  In this paper, we investigate the behavior of the heavy quark potential in
the backgrounds with hyperscaling violation. The metrics are covariant under a
generalized Lifshitz scaling symmetry with the dynamical Lifshitz parameter $z$
and hyperscaling violation exponent $\theta$. We calculate the potential for a
certain range of $z$ and $\theta$ and discuss how it changes in the presence of
the two parameters. Moreover, we add a constant electric field to the
backgrounds and study its effects on the potential. It is shown that the heavy
quark potential depends on the non-relativistic parameters. Also, the presence
of the constant electric field tends to increase the potential.
