diff --git a/packages/@glimmer/tracking/src/cached.ts b/packages/@glimmer/tracking/src/cached.ts
index aa35d905f..df62c1821 100644
--- a/packages/@glimmer/tracking/src/cached.ts
+++ b/packages/@glimmer/tracking/src/cached.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { DEBUG } from '@glimmer/env';
 import { createCache, getValue } from '@glimmer/validator';
+import { CACHED } from './debug';
 
 /**
  * @decorator
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ export const cached: PropertyDecorator = (...args: any[]) => {
 
     return getValue(caches.get(this));
   };
+  (descriptor.get as any)[CACHED] = true;
 };
 
 function throwCachedExtraneousParens(): never {
diff --git a/packages/@glimmer/tracking/src/debug.ts b/packages/@glimmer/tracking/src/debug.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5ea1a5a69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@glimmer/tracking/src/debug.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+export const TRACKED = Symbol('TRACKED')
+export const CACHED = Symbol('CACHED')
+
+export function isTracked(obj: Object, key: string) {
+  const proto = Object.getPrototypeOf(obj);
+  const desc = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(obj, key) || proto && Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(proto, key)
+  return desc.get && (desc.get as any)[TRACKED] || false;
+}
+
+
+export function isCached(obj: Object, key: string) {
+  const proto = Object.getPrototypeOf(obj);
+  const desc = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(obj, key) || proto && Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(proto, key)
+  return desc.get && (desc.get as any)[CACHED] || false;
+}
diff --git a/packages/@glimmer/tracking/src/tracked.ts b/packages/@glimmer/tracking/src/tracked.ts
index 85c7ffbc5..f57c67adc 100644
--- a/packages/@glimmer/tracking/src/tracked.ts
+++ b/packages/@glimmer/tracking/src/tracked.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { DEBUG } from '@glimmer/env';
 import { trackedData } from '@glimmer/validator';
+import { TRACKED } from './debug';
 
 /**
  * @decorator
@@ -129,18 +130,21 @@ function descriptorForField<T extends object, K extends keyof T>(
 
   const { getter, setter } = trackedData<T, K>(key, desc && desc.initializer);
 
+  function get(this: T): any {
+    return getter(this)
+  }
+
+  function set(this: T, newValue: any): void {
+    setter(this, newValue);
+  }
+
+  (get as any)[TRACKED] = true;
+
   return {
     enumerable: true,
     configurable: true,
-
-    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
-    get(this: T): any {
-      return getter(this);
-    },
-
-    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
-    set(this: T, newValue: any): void {
-      setter(this, newValue);
-    },
+    get,
+    set,
   };
 }
+
diff --git a/packages/@glimmer/tracking/test/cached-decorator-test.ts b/packages/@glimmer/tracking/test/cached-decorator-test.ts
index abf5aec4b..731b6dc11 100644
--- a/packages/@glimmer/tracking/test/cached-decorator-test.ts
+++ b/packages/@glimmer/tracking/test/cached-decorator-test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/explicit-function-return-type */
+import { isCached, isTracked } from '../src/debug';
+
 const { test } = QUnit;
 
 import { DEBUG } from '@glimmer/env';
@@ -25,6 +27,13 @@ test('it works', function (assert) {
   }
 
   const person = new Person();
+
+
+  test('cached properties can be detected for inspector', (assert) => {
+    assert.strictEqual(isCached(person, 'fullName'), true);
+    assert.strictEqual(isCached(person, 'lastName'), false);
+  });
+
   assert.verifySteps([], 'getter is not called after class initialization');
 
   assert.strictEqual(person.fullName, 'Jen Weber');
diff --git a/packages/@glimmer/tracking/test/tracked-decorator-test.ts b/packages/@glimmer/tracking/test/tracked-decorator-test.ts
index a827be5bd..e31f02d00 100644
--- a/packages/@glimmer/tracking/test/tracked-decorator-test.ts
+++ b/packages/@glimmer/tracking/test/tracked-decorator-test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 /* tslint:disable:no-unused-expression */
+import { isTracked } from '../src/debug';
+
 const { test } = QUnit;
 
 import { DEBUG } from '@glimmer/env';
@@ -23,6 +25,12 @@ import { assertValidAfterUnrelatedBump } from './helpers/tags';
     assert.strictEqual(obj.firstName, 'Edsger');
   });
 
+  test('tracked properties can be detected for inspector', (assert) => {
+    const obj = new F.Toran();
+    assert.strictEqual(isTracked(obj, 'firstName'), true);
+    assert.strictEqual(isTracked(obj, 'lastName'), false);
+  });
+
   test('can request a tag for a property', (assert) => {
     const obj = new F.Tom();
     assert.strictEqual(obj.firstName, 'Tom');