diff --git a/.github/workflows/static-checks.yml b/.github/workflows/static-checks.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..79e0186d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/static-checks.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+name: Static checks
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ master ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ master ]
+
+jobs:
+  clang-tidy:
+    name: clang-tidy
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+            cmake ninja-build clang-tidy zlib1g-dev libexpat1-dev
+
+      - name: Configure
+        run: |
+          cmake -S . -B build -G Ninja \
+            -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
+            -DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS=ON \
+            -DUSE_CIFTI_CODE=ON -DUSE_FSL_CODE=ON
+
+      # The tree is not yet clean under every enabled check, so this reports
+      # findings without failing.  Drop the "|| true" once it is.
+      - name: Run clang-tidy
+        run: run-clang-tidy -p build -j "$(nproc)" -quiet || true
+
+  warnings-as-errors:
+    name: warnings-as-errors (${{ matrix.cc }})
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        cc: [gcc, clang]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+            cmake ninja-build zlib1g-dev libexpat1-dev
+
+      - name: Build with -Werror
+        run: |
+          cmake -S . -B build -G Ninja \
+            -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
+            -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=${{ matrix.cc }} \
+            -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON \
+            -DUSE_CIFTI_CODE=ON -DUSE_FSL_CODE=ON \
+            -DNIFTI_WARNINGS_AS_ERRORS=ON
+          cmake --build build -j "$(nproc)"
+
+      - name: Test
+        run: ctest --test-dir build --output-on-failure
diff --git a/cifti/afni_xml_io.c b/cifti/afni_xml_io.c
index a59f5c3e..c4513557 100644
--- a/cifti/afni_xml_io.c
+++ b/cifti/afni_xml_io.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ int axio_read_cifti_file(const char * fname, int get_ndata,
 
    if( !fname || !nim_out || !ax_out ) {
       fprintf(stderr,"** axio_CIFTI: NULL inputs %p, %p, %p\n",
-              fname, (void *)nim_out, (void *)ax_out);
+              (const void *)fname, (void *)nim_out, (void *)ax_out);
       return 1;
    }