diff --git a/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/__tests__/injectHookVariableNames-test.js b/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/__tests__/injectHookVariableNames-test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8c580679b664f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/__tests__/injectHookVariableNames-test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/**
+ * @flow
+ */
+
+import {parse} from '@babel/parser'
+import traverse from '@babel/traverse';
+import {getHookVariableName, getPotentialHookDeclarationsFromAST} from 'react-devtools-shared/src/utils';
+
+describe('injectHookVariableNamesFunction', () => {
+    it('should identify variable names in destructed syntax', async (done) => {
+        
+        const jsxCode = `
+            const Example = () => {
+                const [count, setCount] = React.useState(1);
+                return count;
+            };
+        `;
+            
+        const ast = parse(jsxCode, { sourceType: 'unambiguous', plugins: ['jsx', 'typescript']});
+        const hookAstNodes = getPotentialHookDeclarationsFromAST(ast);
+
+        // Only one hook node is present in the source code
+        expect(hookAstNodes).toHaveLength(1);
+
+        const hookName = getHookVariableName(hookAstNodes[0]);
+        expect(hookName).toBe('count');
+        done();
+    });
+
+    it('should identify variable names in direct assignment', async (done) => {
+        
+        const jsxCode = `
+            const Example = () => {
+                const count = React.useState(1);
+                return count;
+            };
+        `;
+            
+        const ast = parse(jsxCode, { sourceType: 'unambiguous', plugins: ['jsx', 'typescript']});
+        const hookAstNodes = getPotentialHookDeclarationsFromAST(ast);
+
+        // Only one hook node is present in the source code
+        expect(hookAstNodes).toHaveLength(1);
+
+        const hookName = getHookVariableName(hookAstNodes[0]);
+        expect(hookName).toBe('count');
+        done();
+    });
+});
diff --git a/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/utils.js b/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/utils.js
index dd9cd743f550f..98308f23b90f2 100644
--- a/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/utils.js
+++ b/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/utils.js
@@ -975,7 +975,7 @@ function modifyHooksToAddVariableNames(hookLog: HooksTree, sourceMaps: Downloade
           return hook;
         }
 
-        // nodesAssociatedWithReactHookASTNode could directly be a used to obtain the hook variable name
+        // nodesAssociatedWithReactHookASTNode could directly be used to obtain the hook variable name
         // depending on the type of potentialReactHookASTNode
         try {
           const nodesAssociatedWithReactHookASTNode: NodePath[] = getFilteredHookASTNodes(potentialReactHookASTNode, potentialHooksFound, source, potentialHooksOfFile);
@@ -1101,7 +1101,7 @@ function isStateOrReducerHook(path: NodePath): boolean {
  * @param {File} sourceAST
  * @return {NodePath[]}
  */
-function getPotentialHookDeclarationsFromAST(sourceAST: File): NodePath[] {
+export function getPotentialHookDeclarationsFromAST(sourceAST: File): NodePath[] {
   const potentialHooksFound: NodePath[] = [];
   traverse(sourceAST, {
     enter(path) {
@@ -1355,7 +1355,7 @@ function filterMemberWithHookVariableName(hook: NodePath): boolean {
  * @param {NodePath} hook The AST Node Path for the concerned hook
  * @return {string} The variable name to be injected 
  */
-function getHookVariableName(hook: NodePath, isCustomHook: boolean = false): string {
+export function getHookVariableName(hook: NodePath, isCustomHook: boolean = false): string {
     const nodeType = hook.node.id.type;
     switch (nodeType) {
       case AST_NODE_TYPES.ARRAY_PATTERN: