diff --git a/cmd/cli.go b/cmd/cli.go
index 3c06037..4dcf875 100644
--- a/cmd/cli.go
+++ b/cmd/cli.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import (
 
 // ParseCLI parses arguments given from the CLI and passes them into an `Options`
 // struct.
-func ParseCLI(args []string, version string) (*util.Options, error) {
+func ParseCLI(args []string, version string) (opts *util.Options, err error) {
 	// Parse the standard flags
 	opts, misc, err := parseFlags(args, version)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/query/print.go b/pkg/query/print.go
index 33734d6..8171ed9 100644
--- a/pkg/query/print.go
+++ b/pkg/query/print.go
@@ -21,15 +21,12 @@ import (
 // ToString turns the response into something that looks a lot like dig
 //
 // Much of this is taken from https://github.com/miekg/dns/blob/master/msg.go#L900
-func ToString(res util.Response, opts *util.Options) (string, error) {
+func ToString(res util.Response, opts *util.Options) (s string, err error) {
 	if res.DNS == nil {
 		return "<nil> MsgHdr", errNoMessage
 	}
 
-	var (
-		s   string
-		opt *dns.OPT
-	)
+	var opt *dns.OPT
 
 	if !opts.Short {
 		if opts.Display.Comments {
diff --git a/pkg/resolvers/DNSCrypt.go b/pkg/resolvers/DNSCrypt.go
index 9bff6bd..a80df61 100644
--- a/pkg/resolvers/DNSCrypt.go
+++ b/pkg/resolvers/DNSCrypt.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ type DNSCryptResolver struct {
 var _ Resolver = (*DNSCryptResolver)(nil)
 
 // LookUp performs a DNS query.
-func (resolver *DNSCryptResolver) LookUp(msg *dns.Msg) (util.Response, error) {
+func (resolver *DNSCryptResolver) LookUp(msg *dns.Msg) (resp util.Response, err error) {
 	client := dnscrypt.Client{
 		Timeout: resolver.opts.Request.Timeout,
 		UDPSize: 1232,
diff --git a/pkg/resolvers/HTTPS.go b/pkg/resolvers/HTTPS.go
index bfe1660..9182095 100644
--- a/pkg/resolvers/HTTPS.go
+++ b/pkg/resolvers/HTTPS.go
@@ -23,9 +23,7 @@ type HTTPSResolver struct {
 var _ Resolver = (*HTTPSResolver)(nil)
 
 // LookUp performs a DNS query.
-func (resolver *HTTPSResolver) LookUp(msg *dns.Msg) (util.Response, error) {
-	var resp util.Response
-
+func (resolver *HTTPSResolver) LookUp(msg *dns.Msg) (resp util.Response, err error) {
 	resolver.client = http.Client{
 		Timeout: resolver.opts.Request.Timeout,
 		Transport: &http.Transport{
diff --git a/pkg/resolvers/QUIC.go b/pkg/resolvers/QUIC.go
index 53b96b7..c24c0e8 100644
--- a/pkg/resolvers/QUIC.go
+++ b/pkg/resolvers/QUIC.go
@@ -22,9 +22,7 @@ type QUICResolver struct {
 var _ Resolver = (*QUICResolver)(nil)
 
 // LookUp performs a DNS query.
-func (resolver *QUICResolver) LookUp(msg *dns.Msg) (util.Response, error) {
-	var resp util.Response
-
+func (resolver *QUICResolver) LookUp(msg *dns.Msg) (resp util.Response, err error) {
 	tls := &tls.Config{
 		//nolint:gosec // This is intentional if the user requests it
 		InsecureSkipVerify: resolver.opts.TLSNoVerify,
diff --git a/pkg/resolvers/general.go b/pkg/resolvers/general.go
index e4a9435..39b7a03 100644
--- a/pkg/resolvers/general.go
+++ b/pkg/resolvers/general.go
@@ -19,12 +19,7 @@ type StandardResolver struct {
 var _ Resolver = (*StandardResolver)(nil)
 
 // LookUp performs a DNS query.
-func (resolver *StandardResolver) LookUp(msg *dns.Msg) (util.Response, error) {
-	var (
-		resp util.Response
-		err  error
-	)
-
+func (resolver *StandardResolver) LookUp(msg *dns.Msg) (resp util.Response, err error) {
 	dnsClient := new(dns.Client)
 	dnsClient.Dialer = &net.Dialer{
 		Timeout: resolver.opts.Request.Timeout,