diff --git a/lib/credo/check/consistency/unused_variable_names/collector.ex b/lib/credo/check/consistency/unused_variable_names/collector.ex
index 919b48084..5378dd8a6 100644
--- a/lib/credo/check/consistency/unused_variable_names/collector.ex
+++ b/lib/credo/check/consistency/unused_variable_names/collector.ex
@@ -43,8 +43,12 @@ defmodule Credo.Check.Consistency.UnusedVariableNames.Collector do
       {left, right}, param_acc ->
         reduce_unused_variables([left, right], callback, param_acc)
 
+      list_ast, param_acc when is_list(list_ast) ->
+        reduce_unused_variables(list_ast, callback, param_acc)
+
       param_ast, param_acc ->
         if unused_variable_ast?(param_ast) do
+          IO.inspect(param_ast, label: :param_ast)
           callback.(param_ast, param_acc)
         else
           param_acc
diff --git a/test/credo/check/consistency/unused_variable_names_test.exs b/test/credo/check/consistency/unused_variable_names_test.exs
index 60f6edb8b..9af2d4cbe 100644
--- a/test/credo/check/consistency/unused_variable_names_test.exs
+++ b/test/credo/check/consistency/unused_variable_names_test.exs
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ defmodule Credo.Check.Consistency.UnusedVariableNamesTest do
     end)
   end
 
-  test "it should report a violation for different naming schemes with two elem tuple match (expects meaningful)" do
+  test "it should report a violation for different naming schemes in a two elem tuple match (expects meaningful)" do
     [
       """
       defmodule Credo.SampleOne do
@@ -254,6 +254,38 @@ defmodule Credo.Check.Consistency.UnusedVariableNamesTest do
     end)
   end
 
+  test "it should report a violation for different naming schemes with a list (expects meaningful)" do
+    [
+      """
+      defmodule Credo.SampleOne do
+        defmodule Foo do
+          def bar(list) do
+            case list do
+              [] -> :empty
+              [head | _] -> head
+            end
+          end
+        end
+      end
+      """,
+      """
+      defmodule Credo.SampleTwo do
+        defmodule Foo do
+          def bar([_a, _b | rest]) do
+            rest
+          end
+        end
+      end
+      """
+    ]
+    |> to_source_files()
+    |> run_check(@described_check)
+    |> assert_issue(fn issue ->
+      assert "_" == issue.trigger
+      assert 6 == issue.line_no
+    end)
+  end
+
   test "it should report a violation for naming schemes other than the forced one" do
     [
       """