diff --git a/frontends/dotty/src/main/scala/stainless/frontends/dotc/ASTExtractors.scala b/frontends/dotty/src/main/scala/stainless/frontends/dotc/ASTExtractors.scala
index 6b9d8d51d..a6269063e 100644
--- a/frontends/dotty/src/main/scala/stainless/frontends/dotc/ASTExtractors.scala
+++ b/frontends/dotty/src/main/scala/stainless/frontends/dotc/ASTExtractors.scala
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import core.Annotations._
 import util.SourcePosition
 
 import scala.collection.mutable.{Map => MutableMap}
+import dotty.tools.dotc.transform.Inlining
 
 trait ASTExtractors {
   val dottyCtx: DottyContext
@@ -527,6 +528,63 @@ trait ASTExtractors {
       }
     }
 
+    object ExInlinedCall {
+      /** Extracts an inlined function or method call, returning a 5-tuple
+        * containing the inlined call's receiver, function or method symbol,
+        * type arguments, term arguments, and expansion.
+        *
+        * Unlift the receiver and arguments to their definitions if they are
+        * inline proxies.
+        */
+      def unapply(tree: tpd.Tree): Option[(Option[tpd.Tree], Symbol, Seq[tpd.Tree], Seq[tpd.Tree], tpd.Tree)] = tree match {
+        case Block(stats, Inlined(ExCall(rec, sym, tps, args), _, expansion))
+            if stats.forall(_.symbol.isOneOf(InlineProxy | Synthetic)) =>
+          
+          val unliftInlineProxies =
+            new tpd.TreeMap:
+              /** Adapted from Dotty's `tpd.MapToUnderlying.transform`. */
+              override def transform(tree: tpd.Tree)(using DottyContext): tpd.Tree =
+                tree match
+                  // The `InlineProxy` flag does not seem to be set for inline
+                  // argument proxies, not sure why. It should be set at:
+                  // https://github.com/scala/scala3/blob/20e6f11f4fe47982259eba949eea78d65765142f/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/inlines/Inliner.scala#L224.
+                  // Including `Synthetic` to make this work, like in Dotty's
+                  // `tpd.TreeOps.underlyingArgument`, but this might be an
+                  // over-approximation.
+                  case tree: tpd.Ident if tree.symbol.isOneOf(InlineProxy | Synthetic) =>
+                    stats.find(_.symbol == tree.symbol) match
+                      case Some(defTree: tpd.ValOrDefDef) =>
+                          val rhs = defTree.rhs
+                          assert(!rhs.isEmpty)
+                          // Contrary to Dotty's `tpd.MapToUnderlying`, do not
+                          // recurse over rhs.
+                          rhs
+                      case defTree => tree
+                  case tree =>
+                    super.transform(tree)
+
+          def unwrapExtraction(tree: tpd.Tree): tpd.Tree =
+            tree match
+              case Inlined(tpd.EmptyTree, _, expansion) =>
+                unwrapExtraction(expansion)
+              case Typed(expansion, _) =>
+                unwrapExtraction(expansion)
+              case _ =>
+                tree
+          
+          Some(
+            rec.map(unliftInlineProxies.transform),
+            sym,
+            tps,
+            args.map(unliftInlineProxies.transform),
+            unliftInlineProxies.transform(unwrapExtraction(expansion))
+          )
+        case Inlined(ExCall(rec, sym, tps, args), _, expansion) =>
+          Some(rec, sym, tps, args, expansion)
+        case _ => None
+      }
+    }
+
     object ExClassConstruction {
       def unapply(tree: tpd.Tree): Option[(Type, Seq[tpd.Tree])] = tree match {
         case Apply(Select(New(tpt), nme.CONSTRUCTOR), args) =>
@@ -580,7 +638,7 @@ trait ASTExtractors {
       def unapply(tree: tpd.Tree): Option[tpd.Tree] = tree match {
         case Apply(
             ExSymbol("scala", "Predef$", "Ensuring") |
-            ExSymbol("stainless", "lang", "StaticChecks$", "Ensuring"),
+            ExSymbol("stainless", "lang", "StaticChecks$", "ensuring"),
             Seq(arg)) => Some(arg)
 
         case Apply(ExSymbol("stainless", "lang", "package$", "Throwing"), Seq(arg)) => Some(arg)
@@ -1180,18 +1238,27 @@ trait ASTExtractors {
     }
 
     object ExEnsuredExpression {
+      /** Extracts an `ensuring` call.
+        *
+        * When matching, returngs a triple containing the receiver, the contract
+        * and a boolean indicating if the check is static.
+        */ 
       def unapply(tree: tpd.Tree): Option[(tpd.Tree, tpd.Tree, Boolean)] = tree match {
+        // Dynamic check (Predef.ensuring)
         // An optional message may comes after `contract`, but we do not make use of it.
         case ExCall(Some(rec),
           ExSymbol("scala", "Predef$", "Ensuring", "ensuring"),
           _, contract +: _
         ) => Some((rec, contract, false))
 
-        // Ditto
-        case ExCall(Some(rec),
-          ExSymbol("stainless", "lang", "StaticChecks$", "Ensuring", "ensuring"),
-          _, contract +: _
-        ) => Some((rec, contract, true))
+        // Static check (stainless.lang.StaticChecks.ensuring)
+        case ExInlinedCall(
+          _,
+          ExSymbol("stainless", "lang", "StaticChecks$", "ensuring"),
+          _,
+          Seq(_, contract, message),
+          expansion
+        ) => Some((expansion, contract, true))
 
         case _ => None
       }
diff --git a/frontends/dotty/src/main/scala/stainless/frontends/dotc/CodeExtraction.scala b/frontends/dotty/src/main/scala/stainless/frontends/dotc/CodeExtraction.scala
index 0553d3d7a..3c49959ca 100644
--- a/frontends/dotty/src/main/scala/stainless/frontends/dotc/CodeExtraction.scala
+++ b/frontends/dotty/src/main/scala/stainless/frontends/dotc/CodeExtraction.scala
@@ -1327,10 +1327,6 @@ class CodeExtraction(inoxCtx: inox.Context,
         case (v, vd) => v.symbol -> (() => vd.toVariable)
       })))
 
-    case Block(es, e) =>
-      val b = extractBlock(es :+ e)
-      xt.exprOps.flattenBlocks(b)
-
     case Try(body, cses, fin) =>
       val rb = extractTree(body)
       val rc = cses.map(extractMatchCase)
@@ -1382,6 +1378,11 @@ class CodeExtraction(inoxCtx: inox.Context,
           })).setPos(post)
       })
 
+    // Needs to be after `ExEnsuredExpression`, as it matches blocks.
+    case Block(es, e) =>
+      val b = extractBlock(es :+ e)
+      xt.exprOps.flattenBlocks(b)
+
     case ExThrowingExpression(body, contract) =>
       val pred = extractTree(contract)
       val b = extractTreeOrNoTree(body)
@@ -1393,7 +1394,7 @@ class CodeExtraction(inoxCtx: inox.Context,
           val vd = xt.ValDef.fresh("res", tpe).setPos(other)
           xt.Lambda(Seq(vd), xt.Application(other, Seq(vd.toVariable)).setPos(other)).setPos(other)
       })
-
+    
     case t @ ExHoldsWithProofExpression(body, ExMaybeBecauseExpressionWrapper(proof)) =>
       val vd = xt.ValDef.fresh("holds", xt.BooleanType().setPos(tr.sourcePos)).setPos(tr.sourcePos)
       val p = extractTreeOrNoTree(proof)
diff --git a/frontends/library/stainless/lang/StaticChecks.scala b/frontends/library/stainless/lang/StaticChecks.scala
index 26492947f..b17ec4ab5 100644
--- a/frontends/library/stainless/lang/StaticChecks.scala
+++ b/frontends/library/stainless/lang/StaticChecks.scala
@@ -4,12 +4,16 @@ import stainless.annotation._
 
 object StaticChecks {
 
-  @library
-  implicit class Ensuring[A](val x: A) extends AnyVal {
-    def ensuring(@ghost cond: A => Boolean): A = x
-
-    def ensuring(@ghost cond: A => Boolean, msg: => String): A = x
-  }
+  extension [A](x: A)
+    @library
+    inline def ensuring(cond: A => Boolean, msg: => String = ""): A = x
+
+  //@library
+  //implicit class Ensuring[A](val x: A) extends AnyVal {
+  //  def ensuring(@ghost cond: A => Boolean): A = x
+  //
+  //  def ensuring(@ghost cond: A => Boolean, msg: => String): A = x
+  //}
 
   @library @ignore
   implicit class WhileDecorations(val u: Unit) {