diff --git a/bazel/ceres.bzl b/bazel/ceres.bzl
index b7ab0bd..a1117aa 100644
--- a/bazel/ceres.bzl
+++ b/bazel/ceres.bzl
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@
             ]),
         copts = [
             "-I" + internal,
+            "-Wunused-parameter",
             "-Wno-sign-compare",
         ] + schur_eliminator_copts,
 
diff --git a/internal/ceres/callbacks.cc b/internal/ceres/callbacks.cc
index b46f62c..79f35e0 100644
--- a/internal/ceres/callbacks.cc
+++ b/internal/ceres/callbacks.cc
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 StateUpdatingCallback::~StateUpdatingCallback() = default;
 
 CallbackReturnType StateUpdatingCallback::operator()(
-    const IterationSummary& summary) {
+    const IterationSummary& /*summary*/) {
   program_->StateVectorToParameterBlocks(parameters_);
   program_->CopyParameterBlockStateToUserState();
   return SOLVER_CONTINUE;
diff --git a/internal/ceres/coordinate_descent_minimizer.cc b/internal/ceres/coordinate_descent_minimizer.cc
index cd0caf2..e99075e 100644
--- a/internal/ceres/coordinate_descent_minimizer.cc
+++ b/internal/ceres/coordinate_descent_minimizer.cc
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
     const Program& program,
     const ProblemImpl::ParameterMap& parameter_map,
     const ParameterBlockOrdering& ordering,
-    std::string* error) {
+    std::string* /*error*/) {
   parameter_blocks_.clear();
   independent_set_offsets_.clear();
   independent_set_offsets_.push_back(0);
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
 
 void CoordinateDescentMinimizer::Minimize(const Minimizer::Options& options,
                                           double* parameters,
-                                          Solver::Summary* summary) {
+                                          Solver::Summary* /*summary*/) {
   // Set the state and mark all parameter blocks constant.
   for (auto* parameter_block : parameter_blocks_) {
     parameter_block->SetState(parameters + parameter_block->state_offset());
diff --git a/internal/ceres/covariance_impl.cc b/internal/ceres/covariance_impl.cc
index 4245e43..d7a7c07 100644
--- a/internal/ceres/covariance_impl.cc
+++ b/internal/ceres/covariance_impl.cc
@@ -468,17 +468,12 @@
     // Iterate over the covariance blocks contained in this row block
     // and count the number of columns in this row block.
     int num_col_blocks = 0;
-
-    // TODO(sameeragarwal): num_columns is being computed but not
-    // being used.
-    int num_columns = 0;
     for (int j = i; j < covariance_blocks.size(); ++j, ++num_col_blocks) {
       const std::pair<const double*, const double*>& block_pair =
           covariance_blocks[j];
       if (block_pair.first != row_block) {
         break;
       }
-      num_columns += problem->ParameterBlockTangentSize(block_pair.second);
     }
 
     // Fill out all the compressed rows for this parameter block.
diff --git a/internal/ceres/dogleg_strategy.cc b/internal/ceres/dogleg_strategy.cc
index 0db57de..adfec3c 100644
--- a/internal/ceres/dogleg_strategy.cc
+++ b/internal/ceres/dogleg_strategy.cc
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@
   reuse_ = false;
 }
 
-void DoglegStrategy::StepRejected(double step_quality) {
+void DoglegStrategy::StepRejected(double /*step_quality*/) {
   radius_ *= 0.5;
   reuse_ = true;
 }
diff --git a/internal/ceres/dynamic_sparse_normal_cholesky_solver.cc b/internal/ceres/dynamic_sparse_normal_cholesky_solver.cc
index 81cf933..ecbc47f 100644
--- a/internal/ceres/dynamic_sparse_normal_cholesky_solver.cc
+++ b/internal/ceres/dynamic_sparse_normal_cholesky_solver.cc
@@ -175,6 +175,8 @@
 DynamicSparseNormalCholeskySolver::SolveImplUsingSuiteSparse(
     CompressedRowSparseMatrix* A, double* rhs_and_solution) {
 #ifdef CERES_NO_SUITESPARSE
+  (void) A;
+  (void) rhs_and_solution;
 
   LinearSolver::Summary summary;
   summary.num_iterations = 0;
diff --git a/internal/ceres/gradient_checking_cost_function.cc b/internal/ceres/gradient_checking_cost_function.cc
index 013a98a..ac013fe 100644
--- a/internal/ceres/gradient_checking_cost_function.cc
+++ b/internal/ceres/gradient_checking_cost_function.cc
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
     : gradient_error_detected_(false) {}
 
 CallbackReturnType GradientCheckingIterationCallback::operator()(
-    const IterationSummary& summary) {
+    const IterationSummary& /*summary*/) {
   if (gradient_error_detected_) {
     LOG(ERROR) << "Gradient error detected. Terminating solver.";
     return SOLVER_ABORT;
diff --git a/internal/ceres/gradient_problem_evaluator.h b/internal/ceres/gradient_problem_evaluator.h
index f1a61b1..c420b62 100644
--- a/internal/ceres/gradient_problem_evaluator.h
+++ b/internal/ceres/gradient_problem_evaluator.h
@@ -52,10 +52,10 @@
 
   std::unique_ptr<SparseMatrix> CreateJacobian() const final { return nullptr; }
 
-  bool Evaluate(const EvaluateOptions& evaluate_options,
+  bool Evaluate(const EvaluateOptions& /*evaluate_options*/,
                 const double* state,
                 double* cost,
-                double* residuals,
+                double* /*residuals*/,
                 double* gradient,
                 SparseMatrix* jacobian) final {
     CHECK(jacobian == nullptr);
diff --git a/internal/ceres/levenberg_marquardt_strategy.cc b/internal/ceres/levenberg_marquardt_strategy.cc
index 76e73b4..81ced2c 100644
--- a/internal/ceres/levenberg_marquardt_strategy.cc
+++ b/internal/ceres/levenberg_marquardt_strategy.cc
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@
   reuse_diagonal_ = false;
 }
 
-void LevenbergMarquardtStrategy::StepRejected(double step_quality) {
+void LevenbergMarquardtStrategy::StepRejected(double /*step_quality*/) {
   radius_ = radius_ / decrease_factor_;
   decrease_factor_ *= 2.0;
   reuse_diagonal_ = true;
diff --git a/internal/ceres/line_search_direction.cc b/internal/ceres/line_search_direction.cc
index f14292f..68c77f7 100644
--- a/internal/ceres/line_search_direction.cc
+++ b/internal/ceres/line_search_direction.cc
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 
 class CERES_NO_EXPORT SteepestDescent final : public LineSearchDirection {
  public:
-  bool NextDirection(const LineSearchMinimizer::State& previous,
+  bool NextDirection(const LineSearchMinimizer::State& /*previous*/,
                      const LineSearchMinimizer::State& current,
                      Vector* search_direction) override {
     *search_direction = -current.gradient;
diff --git a/internal/ceres/line_search_minimizer.h b/internal/ceres/line_search_minimizer.h
index 68936a3..abbf4c5 100644
--- a/internal/ceres/line_search_minimizer.h
+++ b/internal/ceres/line_search_minimizer.h
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 class CERES_NO_EXPORT LineSearchMinimizer final : public Minimizer {
  public:
   struct State {
-    State(int num_parameters, int num_effective_parameters)
+    State(int /*num_parameters*/, int num_effective_parameters)
         : cost(0.0),
           gradient(num_effective_parameters),
           gradient_squared_norm(0.0),
diff --git a/internal/ceres/linear_least_squares_problems.cc b/internal/ceres/linear_least_squares_problems.cc
index 7b87c9a..0b818f5 100644
--- a/internal/ceres/linear_least_squares_problems.cc
+++ b/internal/ceres/linear_least_squares_problems.cc
@@ -930,7 +930,7 @@
                                             const double* D,
                                             const double* b,
                                             const double* x,
-                                            int num_eliminate_blocks) {
+                                            int /*num_eliminate_blocks*/) {
   CHECK(A != nullptr);
   Matrix AA;
   A->ToDenseMatrix(&AA);
@@ -968,7 +968,7 @@
                                              const double* D,
                                              const double* b,
                                              const double* x,
-                                             int num_eliminate_blocks) {
+                                             int /*num_eliminate_blocks*/) {
   CHECK(A != nullptr);
   LOG(INFO) << "writing to: " << filename_base << "*";
 
diff --git a/internal/ceres/manifold.cc b/internal/ceres/manifold.cc
index a2e4c6d..c4895fd 100644
--- a/internal/ceres/manifold.cc
+++ b/internal/ceres/manifold.cc
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@
   return true;
 }
 
-bool SubsetManifold::PlusJacobian(const double* x,
+bool SubsetManifold::PlusJacobian(const double* /*x*/,
                                   double* plus_jacobian) const {
   if (tangent_size_ == 0) {
     return true;
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@
   return true;
 }
 
-bool SubsetManifold::RightMultiplyByPlusJacobian(const double* x,
+bool SubsetManifold::RightMultiplyByPlusJacobian(const double* /*x*/,
                                                  const int num_rows,
                                                  const double* ambient_matrix,
                                                  double* tangent_matrix) const {
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@
   return true;
 }
 
-bool SubsetManifold::MinusJacobian(const double* x,
+bool SubsetManifold::MinusJacobian(const double* /*x*/,
                                    double* minus_jacobian) const {
   const int ambient_size = AmbientSize();
   MatrixRef m(minus_jacobian, tangent_size_, ambient_size);
diff --git a/internal/ceres/parallel_for.h b/internal/ceres/parallel_for.h
index 26a4a79..bf38603 100644
--- a/internal/ceres/parallel_for.h
+++ b/internal/ceres/parallel_for.h
@@ -152,7 +152,6 @@
   int partition_start = start;
   int cost_offset = cumulative_cost_offset;
 
-  const CumulativeCostData* const range_end = cumulative_cost_data + end;
   while (partition_start < end) {
     // Already have max_num_partitions
     if (partition->size() > max_num_partitions) {
diff --git a/internal/ceres/parallel_for_cxx.cc b/internal/ceres/parallel_for_cxx.cc
index 44b0be5..981f724 100644
--- a/internal/ceres/parallel_for_cxx.cc
+++ b/internal/ceres/parallel_for_cxx.cc
@@ -63,8 +63,7 @@
 
 ThreadPoolState::ThreadPoolState(int start,
                                  int end,
-                                 int num_work_blocks,
-                                 int num_workers)
+                                 int num_work_blocks)
     : start(start),
       end(end),
       num_work_blocks(num_work_blocks),
diff --git a/internal/ceres/parallel_for_cxx.h b/internal/ceres/parallel_for_cxx.h
index c33ae08..fb87156 100644
--- a/internal/ceres/parallel_for_cxx.h
+++ b/internal/ceres/parallel_for_cxx.h
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
   // Note that this splitting is optimal in the sense of maximal difference
   // between block sizes, since splitting into equal blocks is possible
   // if and only if number of indices is divisible by number of blocks.
-  ThreadPoolState(int start, int end, int num_work_blocks, int num_workers);
+  ThreadPoolState(int start, int end, int num_work_blocks);
 
   // The start and end index of the for loop.
   const int start;
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
   // the work before the tasks have been popped off the queue.  So the
   // shared state needs to exist for the duration of all the tasks.
   std::shared_ptr<ThreadPoolState> shared_state(
-      new ThreadPoolState(start, end, num_work_blocks, num_threads));
+      new ThreadPoolState(start, end, num_work_blocks));
 
   // A function which tries to perform several chunks of work.
   auto task = [shared_state, num_threads, &function]() {
diff --git a/internal/ceres/power_series_expansion_preconditioner.cc b/internal/ceres/power_series_expansion_preconditioner.cc
index 7a36d92..cdb7bf8 100644
--- a/internal/ceres/power_series_expansion_preconditioner.cc
+++ b/internal/ceres/power_series_expansion_preconditioner.cc
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@
 PowerSeriesExpansionPreconditioner::~PowerSeriesExpansionPreconditioner() =
     default;
 
-bool PowerSeriesExpansionPreconditioner::Update(const LinearOperator& A,
-                                                const double* D) {
+bool PowerSeriesExpansionPreconditioner::Update(const LinearOperator& /*A*/,
+                                                const double* /*D*/) {
   return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/ceres/preconditioner.cc b/internal/ceres/preconditioner.cc
index 3e2bf41..895a406 100644
--- a/internal/ceres/preconditioner.cc
+++ b/internal/ceres/preconditioner.cc
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@
 SparseMatrixPreconditionerWrapper::~SparseMatrixPreconditionerWrapper() =
     default;
 
-bool SparseMatrixPreconditionerWrapper::UpdateImpl(const SparseMatrix& A,
-                                                   const double* D) {
+bool SparseMatrixPreconditionerWrapper::UpdateImpl(const SparseMatrix& /*A*/,
+                                                   const double* /*D*/) {
   return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/ceres/preconditioner.h b/internal/ceres/preconditioner.h
index 654ef60..46fd1fa 100644
--- a/internal/ceres/preconditioner.h
+++ b/internal/ceres/preconditioner.h
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
  public:
   IdentityPreconditioner(int num_rows) : num_rows_(num_rows) {}
 
-  bool Update(const LinearOperator& A, const double* D) final { return true; }
+  bool Update(const LinearOperator& /*A*/, const double* /*D*/) final { return true; }
 
   void RightMultiplyAndAccumulate(const double* x, double* y) const final {
     VectorRef(y, num_rows_) += ConstVectorRef(x, num_rows_);
diff --git a/internal/ceres/problem_impl.cc b/internal/ceres/problem_impl.cc
index 4440526..7a28424 100644
--- a/internal/ceres/problem_impl.cc
+++ b/internal/ceres/problem_impl.cc
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@
   InternalAddParameterBlock(values, size);
 }
 
-void ProblemImpl::InternalSetManifold(double* values,
+void ProblemImpl::InternalSetManifold(double* /*values*/,
                                       ParameterBlock* parameter_block,
                                       Manifold* manifold) {
   if (manifold != nullptr && options_.manifold_ownership == TAKE_OWNERSHIP) {
diff --git a/internal/ceres/program_evaluator.h b/internal/ceres/program_evaluator.h
index cc4da9f..7ccbbd1 100644
--- a/internal/ceres/program_evaluator.h
+++ b/internal/ceres/program_evaluator.h
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
 namespace internal {
 
 struct NullJacobianFinalizer {
-  void operator()(SparseMatrix* jacobian, int num_parameters) {}
+  void operator()(SparseMatrix* /*jacobian*/, int /*num_parameters*/) {}
 };
 
 template <typename EvaluatePreparer,
diff --git a/internal/ceres/reorder_program.cc b/internal/ceres/reorder_program.cc
index 6c5318b..56b0a40 100644
--- a/internal/ceres/reorder_program.cc
+++ b/internal/ceres/reorder_program.cc
@@ -113,6 +113,12 @@
     const ParameterBlockOrdering& parameter_block_ordering,
     int* ordering) {
 #ifdef CERES_NO_SUITESPARSE
+  // "Void"ing values to avoid compiler warnings about unused parameters
+  (void) linear_solver_ordering_type;
+  (void) tsm_block_jacobian_transpose;
+  (void) parameter_blocks;
+  (void) parameter_block_ordering;
+  (void) ordering;
   LOG(FATAL) << "Congratulations, you found a Ceres bug! "
              << "Please report this error to the developers.";
 #else
@@ -243,7 +249,7 @@
 bool LexicographicallyOrderResidualBlocks(
     const int size_of_first_elimination_group,
     Program* program,
-    std::string* error) {
+    std::string* /*error*/) {
   CHECK_GE(size_of_first_elimination_group, 1)
       << "Congratulations, you found a Ceres bug! Please report this error "
       << "to the developers.";
@@ -324,8 +330,13 @@
 // Pre-order the columns corresponding to the Schur complement if
 // possible.
 static void ReorderSchurComplementColumnsUsingSuiteSparse(
-    const ParameterBlockOrdering& parameter_block_ordering, Program* program) {
-#ifndef CERES_NO_SUITESPARSE
+    const ParameterBlockOrdering& parameter_block_ordering,
+    Program* program) {
+#ifdef CERES_NO_SUITESPARSE
+  // "Void"ing values to avoid compiler warnings about unused parameters
+  (void) parameter_block_ordering;
+  (void) program;
+#else
   SuiteSparse ss;
   std::vector<int> constraints;
   std::vector<ParameterBlock*>& parameter_blocks =
@@ -365,7 +376,7 @@
 static void ReorderSchurComplementColumnsUsingEigen(
     LinearSolverOrderingType ordering_type,
     const int size_of_first_elimination_group,
-    const ProblemImpl::ParameterMap& parameter_map,
+    const ProblemImpl::ParameterMap& /*parameter_map*/,
     Program* program) {
 #if defined(CERES_USE_EIGEN_SPARSE)
   std::unique_ptr<TripletSparseMatrix> tsm_block_jacobian_transpose(
diff --git a/internal/ceres/residual_block.cc b/internal/ceres/residual_block.cc
index 93c045f..dff2b36 100644
--- a/internal/ceres/residual_block.cc
+++ b/internal/ceres/residual_block.cc
@@ -113,8 +113,7 @@
     return false;
   }
 
-  if (!IsEvaluationValid(
-          *this, parameters.data(), cost, residuals, eval_jacobians)) {
+  if (!IsEvaluationValid(*this, parameters.data(), residuals, eval_jacobians)) {
     // clang-format off
     std::string message =
         "\n\n"
diff --git a/internal/ceres/residual_block_utils.cc b/internal/ceres/residual_block_utils.cc
index 74eaf58..4d03f94 100644
--- a/internal/ceres/residual_block_utils.cc
+++ b/internal/ceres/residual_block_utils.cc
@@ -114,9 +114,11 @@
   return result;
 }
 
+// TODO(sameeragarwal) Check cost value validness here
+// Cost value is a part of evaluation but not checked here since according to residual_block.cc
+// cost is not valid at the time this method is called
 bool IsEvaluationValid(const ResidualBlock& block,
-                       double const* const* parameters,
-                       double* cost,
+                       double const* const* /*parameters*/,
                        double* residuals,
                        double** jacobians) {
   const int num_parameter_blocks = block.NumParameterBlocks();
diff --git a/internal/ceres/residual_block_utils.h b/internal/ceres/residual_block_utils.h
index 38c75bf..f539056 100644
--- a/internal/ceres/residual_block_utils.h
+++ b/internal/ceres/residual_block_utils.h
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@
 CERES_NO_EXPORT
 bool IsEvaluationValid(const ResidualBlock& block,
                        double const* const* parameters,
-                       double* cost,
                        double* residuals,
                        double** jacobians);
 
diff --git a/internal/ceres/schur_complement_solver.cc b/internal/ceres/schur_complement_solver.cc
index 1972dc0..d79cf46 100644
--- a/internal/ceres/schur_complement_solver.cc
+++ b/internal/ceres/schur_complement_solver.cc
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@
 // BlockRandomAccessDenseMatrix. The linear system is solved using
 // Eigen's Cholesky factorization.
 LinearSolver::Summary DenseSchurComplementSolver::SolveReducedLinearSystem(
-    const LinearSolver::PerSolveOptions& per_solve_options, double* solution) {
+    const LinearSolver::PerSolveOptions& /*per_solve_options*/, double* solution) {
   LinearSolver::Summary summary;
   summary.num_iterations = 0;
   summary.termination_type = LinearSolverTerminationType::SUCCESS;
diff --git a/internal/ceres/schur_eliminator.h b/internal/ceres/schur_eliminator.h
index 87cc5a8..56e4bff 100644
--- a/internal/ceres/schur_eliminator.h
+++ b/internal/ceres/schur_eliminator.h
@@ -382,8 +382,9 @@
 class CERES_NO_EXPORT SchurEliminatorForOneFBlock final
     : public SchurEliminatorBase {
  public:
+  // TODO(sameeragarwal) Find out why "assume_full_rank_ete" is not used here
   void Init(int num_eliminate_blocks,
-            bool assume_full_rank_ete,
+            bool /*assume_full_rank_ete*/,
             const CompressedRowBlockStructure* bs) override {
     CHECK_GT(num_eliminate_blocks, 0)
         << "SchurComplementSolver cannot be initialized with "
@@ -569,7 +570,7 @@
   // y_i = e_t_e_inverse * sum_i e_i^T * (b_i - f_i * z);
   void BackSubstitute(const BlockSparseMatrixData& A,
                       const double* b,
-                      const double* D,
+                      const double* /*D*/,
                       const double* z_ptr,
                       double* y) override {
     typename EigenTypes<kFBlockSize>::ConstVectorRef z(z_ptr, kFBlockSize);
diff --git a/internal/ceres/sparse_matrix.h b/internal/ceres/sparse_matrix.h
index 6cc421b..b5db4b7 100644
--- a/internal/ceres/sparse_matrix.h
+++ b/internal/ceres/sparse_matrix.h
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
   // A = 0. A->num_nonzeros() == 0 is true after this call. The
   // sparsity pattern is preserved.
   virtual void SetZero() = 0;
-  virtual void SetZero(ContextImpl* contex, int num_threads) { SetZero(); }
+  virtual void SetZero(ContextImpl* /*context*/, int /*num_threads*/) { SetZero(); }
 
   // Resize and populate dense_matrix with a dense version of the
   // sparse matrix.