diff --git a/lib/internal/util/inspect.js b/lib/internal/util/inspect.js
index 850740d3c2bc43..07757f3fe0b6ad 100644
--- a/lib/internal/util/inspect.js
+++ b/lib/internal/util/inspect.js
@@ -418,8 +418,15 @@ function getKeys(value, showHidden) {
   return keys;
 }
 
-function getCtxStyle(constructor, tag) {
-  return constructor || tag || 'Object';
+function getCtxStyle(value, constructor, tag) {
+  let fallback = '';
+  if (constructor === null) {
+    fallback = internalGetConstructorName(value);
+    if (fallback === tag) {
+      fallback = 'Object';
+    }
+  }
+  return getPrefix(constructor, tag, fallback);
 }
 
 function formatProxy(ctx, proxy, recurseTimes) {
@@ -520,17 +527,12 @@ function formatValue(ctx, value, recurseTimes, typedArray) {
   // any proxy handlers.
   const proxy = getProxyDetails(value);
   if (proxy !== undefined) {
-    if (ctx.showProxy && ctx.stop === undefined) {
+    if (ctx.showProxy) {
       return formatProxy(ctx, proxy, recurseTimes);
     }
     value = proxy[0];
   }
 
-  if (ctx.stop !== undefined) {
-    const name = getConstructorName(value, ctx) || value[Symbol.toStringTag];
-    return ctx.stylize(`[${name || 'Object'}]`, 'special');
-  }
-
   // Provide a hook for user-specified inspect functions.
   // Check that value is an object with an inspect function on it.
   if (ctx.customInspect) {
@@ -728,25 +730,21 @@ function formatRaw(ctx, value, recurseTimes, typedArray) {
         formatter = formatIterator;
       // Handle other regular objects again.
       } else {
-        let fallback = '';
-        if (constructor === null) {
-          fallback = internalGetConstructorName(value);
-          if (fallback === tag) {
-            fallback = 'Object';
-          }
-        }
         if (keys.length === 0) {
           if (isExternal(value))
             return ctx.stylize('[External]', 'special');
-          return `${getPrefix(constructor, tag, fallback)}{}`;
+          return `${getCtxStyle(value, constructor, tag)}{}`;
         }
-        braces[0] = `${getPrefix(constructor, tag, fallback)}{`;
+        braces[0] = `${getCtxStyle(value, constructor, tag)}{`;
       }
     }
   }
 
   if (recurseTimes > ctx.depth && ctx.depth !== null) {
-    return ctx.stylize(`[${getCtxStyle(constructor, tag)}]`, 'special');
+    let constructorName = getCtxStyle(value, constructor, tag).slice(0, -1);
+    if (constructor !== null)
+      constructorName = `[${constructorName}]`;
+    return ctx.stylize(constructorName, 'special');
   }
   recurseTimes += 1;
 
@@ -761,7 +759,8 @@ function formatRaw(ctx, value, recurseTimes, typedArray) {
         formatProperty(ctx, value, recurseTimes, keys[i], extrasType));
     }
   } catch (err) {
-    return handleMaxCallStackSize(ctx, err, constructor, tag, indentationLvl);
+    const constructorName = getCtxStyle(value, constructor, tag).slice(0, -1);
+    return handleMaxCallStackSize(ctx, err, constructorName, indentationLvl);
   }
   ctx.seen.pop();
 
@@ -788,7 +787,7 @@ function formatRaw(ctx, value, recurseTimes, typedArray) {
   // This limit also makes sure that huge objects don't block the event loop
   // significantly.
   if (newLength > 2 ** 27) {
-    ctx.stop = true;
+    ctx.depth = -1;
   }
   return res;
 }
@@ -869,7 +868,6 @@ function getFunctionBase(value, constructor, tag) {
 }
 
 function formatError(err, constructor, tag, ctx) {
-  // TODO(BridgeAR): Always show the error code if present.
   let stack = err.stack || ErrorPrototype.toString(err);
 
   // A stack trace may contain arbitrary data. Only manipulate the output
@@ -1021,12 +1019,12 @@ function groupArrayElements(ctx, output) {
   return output;
 }
 
-function handleMaxCallStackSize(ctx, err, constructor, tag, indentationLvl) {
+function handleMaxCallStackSize(ctx, err, constructorName, indentationLvl) {
   if (isStackOverflowError(err)) {
     ctx.seen.pop();
     ctx.indentationLvl = indentationLvl;
     return ctx.stylize(
-      `[${getCtxStyle(constructor, tag)}: Inspection interrupted ` +
+      `[${constructorName}: Inspection interrupted ` +
         'prematurely. Maximum call stack size exceeded.]',
       'special'
     );
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-util-inspect.js b/test/parallel/test-util-inspect.js
index 93b1d4439812f2..a1ce4903de0631 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-util-inspect.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-util-inspect.js
@@ -1094,6 +1094,47 @@ if (typeof Symbol !== 'undefined') {
     '[Set Iterator] { 1, ... 1 more item, extra: true }');
 }
 
+// Minimal inspection should still return as much information as possible about
+// the constructor and Symbol.toStringTag.
+{
+  class Foo {
+    get [Symbol.toStringTag]() {
+      return 'ABC';
+    }
+  }
+  const a = new Foo();
+  assert.strictEqual(inspect(a, { depth: -1 }), 'Foo [ABC] {}');
+  a.foo = true;
+  assert.strictEqual(inspect(a, { depth: -1 }), '[Foo [ABC]]');
+  Object.defineProperty(a, Symbol.toStringTag, {
+    value: 'Foo',
+    configurable: true,
+    writable: true
+  });
+  assert.strictEqual(inspect(a, { depth: -1 }), '[Foo]');
+  delete a[Symbol.toStringTag];
+  Object.setPrototypeOf(a, null);
+  assert.strictEqual(inspect(a, { depth: -1 }), '[Foo: null prototype]');
+  delete a.foo;
+  assert.strictEqual(inspect(a, { depth: -1 }), '[Foo: null prototype] {}');
+  Object.defineProperty(a, Symbol.toStringTag, {
+    value: 'ABC',
+    configurable: true
+  });
+  assert.strictEqual(
+    inspect(a, { depth: -1 }),
+    '[Foo: null prototype] [ABC] {}'
+  );
+  Object.defineProperty(a, Symbol.toStringTag, {
+    value: 'Foo',
+    configurable: true
+  });
+  assert.strictEqual(
+    inspect(a, { depth: -1 }),
+    '[Object: null prototype] [Foo] {}'
+  );
+}
+
 // Test alignment of items in container.
 // Assumes that the first numeric character is the start of an item.
 {