.ReportException();
+        }
     }
 
     bool allow(App::Document *doc, App::DocumentObject *obj, const char *subname) {
diff --git a/src/Gui/View3DInventorViewer.cpp b/src/Gui/View3DInventorViewer.cpp
index 7133107dc6..cbbab73393 100644
--- a/src/Gui/View3DInventorViewer.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/View3DInventorViewer.cpp
@@ -1062,7 +1062,8 @@ void View3DInventorViewer::setupEditingRoot(SoNode *node, const Base::Matrix4D *
     ViewProviderLink::updateLinks(editViewProvider);
 }
 
-void View3DInventorViewer::resetEditingRoot(bool updateLinks) {
+void View3DInventorViewer::resetEditingRoot(bool updateLinks)
+{
     if(!editViewProvider || pcEditingRoot->getNumChildren()<=1)
         return;
     if(!restoreEditingRoot) {
@@ -1077,8 +1078,25 @@ void View3DInventorViewer::resetEditingRoot(bool updateLinks) {
     for(int i=1,count=pcEditingRoot->getNumChildren();i<count;++i)
         root->addChild(pcEditingRoot->getChild(i));
     pcEditingRoot->getChildren()->truncate(1);
-    if(updateLinks)
-        ViewProviderLink::updateLinks(editViewProvider);
+
+    // handle exceptions eventually raised by ViewProviderLink
+    try {
+        if (updateLinks)
+            ViewProviderLink::updateLinks(editViewProvider);
+    }
+    catch (const Py::Exception& e) {
+        Py::Object o = Py::type(e);
+        if (o.isString()) {
+            Py::String s(o);
+            Base::Console().Warning("%s\n", s.as_std_string("utf-8").c_str());
+        }
+        else {
+            Py::String s(o.repr());
+            Base::Console().Warning("%s\n", s.as_std_string("utf-8").c_str());
+        }
+        // Prints message to console window if we are in interactive mode
+        PyErr_Print();
+    }
 }
 
 SoPickedPoint* View3DInventorViewer::getPointOnRay(const SbVec2s& pos, ViewProvider* vp) const