diff --git a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/slicer/SliceUsageCellRenderer.java b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/slicer/SliceUsageCellRenderer.java
index bce9d307d2fd..dcd810b206c7 100644
--- a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/slicer/SliceUsageCellRenderer.java
+++ b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/slicer/SliceUsageCellRenderer.java
@@ -61,14 +61,11 @@ class SliceUsageCellRenderer extends SliceUsageCellRendererBase {
       }
     }
 
-    if (javaSliceUsage != null) {
-      for (int i = 0; i < javaSliceUsage.indexNesting; i++) {
-        append(
-          " (Tracking container contents" +
-          (javaSliceUsage.syntheticField.isEmpty() ? "" : " '" + javaSliceUsage.syntheticField + "'") +
-          ")",
-          SimpleTextAttributes.REGULAR_BOLD_ATTRIBUTES);
-      }
+    if (javaSliceUsage != null && javaSliceUsage.indexNesting != 0) {
+      append(
+        " (Tracking container '" + getContainerName(javaSliceUsage) +
+        (javaSliceUsage.syntheticField.isEmpty() ? "" : "." + javaSliceUsage.syntheticField) + "' contents)",
+        SimpleTextAttributes.REGULAR_BOLD_ATTRIBUTES);
     }
 
     PsiElement element = sliceUsage.getElement();
@@ -101,5 +98,28 @@ class SliceUsageCellRenderer extends SliceUsageCellRendererBase {
       }
     }
   }
+
+  @NotNull
+  private static String getContainerName(@NotNull JavaSliceUsage usage) {
+    String result = "";
+    JavaSliceUsage prev = usage;
+    String name = "";
+    while (usage != null) {
+      if (usage.indexNesting != prev.indexNesting) {
+        result = name + (result.isEmpty() ? "" : ".") + result;
+        if (usage.indexNesting == 0) break;
+      }
+      PsiElement element = usage.getElement();
+      if (element instanceof PsiNamedElement) {
+        name = ((PsiNamedElement)element).getName();
+      }
+      else if (element instanceof PsiReference) {
+        name = ((PsiReference)element).getCanonicalText();
+      }
+      prev = usage;
+      usage = (JavaSliceUsage)usage.getParent();
+    }
+    return result;
+  }
 }
 
diff --git a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/slicer/SliceUtil.java b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/slicer/SliceUtil.java
index 1b9ad43f3e40..5500e95542fa 100644
--- a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/slicer/SliceUtil.java
+++ b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/slicer/SliceUtil.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 package com.intellij.slicer;
 
 import com.intellij.codeInsight.AnnotationUtil;
+import com.intellij.codeInspection.dataFlow.DfaPsiUtil;
 import com.intellij.codeInspection.dataFlow.DfaUtil;
 import com.intellij.lang.java.JavaLanguage;
 import com.intellij.openapi.progress.ProgressManager;
@@ -42,10 +43,7 @@ import org.intellij.lang.annotations.Flow;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
-import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.*;
 
 /**
  * @author cdr
@@ -117,11 +115,20 @@ class SliceUtil {
         SliceUsage stopUsage = createTooComplexDFAUsage(expression, parent);
         return processor.process(stopUsage);
       }
-      final Set<PsiExpression> expressions = new THashSet<>(values);
       PsiExpression initializer = variable.getInitializer();
-      if (initializer != null && expressions.isEmpty()) expressions.add(initializer);
+      if (values.isEmpty() && initializer != null) {
+        values = Collections.singletonList(initializer);
+      }
       boolean initializerReported = false;
-      for (PsiExpression exp : expressions) {
+      // no need to search and report assignments if we are going to report the variable anyway - it would create duplicate nodes if we did
+      if (values.isEmpty() && !(variable instanceof PsiParameter) && !needToReportDeclaration) {
+        values = DfaPsiUtil.getVariableAssignmentsInFile(variable, false, variable.getContainingFile().getLastChild());
+        initializerReported = !values.isEmpty();
+      }
+      else if (!values.isEmpty() && !(variable instanceof PsiParameter)) {
+        needToReportDeclaration = false; // already found all values
+      }
+      for (PsiExpression exp : values) {
         if (!handToProcessor(exp, processor, parent, parentSubstitutor, indexNesting, syntheticField)) return false;
         if (exp == initializer) initializerReported = true;
       }
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/slice/backward/FinalVarAssignedBeforePassingToAnonymous.java b/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/slice/backward/FinalVarAssignedBeforePassingToAnonymous.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e9212dd35437
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/slice/backward/FinalVarAssignedBeforePassingToAnonymous.java
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import javax.swing.*;
+
+class Foo {
+    void foo(String <caret>s) {
+    }
+
+    void bar() {
+        final String <flown11>res;
+        res = <flown111>"a";
+        SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
+            @Override
+            public void run() {
+                foo(<flown1>res);
+            }
+        });
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/slice/backward/LocalVarDeclarationAndAssignment.java b/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/slice/backward/LocalVarDeclarationAndAssignment.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..caec8e2e7807
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/slice/backward/LocalVarDeclarationAndAssignment.java
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+class Foo1 {
+    void foo() {
+        String <caret>s = <flown1>bar();
+    }
+
+    String bar() {
+        String res;
+        res = <flown111>"a";
+        return <flown11>res;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/slicer/SliceBackwardTest.java b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/slicer/SliceBackwardTest.java
index 44cecdbfd029..485d4ed87f5c 100644
--- a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/slicer/SliceBackwardTest.java
+++ b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/slicer/SliceBackwardTest.java
@@ -81,4 +81,6 @@ public class SliceBackwardTest extends SliceTestCase {
 
   public void testListTrackToArray() throws Exception { doTest();}
   public void testTryCatchFinally() throws Exception { doTest();}
+  public void testFinalVarAssignedBeforePassingToAnonymous() throws Exception { doTest();}
+  public void testLocalVarDeclarationAndAssignment() throws Exception { doTest();}
 }