diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 45299188b..2a9f45c5b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ if(NOT WIN32)
   add_subdirectory(common/kokkos-sampler)
 endif()
 add_subdirectory(debugging/kernel-logger)
+add_subdirectory(debugging/vov-bug-finder)
 
 # Profilers
 if(NOT WIN32)
diff --git a/debugging/vov-bug-finder/CMakeLists.txt b/debugging/vov-bug-finder/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7f704cbb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debugging/vov-bug-finder/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+kp_add_library(kp_view_of_views_bug_finder kp_view_of_views_bug_finder.cpp)
diff --git a/debugging/vov-bug-finder/kp_view_of_views_bug_finder.cpp b/debugging/vov-bug-finder/kp_view_of_views_bug_finder.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0bd832dd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debugging/vov-bug-finder/kp_view_of_views_bug_finder.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,169 @@
+//@HEADER
+// ************************************************************************
+//
+//                        Kokkos v. 4.0
+//       Copyright (2022) National Technology & Engineering
+//               Solutions of Sandia, LLC (NTESS).
+//
+// Under the terms of Contract DE-NA0003525 with NTESS,
+// the U.S. Government retains certain rights in this software.
+//
+// Part of Kokkos, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
+// See https://kokkos.org/LICENSE for license information.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+//
+//@HEADER
+
+#include <kp_core.hpp>
+
+#include <cassert>
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <cstdlib>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <map>
+#include <mutex>
+#include <optional>
+#include <string>
+
+namespace {
+
+bool verbose        = false;
+bool abort_on_error = true;
+
+class {
+  uint64_t count_;
+  std::map<uint64_t, std::string> map_;
+
+ public:
+  std::mutex mutex;
+  uint64_t push(std::string s) {
+    auto it = map_.emplace_hint(map_.end(), count_, std::move(s));
+    assert(++it == map_.end());
+    return count_++;
+  }
+  void pop(uint64_t x) {
+    auto it = map_.find(x);
+    assert(it != map_.end());
+    map_.erase(it);
+  }
+  std::string const &top() {
+    assert(!map_.empty());
+    return map_.begin()->second;
+  }
+  bool is_empty() noexcept { return map_.empty(); }
+} current;
+
+bool ignore_fence(std::string_view s) {
+  return (s == "Kokkos::Impl::ViewValueFunctor: View init/destroy fence") ||
+         (s == "Kokkos::ThreadsInternal::fence: Unnamed Instance Fence");
+}
+
+std::optional<std::string> get_substr(std::string const &str,
+                                      std::string_view prefix,
+                                      std::string_view suffix) {
+  if (auto found = str.find(prefix); found != std::string::npos) {
+    found += prefix.length();
+    return str.substr(found, str.rfind(suffix) - found);
+  }
+  return std::nullopt;
+}
+
+}  // namespace
+
+extern "C" void kokkosp_request_tool_settings(
+    const uint32_t, Kokkos_Tools_ToolSettings *settings) {
+  settings->requires_global_fencing = false;
+}
+
+extern "C" void kokkosp_begin_parallel_for(char const *kernelName,
+                                           uint32_t deviceID,
+                                           uint64_t *kernelID) {
+  std::lock_guard lock(current.mutex);
+  if (!current.is_empty()) {
+    if (auto lbl =
+            get_substr(kernelName, "Kokkos::View::initialization [", "]")) {
+      std::cerr << "constructing view \"" << *lbl
+                << "\" within a parallel region \"" << current.top() << "\"\n";
+      if (abort_on_error) {
+        std::abort();
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  *kernelID = current.push(kernelName);
+
+  if (verbose) {
+    std::cout << "begin kernel " << *kernelID << " " << kernelName
+              << " on device " << deviceID << '\n';
+  }
+}
+
+extern "C" void kokkosp_end_parallel_for(uint64_t kernelID) {
+  std::lock_guard lock(current.mutex);
+  current.pop(kernelID);
+
+  if (verbose) {
+    std::cout << "end kernel " << kernelID << '\n';
+  }
+}
+
+extern "C" void kokkosp_begin_fence(char const *fenceName, uint32_t deviceID,
+                                    uint64_t *fenceID) {
+  std::lock_guard lock(current.mutex);
+  if (!current.is_empty() && !ignore_fence(fenceName)) {
+    if (auto lbl =
+            get_substr(current.top(), "Kokkos::View::destruction [", "]")) {
+      std::cerr << "view of views \"" << *lbl
+                << "\" not properly cleared this fence labelled \"" << fenceName
+                << "\" will hang\n";
+      if (abort_on_error) {
+        std::abort();
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  *fenceID = -1;
+
+  if (verbose) {
+    std::cout << "begin fence " << *fenceID << " " << fenceName << " on device "
+              << deviceID << '\n';
+  }
+}
+
+extern "C" void kokkosp_end_fence(uint64_t fenceID) {
+  if (verbose) {
+    std::cout << "end fence " << fenceID << '\n';
+  }
+}
+
+extern "C" void kokkosp_allocate_data(SpaceHandle handle, const char *name,
+                                      void *ptr, uint64_t size) {
+  std::lock_guard lock(current.mutex);
+  if (!current.is_empty()) {
+    std::cerr << "allocating \"" << name << "\" within parallel region \""
+              << current.top() << "\"\n";
+    if (abort_on_error) {
+      std::abort();
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (verbose) {
+    std::cout << "alloc (" << handle.name << ") " << name << " pointer " << ptr
+              << "size " << size << '\n';
+  }
+}
+
+extern "C" void kokkosp_deallocate_data(SpaceHandle handle, const char *name,
+                                        void *ptr, uint64_t size) {
+  std::lock_guard lock(current.mutex);
+  if (!current.is_empty()) {
+    std::cerr << "deallocating \"" << name << "\" within parallel region \""
+              << current.top() << "\"\n";
+    if (abort_on_error) {
+      std::abort();
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (verbose) {
+    std::cout << "dealloc (" << handle.name << ") " << name << " pointer "
+              << ptr << "size " << size << '\n';
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 4ca3a79b6..de3851418 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -114,3 +114,4 @@ target_link_libraries(test_common PUBLIC GTest::gtest GTest::gmock Kokkos::kokko
 
 add_subdirectory(space-time-stack)
 add_subdirectory(sampler)
+add_subdirectory(vov-bug-finder)
diff --git a/tests/vov-bug-finder/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/vov-bug-finder/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bd1591980
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vov-bug-finder/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+kp_add_executable_and_test(
+    TARGET_NAME       test_vov_bug_finder
+    SOURCE_FILE       test_view_of_views_bug_finder.cpp
+    KOKKOS_TOOLS_LIBS kp_view_of_views_bug_finder
+)
diff --git a/tests/vov-bug-finder/test_view_of_views_bug_finder.cpp b/tests/vov-bug-finder/test_view_of_views_bug_finder.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..98380ce90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vov-bug-finder/test_view_of_views_bug_finder.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+//@HEADER
+// ************************************************************************
+//
+//                        Kokkos v. 4.0
+//       Copyright (2022) National Technology & Engineering
+//               Solutions of Sandia, LLC (NTESS).
+//
+// Under the terms of Contract DE-NA0003525 with NTESS,
+// the U.S. Government retains certain rights in this software.
+//
+// Part of Kokkos, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
+// See https://kokkos.org/LICENSE for license information.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+//
+//@HEADER
+
+#include "Kokkos_Core.hpp"
+#include "gtest/gtest.h"
+
+// TODO intialixe in main and split unit tests
+TEST(ViewOfViews, find_bugs) {
+  Kokkos::initialize();
+  {
+    ASSERT_NO_THROW(({
+      using V = Kokkos::View<int *>;
+      Kokkos::View<V **, Kokkos::HostSpace> vov("vov", 2, 3);
+      V a("a", 4);
+      V b("b", 5);
+      vov(0, 0) = a;
+      vov(0, 1) = a;
+      vov(1, 0) = b;
+
+      vov(0, 0) = V();
+      vov(0, 1) = V();
+      vov(1, 0) = V();
+    }));
+
+    ASSERT_NO_THROW(({
+      using V = Kokkos::View<int *>;
+      Kokkos::View<V **, Kokkos::HostSpace> vov(
+          Kokkos::view_alloc("vov", Kokkos::WithoutInitializing), 2, 3);
+      V a("a", 4);
+      V b("b", 5);
+      new (&vov(0, 0)) V(a);
+      new (&vov(0, 1)) V(a);
+      new (&vov(1, 0)) V(b);
+
+      vov(0, 0).~V();
+      vov(0, 1).~V();
+      // vov(1, 0).~V();
+      // ^ leaking "b" but not caught by the tool
+    }));
+
+    ASSERT_DEATH(({
+                   using V = Kokkos::View<int *>;
+                   Kokkos::View<V **, Kokkos::HostSpace> vov("vo]v", 2, 3);
+                   // ^ included a closing square bracket in the label to try
+                   // to trip the substring extraction
+                   V a("a", 4);
+                   V b("b", 5);
+                   vov(0, 0) = a;
+                   vov(0, 1) = a;
+                   vov(1, 0) = b;
+                 }),
+                 "view of views \"vo]v\" not properly cleared");
+
+    ASSERT_NO_THROW(({
+      using V = Kokkos::View<int *>;
+      Kokkos::View<V **, Kokkos::HostSpace> vov(
+          Kokkos::view_alloc("vov", Kokkos::WithoutInitializing), 2, 3);
+      V a("a", 4);
+      V b("b", 5);
+      Kokkos::parallel_for(
+          "Fine", Kokkos::RangePolicy<Kokkos::DefaultHostExecutionSpace>(0, 1),
+          KOKKOS_LAMBDA(int) {
+            new (&vov(0, 0)) V(a);
+            new (&vov(0, 1)) V(a);
+            new (&vov(1, 0)) V(b);
+          });
+    }));
+
+    ASSERT_DEATH(
+        ({
+          using V = Kokkos::View<int *>;
+          Kokkos::View<V **, Kokkos::HostSpace> vov(
+              Kokkos::view_alloc("vov", Kokkos::WithoutInitializing), 2, 3);
+          V a("a", 4);
+          new (&vov(0, 0)) V(a);
+          new (&vov(0, 1)) V(a);
+          Kokkos::parallel_for(
+              "AllocatesInParallel]For",
+              Kokkos::RangePolicy<Kokkos::DefaultHostExecutionSpace>(0, 1),
+              KOKKOS_LAMBDA(int) {
+                V b("b", 5);
+                new (&vov(1, 0)) V(b);
+              });
+        }),
+        "allocating \"b\" within parallel region \"AllocatesInParallel]For\"");
+  }
+  Kokkos::finalize();
+}
+