diff --git a/applications/test/dictionary/testDictRegex b/applications/test/dictionary/testDictRegex
index 01d4274ba8dad8147a4b62e254317b0ae1cd7f38..ee4bf298e05c5994a798e1ab32e6364eee3941d4 100644
--- a/applications/test/dictionary/testDictRegex
+++ b/applications/test/dictionary/testDictRegex
@@ -15,21 +15,21 @@ FoamFile
 // * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
 #inputMode  merge
 
-".*"        parentValue1;
-"[n-z].*"   parentValue2;
-"f.*"       parentValue3;
+'.*'        parentValue1;
+'[n-z].*'   parentValue2;
+'f.*'       parentValue3;
 keyX        parentValue4;
 keyY        parentValue5;
 
-"(.*)Dict"
+'(.*)Dict'
 {
     foo         subdictValue0;
     bar         $f.*;         // should this really match 'foo'?
 
     // result is dependent on insert order!
-    "a.*c"      subdictValue3;
-    "ab.*"      subdictValue2;
-    "a.*"       subdictValue1;
+    'a.*c'      subdictValue3;
+    'ab.*'      subdictValue2;
+    'a.*'       subdictValue1;
     abcd        \1;
 }
 
diff --git a/applications/utilities/mesh/manipulation/cellSet/cellSetDict b/applications/utilities/mesh/manipulation/cellSet/cellSetDict
index 9589b484ebe3a2c0fbf7b09f2ec697516bb5cc25..61f8ed4432ff9d90e07ad072ff870e4b3d27268e 100644
--- a/applications/utilities/mesh/manipulation/cellSet/cellSetDict
+++ b/applications/utilities/mesh/manipulation/cellSet/cellSetDict
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ topoSetSources
     // Cells in cell zone
     zoneToCell
     {
-        name ".*Zone";      // name of cellZone, wildcards allowed.
+        name '.*Zone';      // Name of cellZone, regular expressions allowed
     }
 
     // values of field within certain range
@@ -102,16 +102,16 @@ topoSetSources
     // Select based on surface
     surfaceToCell
     {
-        file                "www.avl.com-geometry.stl";
-        outsidePoints       ((-99 -99 -59));    // definition of outside
-        includeCut          false;              // cells cut by surface
-        includeInside       false;              // cells not on outside of surf
-        includeOutside      false;              // cells on outside of surf
-        nearDistance        -1;                 // cells with centre near surf
-                                                // (set to -1 if not used)
-        curvature           0.9;                // cells within nearDistance
-                                                // and near surf curvature
-                                                // (set to -100 if not used)
+        file            "www.avl.com-geometry.stl";
+        outsidePoints   ((-99 -99 -59));    // definition of outside
+        includeCut      false;              // cells cut by surface
+        includeInside   false;              // cells not on outside of surf
+        includeOutside  false;              // cells on outside of surf
+        nearDistance    -1;                 // cells with centre near surf
+                                            // (set to -1 if not used)
+        curvature       0.9;                // cells within nearDistance
+                                            // and near surf curvature
+                                            // (set to -100 if not used)
     }
 );
 
diff --git a/applications/utilities/mesh/manipulation/faceSet/faceSetDict b/applications/utilities/mesh/manipulation/faceSet/faceSetDict
index 4d5abe2a5e3788492577a91e357b874e61ec0b95..04c0ee283749cb576e292436c03cdbf346642bff 100644
--- a/applications/utilities/mesh/manipulation/faceSet/faceSetDict
+++ b/applications/utilities/mesh/manipulation/faceSet/faceSetDict
@@ -56,13 +56,13 @@ topoSetSources
     // All faces of patch
     patchToFace
     {
-        name ".*Wall";      // Name of patch, regular expressions allowed
+        name '.*Wall';      // Name of patch, regular expressions allowed
     }
 
     // All faces of faceZone
     zoneToFace
     {
-        name ".*Zone1";     // Name of faceZone, regular expressions allowed
+        name '.*Zone1';     // Name of faceZone, regular expressions allowed
     }
 
     // Faces with face centre within box
diff --git a/applications/utilities/mesh/manipulation/pointSet/pointSetDict b/applications/utilities/mesh/manipulation/pointSet/pointSetDict
index 5c19ea60fe83f10844f5b8929dfadc96e722491a..b7215c64e69bf50cbca8382c98125ba4b9b9d143 100644
--- a/applications/utilities/mesh/manipulation/pointSet/pointSetDict
+++ b/applications/utilities/mesh/manipulation/pointSet/pointSetDict
@@ -60,18 +60,18 @@ topoSetSources
     // All points in pointzone
     zoneToPoint
     {
-        name ".*Zone";      // name of pointZone, wildcards allowed.
+        name '.*Zone';      // name of pointZone, regular expressions allowed
     }
 
     // Select based on surface
     surfaceToPoint
     {
-        file                "www.avl.com-geometry.stl";
-        nearDistance        0.1;    // points near to surface
-        includeInside       false;  // points on inside of surface
-                                    // (requires closed surface with consistent
-                                    //  normals)
-        includeOutside      false;  //   ,,    outside  ,,
+        file            "www.avl.com-geometry.stl";
+        nearDistance    0.1;    // points near to surface
+        includeInside   false;  // points on inside of surface
+                                // (requires closed surface with consistent
+                                //  normals)
+        includeOutside  false;  //   ,,    outside  ,,
     }
 );