Index: src/ResolvExpr/AlternativeFinder.cc
===================================================================
--- src/ResolvExpr/AlternativeFinder.cc	(revision bd06384ff9b3300e1d878bc19523e6051209bb15)
+++ src/ResolvExpr/AlternativeFinder.cc	(revision 09a1ae65b16a0d81b5e42e0db3d06d4ae0941448)
@@ -35,4 +35,5 @@
 #include "ResolveTypeof.h"         // for resolveTypeof
 #include "Resolver.h"              // for resolveStmtExpr
+#include "Common/GC.h"             // for new_static_root
 #include "SymTab/Indexer.h"        // for Indexer
 #include "SymTab/Mangler.h"        // for Mangler
@@ -1084,5 +1085,5 @@
 
 		// find function operators
-		static NameExpr *opExpr = new NameExpr( "?()" );
+		static auto *opExpr = new_static_root<NameExpr>( "?()" );
 		AlternativeFinder funcOpFinder( indexer, env );
 		// it's ok if there aren't any defined function ops
