diff --git a/cpp/include/cudf/utilities/span.hpp b/cpp/include/cudf/utilities/span.hpp
index d558cfb5e85..21ee4fa9e9b 100644
--- a/cpp/include/cudf/utilities/span.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/cudf/utilities/span.hpp
@@ -425,21 +425,21 @@ class base_2dspan {
    *
    * @return A pointer to the first element of the span
    */
-  constexpr auto data() const noexcept { return _flat.data(); }
+  [[nodiscard]] constexpr auto data() const noexcept { return _flat.data(); }
 
   /**
    * @brief Returns the size in the span as pair.
    *
    * @return pair representing rows and columns size of the span
    */
-  constexpr auto size() const noexcept { return _size; }
+  [[nodiscard]] constexpr auto size() const noexcept { return _size; }
 
   /**
    * @brief Returns the number of elements in the span.
    *
    * @return Number of elements in the span
    */
-  constexpr auto count() const noexcept { return _flat.size(); }
+  [[nodiscard]] constexpr auto count() const noexcept { return _flat.size(); }
 
   /**
    * @brief Checks if the span is empty.
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ class base_2dspan {
    *
    * @return A flattened span of the 2D span
    */
-  constexpr RowType<T, dynamic_extent> flat_view() const { return _flat; }
+  [[nodiscard]] constexpr RowType<T, dynamic_extent> flat_view() const { return _flat; }
 
   /**
    * @brief Construct a 2D span from another 2D span of convertible type
diff --git a/cpp/src/io/utilities/hostdevice_vector.hpp b/cpp/src/io/utilities/hostdevice_vector.hpp
index af1ba16a424..f969b45727b 100644
--- a/cpp/src/io/utilities/hostdevice_vector.hpp
+++ b/cpp/src/io/utilities/hostdevice_vector.hpp
@@ -176,13 +176,19 @@ class hostdevice_2dvector {
   operator device_2dspan<T const>() const { return {device_span<T const>{_data}, _size.second}; }
 
   device_2dspan<T> device_view() { return static_cast<device_2dspan<T>>(*this); }
-  device_2dspan<T const> device_view() const { return static_cast<device_2dspan<T const>>(*this); }
+  [[nodiscard]] device_2dspan<T const> device_view() const
+  {
+    return static_cast<device_2dspan<T const>>(*this);
+  }
 
   operator host_2dspan<T>() { return {host_span<T>{_data}, _size.second}; }
   operator host_2dspan<T const>() const { return {host_span<T const>{_data}, _size.second}; }
 
   host_2dspan<T> host_view() { return static_cast<host_2dspan<T>>(*this); }
-  host_2dspan<T const> host_view() const { return static_cast<host_2dspan<T const>>(*this); }
+  [[nodiscard]] host_2dspan<T const> host_view() const
+  {
+    return static_cast<host_2dspan<T const>>(*this);
+  }
 
   host_span<T> operator[](size_t row)
   {
@@ -194,16 +200,19 @@ class hostdevice_2dvector {
     return host_span<T const>{_data}.subspan(row * _size.second, _size.second);
   }
 
-  auto size() const noexcept { return _size; }
-  auto count() const noexcept { return _size.first * _size.second; }
-  auto is_empty() const noexcept { return count() == 0; }
+  [[nodiscard]] auto size() const noexcept { return _size; }
+  [[nodiscard]] auto count() const noexcept { return _size.first * _size.second; }
+  [[nodiscard]] auto is_empty() const noexcept { return count() == 0; }
 
   T* base_host_ptr(size_t offset = 0) { return _data.host_ptr(offset); }
   T* base_device_ptr(size_t offset = 0) { return _data.device_ptr(offset); }
 
-  T const* base_host_ptr(size_t offset = 0) const { return _data.host_ptr(offset); }
+  [[nodiscard]] T const* base_host_ptr(size_t offset = 0) const { return _data.host_ptr(offset); }
 
-  T const* base_device_ptr(size_t offset = 0) const { return _data.device_ptr(offset); }
+  [[nodiscard]] T const* base_device_ptr(size_t offset = 0) const
+  {
+    return _data.device_ptr(offset);
+  }
 
   [[nodiscard]] size_t size_bytes() const noexcept { return _data.size_bytes(); }