diff --git a/develop/singles/headers/meta.hpp/meta_all.hpp b/develop/singles/headers/meta.hpp/meta_all.hpp
index e5e0f98..3aa1cd7 100644
--- a/develop/singles/headers/meta.hpp/meta_all.hpp
+++ b/develop/singles/headers/meta.hpp/meta_all.hpp
@@ -911,7 +911,9 @@ namespace meta_hpp::detail
         template < typename... Args >
         T& emplace_back(Args&&... args) {
             META_HPP_ASSERT(end_ < capacity_ && "full vector");
-            return *std::construct_at(end_++, std::forward<Args>(args)...);
+            T& result = *std::construct_at(end_, std::forward<Args>(args)...);
+            ++end_; // NOLINT(*-pointer-arithmetic)
+            return result;
         }
 
         [[nodiscard]] std::size_t get_size() const noexcept {
diff --git a/headers/meta.hpp/meta_base/inline_vector.hpp b/headers/meta.hpp/meta_base/inline_vector.hpp
index 5551bbe..3d8fae7 100644
--- a/headers/meta.hpp/meta_base/inline_vector.hpp
+++ b/headers/meta.hpp/meta_base/inline_vector.hpp
@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@ namespace meta_hpp::detail
         template < typename... Args >
         T& emplace_back(Args&&... args) {
             META_HPP_ASSERT(end_ < capacity_ && "full vector");
-            return *std::construct_at(end_++, std::forward<Args>(args)...);
+            T& result = *std::construct_at(end_, std::forward<Args>(args)...);
+            ++end_; // NOLINT(*-pointer-arithmetic)
+            return result;
         }
 
         [[nodiscard]] std::size_t get_size() const noexcept {