diff --git a/docs/config/index.md b/docs/config/index.md
index c23bc8e47a06..581498e0eb6c 100644
--- a/docs/config/index.md
+++ b/docs/config/index.md
@@ -364,6 +364,7 @@ Custom reporters for output. Reporters can be [a Reporter instance](https://gith
   - `'junit'` - JUnit XML reporter (you can configure `testsuites` tag name with `VITEST_JUNIT_SUITE_NAME` environmental variable)
   - `'json'` -  give a simple JSON summary
   - `'html'` -  outputs HTML report based on [`@vitest/ui`](/guide/ui)
+  - `'hanging-process'` - displays a list of hanging processes, if Vitest cannot exit process safely. This might be a heavy operation, enable it only if Vitest consistently cannot exit process
   - path of a custom reporter (e.g. `'./path/to/reporter.ts'`, `'@scope/reporter'`)
 
 ### outputTruncateLength
diff --git a/packages/vitest/package.json b/packages/vitest/package.json
index b906f7c67faf..47856a593163 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/package.json
+++ b/packages/vitest/package.json
@@ -122,7 +122,8 @@
     "tinypool": "^0.3.0",
     "tinyspy": "^1.0.2",
     "vite": "^3.0.0 || ^4.0.0",
-    "vite-node": "workspace:*"
+    "vite-node": "workspace:*",
+    "why-is-node-running": "^2.2.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@antfu/install-pkg": "^0.1.1",
diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/node/core.ts b/packages/vitest/src/node/core.ts
index b5392e6ab78f..eeff77a45e11 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/node/core.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/node/core.ts
@@ -553,8 +553,10 @@ export class Vitest {
    */
   async exit(force = false) {
     setTimeout(() => {
-      console.warn(`close timed out after ${this.config.teardownTimeout}ms`)
-      process.exit()
+      this.report('onProcessTimeout').then(() => {
+        console.warn(`close timed out after ${this.config.teardownTimeout}ms`)
+        process.exit()
+      })
     }, this.config.teardownTimeout).unref()
 
     await this.close()
diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/node/reporters/hanging-process.ts b/packages/vitest/src/node/reporters/hanging-process.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..41c7b4938429
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/node/reporters/hanging-process.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import { createRequire } from 'module'
+import type { Reporter } from '../../types'
+
+export class HangingProcessReporter implements Reporter {
+  whyRunning: (() => void) | undefined
+
+  onInit(): void {
+    const _require = createRequire(import.meta.url)
+    this.whyRunning = _require('why-is-node-running')
+  }
+
+  onProcessTimeout() {
+    this.whyRunning?.()
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/node/reporters/index.ts b/packages/vitest/src/node/reporters/index.ts
index 664f2afcad58..91e4020aba84 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/node/reporters/index.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/node/reporters/index.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { VerboseReporter } from './verbose'
 import { TapReporter } from './tap'
 import { JUnitReporter } from './junit'
 import { TapFlatReporter } from './tap-flat'
+import { HangingProcessReporter } from './hanging-process'
 
 export { DefaultReporter }
 
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ export const ReportersMap = {
   'tap': TapReporter,
   'tap-flat': TapFlatReporter,
   'junit': JUnitReporter,
+  'hanging-process': HangingProcessReporter,
 }
 
 export type BuiltinReporters = keyof typeof ReportersMap
diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/types/reporter.ts b/packages/vitest/src/types/reporter.ts
index 9eb6b2b1292a..07e65804c450 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/types/reporter.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/types/reporter.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ export interface Reporter {
   onServerRestart?: (reason?: string) => Awaitable<void>
 
   onUserConsoleLog?: (log: UserConsoleLog) => Awaitable<void>
+
+  onProcessTimeout?: () => Awaitable<void>
 }
 
 export type { Vitest }
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index e5302ae48c39..f2067b7174dd 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -875,6 +875,7 @@ importers:
       typescript: ^4.9.4
       vite: ^4.0.0
       vite-node: workspace:*
+      why-is-node-running: ^2.2.2
       ws: ^8.12.0
     dependencies:
       '@types/chai': 4.3.4
@@ -894,6 +895,7 @@ importers:
       tinyspy: 1.0.2
       vite: 4.0.0_@types+node@18.7.13
       vite-node: link:../vite-node
+      why-is-node-running: 2.2.2
     devDependencies:
       '@antfu/install-pkg': 0.1.1
       '@edge-runtime/vm': 2.0.2
@@ -18766,6 +18768,10 @@ packages:
       object-inspect: 1.12.2
     dev: true
 
+  /siginfo/2.0.0:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-ybx0WO1/8bSBLEWXZvEd7gMW3Sn3JFlW3TvX1nREbDLRNQNaeNN8WK0meBwPdAaOI7TtRRRJn/Es1zhrrCHu7g==}
+    dev: false
+
   /sigmund/1.0.1:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-fCvEXfh6NWpm+YSuY2bpXb/VIihqWA6hLsgboC+0nl71Q7N7o2eaCW8mJa/NLvQhs6jpd3VZV4UiUQlV6+lc8g==}
     dev: true
@@ -19093,6 +19099,10 @@ packages:
       escape-string-regexp: 2.0.0
     dev: true
 
+  /stackback/0.0.2:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-1XMJE5fQo1jGH6Y/7ebnwPOBEkIEnT4QF32d5R1+VXdXveM0IBMJt8zfaxX1P3QhVwrYe+576+jkANtSS2mBbw==}
+    dev: false
+
   /stackframe/1.3.4:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-oeVtt7eWQS+Na6F//S4kJ2K2VbRlS9D43mAlMyVpVWovy9o+jfgH8O9agzANzaiLjclA0oYzUXEM4PurhSUChw==}
     dev: true
@@ -21421,6 +21431,15 @@ packages:
     dependencies:
       isexe: 2.0.0
 
+  /why-is-node-running/2.2.2:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-6tSwToZxTOcotxHeA+qGCq1mVzKR3CwcJGmVcY+QE8SHy6TnpFnh8PAvPNHYr7EcuVeG0QSMxtYCuO1ta/G/oA==}
+    engines: {node: '>=8'}
+    hasBin: true
+    dependencies:
+      siginfo: 2.0.0
+      stackback: 0.0.2
+    dev: false
+
   /wide-align/1.1.5:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-eDMORYaPNZ4sQIuuYPDHdQvf4gyCF9rEEV/yPxGfwPkRodwEgiMUUXTx/dex+Me0wxx53S+NgUHaP7y3MGlDmg==}
     dependencies: