diff --git a/src/main/java/com/android/tools/r8/dex/FileWriter.java b/src/main/java/com/android/tools/r8/dex/FileWriter.java
index a0cb02304..61ee99761 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/android/tools/r8/dex/FileWriter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/android/tools/r8/dex/FileWriter.java
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.objects.Reference2IntLinkedOpenHashMap;
 import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.objects.Reference2IntMap;
 import java.security.MessageDigest;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Comparator;
@@ -282,6 +283,10 @@ public class FileWriter {
     }
   }
 
+  private boolean hasDexItemBasedString(DexCode code) {
+    return Arrays.stream(code.instructions).anyMatch(Instruction::isDexItemBasedConstString);
+  }
+
   private List<DexCode> sortDexCodesByClassName() {
     Map<DexCode, String> codeToSignatureMap = new IdentityHashMap<>();
     List<DexCode> codesSorted = new ArrayList<>();
@@ -289,6 +294,11 @@ public class FileWriter {
       clazz.forEachMethod(
           method -> {
             DexCode code = codeMapping.getCode(method);
+            if (code != null && hasDexItemBasedString(code)) {
+              System.out.println("[R8 logging]: useIdentifierNameString: "
+                  + method.getOptimizationInfo().useIdentifierNameString());
+              System.out.println("[R8 logging]: " + code.toString(method, null));
+            }
             assert code != null || method.shouldNotHaveCode();
             if (code != null) {
               codesSorted.add(code);