diff --git a/src/caosadvancedtools/export_related.py b/src/caosadvancedtools/export_related.py
index 2114f38820f4b27bae2fa698005a94def5bef180..c7f25c90a3cf68a4b427eeaa2db61e1ec5d161ef 100755
--- a/src/caosadvancedtools/export_related.py
+++ b/src/caosadvancedtools/export_related.py
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ def export(cont, directory="."):
             try:
                 el.download(target)
                 print("Downloaded:", target)
-            except Exception:
+            except Exception:          # pylint: disable=broad-exception-caught
                 print("Failed download of:", target)
 
     invert_ids(cont)
diff --git a/src/caosadvancedtools/import_from_xml.py b/src/caosadvancedtools/import_from_xml.py
index 540091b039798ed0e1f61f56a634871e977daf71..7eeafa671a8aaa5469aa4c05ca685ecf937bf687 100755
--- a/src/caosadvancedtools/import_from_xml.py
+++ b/src/caosadvancedtools/import_from_xml.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ def import_xml(filename, rerun=False, interactive=True):
 
     for el in cont:
         if isinstance(el, db.File):
-            el._checksum = None
+            el._checksum = None              # pylint: disable=protected-access
             target = os.path.join("downloads", el.path[1:])
 
             if os.path.exists(target):
diff --git a/src/caosadvancedtools/table_export.py b/src/caosadvancedtools/table_export.py
index 1805419b1f5a63adec4ccabb554b24281fcc44bf..32191530fed0eaadbc52bee7ba41ec64fb148df3 100644
--- a/src/caosadvancedtools/table_export.py
+++ b/src/caosadvancedtools/table_export.py
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ class BaseTableExporter(object):
                         self.info[e] = val
                     else:
                         self._append_missing(e, d)
-                except Exception as exc:
+                except Exception as exc:      # pylint: disable=broad-exception-caught
                     self._append_missing(e, d)
                     logger.error(exc)
             # last resort: check if record has e as property:
diff --git a/src/caosadvancedtools/table_importer.py b/src/caosadvancedtools/table_importer.py
index b061092ee9598eb847b745eec13dde75df10151f..c2cb0250579cff20a6f7088065a7e9b22bb64ec6 100755
--- a/src/caosadvancedtools/table_importer.py
+++ b/src/caosadvancedtools/table_importer.py
@@ -585,5 +585,5 @@ class CSVImporter(TableImporter):
 
 
 class TSVImporter(CSVImporter):
-    def read_file(self, filename, **kwargs):
+    def read_file(self, filename, **kwargs):      # pylint: disable=arguments-differ
         return super().read_file(filename, sep="\t", **kwargs)