diff --git a/bisect.c b/bisect.c
index b63669cc9d..38b3891f3a 100644
--- a/bisect.c
+++ b/bisect.c
@@ -648,11 +648,14 @@ static struct commit_list *managed_skipped(struct commit_list *list,
 }
 
 static void bisect_rev_setup(struct repository *r, struct rev_info *revs,
+			     struct strvec *rev_argv,
 			     const char *prefix,
 			     const char *bad_format, const char *good_format,
 			     int read_paths)
 {
-	struct strvec rev_argv = STRVEC_INIT;
+	struct setup_revision_opt opt = {
+		.free_removed_argv_elements = 1,
+	};
 	int i;
 
 	repo_init_revisions(r, revs, prefix);
@@ -660,17 +663,16 @@ static void bisect_rev_setup(struct repository *r, struct rev_info *revs,
 	revs->commit_format = CMIT_FMT_UNSPECIFIED;
 
 	/* rev_argv.argv[0] will be ignored by setup_revisions */
-	strvec_push(&rev_argv, "bisect_rev_setup");
-	strvec_pushf(&rev_argv, bad_format, oid_to_hex(current_bad_oid));
+	strvec_push(rev_argv, "bisect_rev_setup");
+	strvec_pushf(rev_argv, bad_format, oid_to_hex(current_bad_oid));
 	for (i = 0; i < good_revs.nr; i++)
-		strvec_pushf(&rev_argv, good_format,
+		strvec_pushf(rev_argv, good_format,
 			     oid_to_hex(good_revs.oid + i));
-	strvec_push(&rev_argv, "--");
+	strvec_push(rev_argv, "--");
 	if (read_paths)
-		read_bisect_paths(&rev_argv);
+		read_bisect_paths(rev_argv);
 
-	setup_revisions(rev_argv.nr, rev_argv.v, revs, NULL);
-	/* XXX leak rev_argv, as "revs" may still be pointing to it */
+	setup_revisions(rev_argv->nr, rev_argv->v, revs, &opt);
 }
 
 static void bisect_common(struct rev_info *revs)
@@ -873,10 +875,11 @@ static enum bisect_error check_merge_bases(int rev_nr, struct commit **rev, int
 static int check_ancestors(struct repository *r, int rev_nr,
 			   struct commit **rev, const char *prefix)
 {
+	struct strvec rev_argv = STRVEC_INIT;
 	struct rev_info revs;
 	int res;
 
-	bisect_rev_setup(r, &revs, prefix, "^%s", "%s", 0);
+	bisect_rev_setup(r, &revs, &rev_argv, prefix, "^%s", "%s", 0);
 
 	bisect_common(&revs);
 	res = (revs.commits != NULL);
@@ -885,6 +888,7 @@ static int check_ancestors(struct repository *r, int rev_nr,
 	clear_commit_marks_many(rev_nr, rev, ALL_REV_FLAGS);
 
 	release_revisions(&revs);
+	strvec_clear(&rev_argv);
 	return res;
 }
 
@@ -1010,6 +1014,7 @@ void read_bisect_terms(const char **read_bad, const char **read_good)
  */
 enum bisect_error bisect_next_all(struct repository *r, const char *prefix)
 {
+	struct strvec rev_argv = STRVEC_INIT;
 	struct rev_info revs = REV_INFO_INIT;
 	struct commit_list *tried;
 	int reaches = 0, all = 0, nr, steps;
@@ -1037,7 +1042,7 @@ enum bisect_error bisect_next_all(struct repository *r, const char *prefix)
 	if (res)
 		goto cleanup;
 
-	bisect_rev_setup(r, &revs, prefix, "%s", "^%s", 1);
+	bisect_rev_setup(r, &revs, &rev_argv, prefix, "%s", "^%s", 1);
 
 	revs.first_parent_only = !!(bisect_flags & FIND_BISECTION_FIRST_PARENT_ONLY);
 	revs.limited = 1;
@@ -1054,7 +1059,7 @@ enum bisect_error bisect_next_all(struct repository *r, const char *prefix)
 		 */
 		res = error_if_skipped_commits(tried, NULL);
 		if (res < 0)
-			return res;
+			goto cleanup;
 		printf(_("%s was both %s and %s\n"),
 		       oid_to_hex(current_bad_oid),
 		       term_good,
@@ -1112,6 +1117,7 @@ enum bisect_error bisect_next_all(struct repository *r, const char *prefix)
 	res = bisect_checkout(bisect_rev, no_checkout);
 cleanup:
 	release_revisions(&revs);
+	strvec_clear(&rev_argv);
 	return res;
 }
 
diff --git a/builtin/log.c b/builtin/log.c
index 88a5e98875..9b937d59b8 100644
--- a/builtin/log.c
+++ b/builtin/log.c
@@ -668,10 +668,10 @@ static void show_setup_revisions_tweak(struct rev_info *rev,
 int cmd_show(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
 	struct rev_info rev;
-	struct object_array_entry *objects;
+	unsigned int i;
 	struct setup_revision_opt opt;
 	struct pathspec match_all;
-	int i, count, ret = 0;
+	int ret = 0;
 
 	init_log_defaults();
 	git_config(git_log_config, NULL);
@@ -698,12 +698,10 @@ int cmd_show(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	if (!rev.no_walk)
 		return cmd_log_deinit(cmd_log_walk(&rev), &rev);
 
-	count = rev.pending.nr;
-	objects = rev.pending.objects;
 	rev.diffopt.no_free = 1;
-	for (i = 0; i < count && !ret; i++) {
-		struct object *o = objects[i].item;
-		const char *name = objects[i].name;
+	for (i = 0; i < rev.pending.nr && !ret; i++) {
+		struct object *o = rev.pending.objects[i].item;
+		const char *name = rev.pending.objects[i].name;
 		switch (o->type) {
 		case OBJ_BLOB:
 			ret = show_blob_object(&o->oid, &rev, name);
@@ -726,7 +724,7 @@ int cmd_show(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			if (!o)
 				ret = error(_("could not read object %s"),
 					    oid_to_hex(oid));
-			objects[i].item = o;
+			rev.pending.objects[i].item = o;
 			i--;
 			break;
 		}
@@ -743,11 +741,24 @@ int cmd_show(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			rev.shown_one = 1;
 			break;
 		case OBJ_COMMIT:
-			rev.pending.nr = rev.pending.alloc = 0;
-			rev.pending.objects = NULL;
+		{
+			struct object_array old;
+			struct object_array blank = OBJECT_ARRAY_INIT;
+
+			memcpy(&old, &rev.pending, sizeof(old));
+			memcpy(&rev.pending, &blank, sizeof(rev.pending));
+
 			add_object_array(o, name, &rev.pending);
 			ret = cmd_log_walk_no_free(&rev);
+
+			/*
+			 * No need for
+			 * object_array_clear(&pending). It was
+			 * cleared already in prepare_revision_walk()
+			 */
+			memcpy(&rev.pending, &old, sizeof(rev.pending));
 			break;
+		}
 		default:
 			ret = error(_("unknown type: %d"), o->type);
 		}
diff --git a/builtin/submodule--helper.c b/builtin/submodule--helper.c
index fac52ade5e..b63f420ece 100644
--- a/builtin/submodule--helper.c
+++ b/builtin/submodule--helper.c
@@ -1104,6 +1104,9 @@ static int compute_summary_module_list(struct object_id *head_oid,
 {
 	struct strvec diff_args = STRVEC_INIT;
 	struct rev_info rev;
+	struct setup_revision_opt opt = {
+		.free_removed_argv_elements = 1,
+	};
 	struct module_cb_list list = MODULE_CB_LIST_INIT;
 	int ret = 0;
 
@@ -1121,7 +1124,7 @@ static int compute_summary_module_list(struct object_id *head_oid,
 	init_revisions(&rev, info->prefix);
 	rev.abbrev = 0;
 	precompose_argv_prefix(diff_args.nr, diff_args.v, NULL);
-	setup_revisions(diff_args.nr, diff_args.v, &rev, NULL);
+	setup_revisions(diff_args.nr, diff_args.v, &rev, &opt);
 	rev.diffopt.output_format = DIFF_FORMAT_NO_OUTPUT | DIFF_FORMAT_CALLBACK;
 	rev.diffopt.format_callback = submodule_summary_callback;
 	rev.diffopt.format_callback_data = &list;
diff --git a/remote.c b/remote.c
index e90dca1d56..618ad5a0f1 100644
--- a/remote.c
+++ b/remote.c
@@ -2147,6 +2147,9 @@ static int stat_branch_pair(const char *branch_name, const char *base,
 	struct object_id oid;
 	struct commit *ours, *theirs;
 	struct rev_info revs;
+	struct setup_revision_opt opt = {
+		.free_removed_argv_elements = 1,
+	};
 	struct strvec argv = STRVEC_INIT;
 
 	/* Cannot stat if what we used to build on no longer exists */
@@ -2181,7 +2184,7 @@ static int stat_branch_pair(const char *branch_name, const char *base,
 	strvec_push(&argv, "--");
 
 	repo_init_revisions(the_repository, &revs, NULL);
-	setup_revisions(argv.nr, argv.v, &revs, NULL);
+	setup_revisions(argv.nr, argv.v, &revs, &opt);
 	if (prepare_revision_walk(&revs))
 		die(_("revision walk setup failed"));
 
diff --git a/revision.c b/revision.c
index 87f1c117d1..f4eee11cc8 100644
--- a/revision.c
+++ b/revision.c
@@ -2784,6 +2784,8 @@ int setup_revisions(int argc, const char **argv, struct rev_info *revs, struct s
 			const char *arg = argv[i];
 			if (strcmp(arg, "--"))
 				continue;
+			if (opt && opt->free_removed_argv_elements)
+				free((char *)argv[i]);
 			argv[i] = NULL;
 			argc = i;
 			if (argv[i + 1])
diff --git a/revision.h b/revision.h
index e576845cdd..bb91e7ed91 100644
--- a/revision.h
+++ b/revision.h
@@ -375,7 +375,8 @@ struct setup_revision_opt {
 	const char *def;
 	void (*tweak)(struct rev_info *, struct setup_revision_opt *);
 	unsigned int	assume_dashdash:1,
-			allow_exclude_promisor_objects:1;
+			allow_exclude_promisor_objects:1,
+			free_removed_argv_elements:1;
 	unsigned revarg_opt;
 };
 int setup_revisions(int argc, const char **argv, struct rev_info *revs,
diff --git a/t/helper/test-fast-rebase.c b/t/helper/test-fast-rebase.c
index 4e5553e202..45665ec19a 100644
--- a/t/helper/test-fast-rebase.c
+++ b/t/helper/test-fast-rebase.c
@@ -184,8 +184,6 @@ int cmd__fast_rebase(int argc, const char **argv)
 		last_picked_commit = commit;
 		last_commit = create_commit(result.tree, commit, last_commit);
 	}
-	/* TODO: There should be some kind of rev_info_free(&revs) call... */
-	memset(&revs, 0, sizeof(revs));
 
 	merge_switch_to_result(&merge_opt, head_tree, &result, 1, !result.clean);
 
diff --git a/t/t0203-gettext-setlocale-sanity.sh b/t/t0203-gettext-setlocale-sanity.sh
index 0ce1f22eff..86cff324ff 100755
--- a/t/t0203-gettext-setlocale-sanity.sh
+++ b/t/t0203-gettext-setlocale-sanity.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 test_description="The Git C functions aren't broken by setlocale(3)"
 
+TEST_PASSES_SANITIZE_LEAK=true
 . ./lib-gettext.sh
 
 test_expect_success 'git show a ISO-8859-1 commit under C locale' '
diff --git a/t/t1020-subdirectory.sh b/t/t1020-subdirectory.sh
index 9fdbb2af80..45eef9457f 100755
--- a/t/t1020-subdirectory.sh
+++ b/t/t1020-subdirectory.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 test_description='Try various core-level commands in subdirectory.
 '
 
+TEST_PASSES_SANITIZE_LEAK=true
 . ./test-lib.sh
 . "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/lib-read-tree.sh
 
diff --git a/t/t2020-checkout-detach.sh b/t/t2020-checkout-detach.sh
index bc46713a43..2eab6474f8 100755
--- a/t/t2020-checkout-detach.sh
+++ b/t/t2020-checkout-detach.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ test_description='checkout into detached HEAD state'
 GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_INITIAL_BRANCH_NAME=main
 export GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_INITIAL_BRANCH_NAME
 
+TEST_PASSES_SANITIZE_LEAK=true
 . ./test-lib.sh
 
 check_detached () {
diff --git a/t/t3307-notes-man.sh b/t/t3307-notes-man.sh
index 1aa366a410..ae316502c4 100755
--- a/t/t3307-notes-man.sh
+++ b/t/t3307-notes-man.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ test_description='Examples from the git-notes man page
 
 Make sure the manual is not full of lies.'
 
+TEST_PASSES_SANITIZE_LEAK=true
 . ./test-lib.sh
 
 test_expect_success 'setup' '
diff --git a/t/t3920-crlf-messages.sh b/t/t3920-crlf-messages.sh
index 0276edbe3d..4c661d4d54 100755
--- a/t/t3920-crlf-messages.sh
+++ b/t/t3920-crlf-messages.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 test_description='Test ref-filter and pretty APIs for commit and tag messages using CRLF'
+
+TEST_PASSES_SANITIZE_LEAK=true
 . ./test-lib.sh
 
 LIB_CRLF_BRANCHES=""
diff --git a/t/t4069-remerge-diff.sh b/t/t4069-remerge-diff.sh
index 35f94957fc..9e7cac68b1 100755
--- a/t/t4069-remerge-diff.sh
+++ b/t/t4069-remerge-diff.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 test_description='remerge-diff handling'
 
+TEST_PASSES_SANITIZE_LEAK=true
 . ./test-lib.sh
 
 # This test is ort-specific
diff --git a/t/t7007-show.sh b/t/t7007-show.sh
index d6cc69e0f2..f908a4d1ab 100755
--- a/t/t7007-show.sh
+++ b/t/t7007-show.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 test_description='git show'
 
+TEST_PASSES_SANITIZE_LEAK=true
 . ./test-lib.sh
 
 test_expect_success setup '
diff --git a/t/t7503-pre-commit-and-pre-merge-commit-hooks.sh b/t/t7503-pre-commit-and-pre-merge-commit-hooks.sh
index ad1eb64ba0..aa004b70a8 100755
--- a/t/t7503-pre-commit-and-pre-merge-commit-hooks.sh
+++ b/t/t7503-pre-commit-and-pre-merge-commit-hooks.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ test_description='pre-commit and pre-merge-commit hooks'
 GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_INITIAL_BRANCH_NAME=main
 export GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_INITIAL_BRANCH_NAME
 
+TEST_PASSES_SANITIZE_LEAK=true
 . ./test-lib.sh
 
 test_expect_success 'root commit' '
diff --git a/t/t9122-git-svn-author.sh b/t/t9122-git-svn-author.sh
index 527ba3d293..0fc289ae0f 100755
--- a/t/t9122-git-svn-author.sh
+++ b/t/t9122-git-svn-author.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 test_description='git svn authorship'
 
-TEST_FAILS_SANITIZE_LEAK=true
 . ./lib-git-svn.sh
 
 test_expect_success 'setup svn repository' '
diff --git a/t/t9162-git-svn-dcommit-interactive.sh b/t/t9162-git-svn-dcommit-interactive.sh
index e2aa8ed88a..b3ce033a0d 100755
--- a/t/t9162-git-svn-dcommit-interactive.sh
+++ b/t/t9162-git-svn-dcommit-interactive.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 test_description='git svn dcommit --interactive series'
 
-TEST_FAILS_SANITIZE_LEAK=true
 . ./lib-git-svn.sh
 
 test_expect_success 'initialize repo' '