diff --git a/validate/data/gstvalidate.supp b/validate/data/gstvalidate.supp
index 66752f0bb0..bea7d0c17a 100644
--- a/validate/data/gstvalidate.supp
+++ b/validate/data/gstvalidate.supp
@@ -201,3 +201,41 @@
    fun:_draw_background
    fun:gst_gl_video_mixer_callback
 }
+
+{
+    #https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8215
+    #https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8428
+    #FcPattern uses 'intptr_t elts_offset' instead of 'FcPatternEltPtr elts',
+    #which confuses valgrind.
+    font_config_bug_2
+    Memcheck:Leak
+    fun:*alloc
+    ...
+    fun:Fc*Add*
+}
+{
+    #Same root cause as font_config_bug_2.
+    #The 'leak' here is a copy of rule values, as opposed to new values.
+    font_config_bug_3
+    Memcheck:Leak
+    fun:*alloc
+    ...
+    fun:FcConfigValues
+}
+{
+    #Same root cause as font_config_bug_2.
+    #The 'leak' is copies of font or pattern values into returned pattern values.
+    font_config_bug_4
+    Memcheck:Leak
+    fun:*alloc
+    ...
+    fun:FcValue*
+    fun:FcFontRenderPrepare
+}
+{
+   font_config_bug_6
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:*alloc
+   ...
+   obj:*/libfontconfig.so.*
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-bin-monitor.c b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-bin-monitor.c
index ae6ad46744..2264fa282c 100644
--- a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-bin-monitor.c
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-bin-monitor.c
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ gst_validate_bin_monitor_dispose (GObject * object)
   if (monitor->scenario) {
     gst_validate_reporter_purge_reports (GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER
         (monitor->scenario));
-    g_object_unref (monitor->scenario);
+    gst_object_unref (monitor->scenario);
   }
 
   g_list_free_full (monitor->element_monitors, purge_and_unref_reporter);
diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c
index dd8f4c4792..1985d7dbf2 100644
--- a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c
@@ -959,7 +959,7 @@ gst_validate_pad_monitor_reset (GstValidatePadMonitor * pad_monitor)
 {
   gst_validate_pad_monitor_flush (pad_monitor);
 
-  /* Note : For the entries that haven't been resetted in _flush(), do
+  /* Note : For the entries that haven't been reset in _flush(), do
    * it here and keep in the same order as the GstValidatePadMonitor
    * structure */
 
@@ -1637,11 +1637,17 @@ gst_validate_pad_monitor_add_expected_newsegment (GstValidatePadMonitor *
     switch (gst_iterator_next (iter, &value)) {
       case GST_ITERATOR_OK:
         otherpad = g_value_get_object (&value);
-        if (!otherpad)
+        if (!otherpad) {
+          g_value_reset (&value);
           continue;
+        }
+
         othermonitor = _GET_PAD_MONITOR (otherpad);
-        if (!othermonitor)
+        if (!othermonitor) {
+          g_value_reset (&value);
           continue;
+        }
+
         GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_LOCK (othermonitor);
         gst_event_replace (&othermonitor->expected_segment, event);
         GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_UNLOCK (othermonitor);
diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pipeline-monitor.c b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pipeline-monitor.c
index 6aa590e791..3be5fbb3d0 100644
--- a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pipeline-monitor.c
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pipeline-monitor.c
@@ -775,6 +775,7 @@ gst_validate_pipeline_monitor_create_scenarios (GstValidateBinMonitor * monitor)
           GST_INFO_OBJECT (monitor, "Not attaching to pipeline %" GST_PTR_FORMAT
               " as not matching pattern %s", target, scenario_v[1]);
 
+          g_strfreev (scenario_v);
           goto done;
         }
       }
diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c
index 91141e2483..d3cdf00639 100644
--- a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c
@@ -747,6 +747,7 @@ _report_free (GstValidateReport * report)
   g_free (report->message);
   g_free (report->reporter_name);
   g_free (report->trace);
+  g_free (report->dotfile_name);
   g_list_free_full (report->shadow_reports,
       (GDestroyNotify) gst_validate_report_unref);
   g_list_free_full (report->repeated_reports,
@@ -767,6 +768,7 @@ gst_validate_report_new (GstValidateIssue * issue,
   gst_mini_object_init (((GstMiniObject *) report), 0,
       _gst_validate_report_type, NULL, NULL,
       (GstMiniObjectFreeFunction) _report_free);
+  GST_MINI_OBJECT_FLAG_SET (report, GST_MINI_OBJECT_FLAG_MAY_BE_LEAKED);
 
   report->issue = issue;
   /* The reporter is owning a ref on the report so it doesn't keep a ref to
diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c
index ff41b3208e..a48dd1a97d 100644
--- a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c
@@ -541,6 +541,8 @@ _update_well_known_vars (GstValidateScenario * scenario)
   } else {
     GST_WARNING_OBJECT (scenario, "Could not query position");
   }
+
+  gst_object_unref (pipeline);
 }
 
 static gboolean
@@ -2861,6 +2863,7 @@ _execute_appsrc_push (GstValidateScenario * scenario,
   gst_validate_action_ref (action);
 
   g_signal_emit_by_name (target, "push-buffer", buffer, &push_buffer_ret);
+  gst_buffer_unref (buffer);
   if (push_buffer_ret != GST_FLOW_OK) {
     gchar *structure_string = gst_structure_to_string (action->structure);
     GST_VALIDATE_REPORT_ACTION (scenario, action,
@@ -3004,6 +3007,7 @@ gst_validate_action_default_prepare_func (GstValidateAction * action)
   GstClockTime tmp;
   gchar *repeat_expr;
   gchar *error = NULL;
+  GstValidateExecuteActionReturn res = GST_VALIDATE_EXECUTE_ACTION_OK;
   GstValidateActionType *type = gst_validate_get_action_type (action->type);
   GstValidateScenario *scenario = gst_validate_action_get_scenario (action);
 
@@ -3018,17 +3022,17 @@ gst_validate_action_default_prepare_func (GstValidateAction * action)
   }
 
   if (action->repeat > 0)
-    return GST_VALIDATE_EXECUTE_ACTION_OK;
+    goto done;
 
   if (!gst_structure_has_field (action->structure, "repeat"))
-    return GST_VALIDATE_EXECUTE_ACTION_OK;
+    goto done;
 
   if (gst_structure_get_int (action->structure, "repeat", &action->repeat))
-    return GST_VALIDATE_EXECUTE_ACTION_OK;
+    goto done;
 
   if (gst_structure_get_double (action->structure, "repeat",
           (gdouble *) & action->repeat))
-    return GST_VALIDATE_EXECUTE_ACTION_OK;
+    goto done;
 
   repeat_expr =
       g_strdup (gst_structure_get_string (action->structure, "repeat"));
@@ -3036,7 +3040,7 @@ gst_validate_action_default_prepare_func (GstValidateAction * action)
     g_error ("Invalid value for 'repeat' in %s",
         gst_structure_to_string (action->structure));
 
-    return GST_VALIDATE_EXECUTE_ACTION_ERROR;
+    goto err;
   }
 
   action->repeat =
@@ -3046,7 +3050,7 @@ gst_validate_action_default_prepare_func (GstValidateAction * action)
     g_error ("Invalid value for 'repeat' in %s: %s",
         gst_structure_to_string (action->structure), error);
 
-    return GST_VALIDATE_EXECUTE_ACTION_ERROR;
+    goto err;
   }
   g_free (repeat_expr);
 
@@ -3055,10 +3059,14 @@ gst_validate_action_default_prepare_func (GstValidateAction * action)
   gst_structure_set (action->priv->main_structure, "repeat", G_TYPE_INT,
       action->repeat, NULL);
 
+done:
   if (scenario)
     gst_object_unref (scenario);
 
-  return GST_VALIDATE_EXECUTE_ACTION_OK;
+  return res;
+err:
+  res = GST_VALIDATE_EXECUTE_ACTION_ERROR;
+  goto done;
 }
 
 static void
@@ -3113,6 +3121,7 @@ gst_validate_scenario_check_latency (GstValidateScenario * scenario,
   }
 
   gst_query_parse_latency (query, NULL, &min_latency, NULL);
+  gst_query_unref (query);
   GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (scenario, "Pipeline latency: %" GST_TIME_FORMAT
       " max allowed: %" GST_TIME_FORMAT,
       GST_TIME_ARGS (min_latency), GST_TIME_ARGS (priv->max_latency));
@@ -4310,6 +4319,7 @@ check_last_sample_internal (GstValidateScenario * scenario,
   }
 
 done:
+  gst_sample_unref (sample);
   return res;
 }
 
@@ -4352,6 +4362,8 @@ _check_last_sample_value (GstValidateScenario * scenario,
   g_object_get (sink, "last-sample", &sample, NULL);
   if (sample == NULL)
     return GST_VALIDATE_EXECUTE_ACTION_ASYNC;
+  gst_sample_unref (sample);
+  gst_validate_action_unref (action);
 
   g_signal_handlers_disconnect_by_func (sink, sink_last_sample_notify_cb,
       action);
@@ -4479,10 +4491,12 @@ _execute_check_last_sample (GstValidateScenario * scenario,
     goto error;
   }
 
+  g_clear_object (&pipeline);
   return _check_last_sample_value (scenario, action, sink);
 
 error:
   g_clear_object (&sink);
+  g_clear_object (&pipeline);
   return GST_VALIDATE_EXECUTE_ACTION_ERROR_REPORTED;
 }
 
diff --git a/validate/plugins/flow/gstvalidateflow.c b/validate/plugins/flow/gstvalidateflow.c
index 0eab865f6b..6969dd5d4b 100644
--- a/validate/plugins/flow/gstvalidateflow.c
+++ b/validate/plugins/flow/gstvalidateflow.c
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ validate_flow_override_new (GstStructure * config)
   gchar *ignored_fields, *logged_fields;
 
   flow = g_object_new (VALIDATE_TYPE_FLOW_OVERRIDE, NULL);
+  GST_OBJECT_FLAG_SET (flow, GST_OBJECT_FLAG_MAY_BE_LEAKED);
   override = GST_VALIDATE_OVERRIDE (flow);
 
   /* pad: Name of the pad where flowing buffers and events will be monitorized. */