diff --git a/examples/embeddable_explorer/tsconfig.json b/examples/embeddable_explorer/tsconfig.json
index 86b35c5e4943f..4baebebcea42e 100644
--- a/examples/embeddable_explorer/tsconfig.json
+++ b/examples/embeddable_explorer/tsconfig.json
@@ -9,10 +9,11 @@
     "public/**/*.ts",
     "public/**/*.tsx",
     "server/**/*.ts",
-    "../../typings/**/*",
+    "../../typings/**/*"
   ],
   "exclude": [],
   "references": [
-    { "path": "../../src/core/tsconfig.json" }
+    { "path": "../../src/core/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../../src/plugins/inspector/tsconfig.json" }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/inspector/tsconfig.json b/src/plugins/inspector/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..2a9c41464532c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/inspector/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+  "extends": "../../../tsconfig.base.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "composite": true,
+    "outDir": "./target/types",
+    "emitDeclarationOnly": true,
+    "declaration": true,
+    "declarationMap": true
+  },
+  "include": ["common/**/*", "public/**/*", "index.ts"],
+  "references": [
+    { "path": "../../core/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../kibana_react/tsconfig.json" }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/test/tsconfig.json b/test/tsconfig.json
index a6cc2d34639b7..2949a764d4b1a 100644
--- a/test/tsconfig.json
+++ b/test/tsconfig.json
@@ -2,29 +2,19 @@
   "extends": "../tsconfig.base.json",
   "compilerOptions": {
     "tsBuildInfoFile": "../build/tsbuildinfo/test",
-    "types": [
-      "node",
-      "mocha",
-      "flot"
-    ]
+    "types": ["node", "mocha", "flot"]
   },
-  "include": [
-    "**/*",
-    "../typings/elastic__node_crypto.d.ts",
-    "typings/**/*"
-  ],
-  "exclude": [
-    "plugin_functional/plugins/**/*",
-    "interpreter_functional/plugins/**/*"
-  ],
+  "include": ["**/*", "../typings/elastic__node_crypto.d.ts", "typings/**/*"],
+  "exclude": ["plugin_functional/plugins/**/*", "interpreter_functional/plugins/**/*"],
   "references": [
     { "path": "../src/core/tsconfig.json" },
-    { "path": "../src/plugins/kibana_utils/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../src/plugins/inspector/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../src/plugins/kibana_react/tsconfig.json" },
-    { "path": "../src/plugins/usage_collection/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../src/plugins/kibana_usage_collection/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../src/plugins/kibana_utils/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../src/plugins/newsfeed/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../src/plugins/telemetry_collection_manager/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../src/plugins/telemetry/tsconfig.json" },
-    { "path": "../src/plugins/kibana_usage_collection/tsconfig.json" },
-    { "path": "../src/plugins/newsfeed/tsconfig.json" }
+    { "path": "../src/plugins/usage_collection/tsconfig.json" }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 49a45f370701d..30b38d0fc2dd3 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -6,18 +6,18 @@
   "include": ["kibana.d.ts", "src/**/*", "typings/**/*", "test_utils/**/*"],
   "exclude": [
     "src/**/__fixtures__/**/*",
-    "src/test_utils/**/*",
     "src/core/**/*",
+    "src/plugins/inspector/**/*",
     "src/plugins/kibana_legacy/**/*",
-    "src/plugins/kibana_usage_collection/**/*",
-    "src/plugins/kibana_utils/**/*",
     "src/plugins/kibana_react/**/*",
+    "src/plugins/kibana_usage_collection/**/*",
     "src/plugins/kibana_utils/**/*",
     "src/plugins/newsfeed/**/*",
-    "src/plugins/telemetry/**/*",
     "src/plugins/telemetry_collection_manager/**/*",
+    "src/plugins/telemetry/**/*",
     "src/plugins/url_forwarding/**/*",
-    "src/plugins/usage_collection/**/*"
+    "src/plugins/usage_collection/**/*",
+    "src/test_utils/**/*"
     // In the build we actually exclude **/public/**/* from this config so that
     // we can run the TSC on both this and the .browser version of this config
     // file, but if we did it during development IDEs would not be able to find
@@ -25,14 +25,15 @@
     // "src/**/public/**/*"
   ],
   "references": [
-    { "path": "./src/test_utils/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./src/core/tsconfig.json" },
-    { "path": "./src/plugins/kibana_utils/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "./src/plugins/inspector/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./src/plugins/kibana_react/tsconfig.json" },
-    { "path": "./src/plugins/usage_collection/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "./src/plugins/kibana_usage_collection/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "./src/plugins/kibana_utils/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "./src/plugins/newsfeed/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./src/plugins/telemetry_collection_manager/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./src/plugins/telemetry/tsconfig.json" },
-    { "path": "./src/plugins/kibana_usage_collection/tsconfig.json" },
-    { "path": "./src/plugins/newsfeed/tsconfig.json" }
+    { "path": "./src/plugins/usage_collection/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "./src/test_utils/tsconfig.json" }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/tsconfig.refs.json b/tsconfig.refs.json
index 6247761812581..c16e7a5e1b0f1 100644
--- a/tsconfig.refs.json
+++ b/tsconfig.refs.json
@@ -2,15 +2,16 @@
   "include": [],
   "references": [
     { "path": "./src/core/tsconfig.json" },
-    { "path": "./src/test_utils/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "./src/plugins/inspector/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./src/plugins/kibana_legacy/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./src/plugins/kibana_react/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./src/plugins/kibana_usage_collection/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./src/plugins/kibana_utils/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./src/plugins/newsfeed/tsconfig.json" },
-    { "path": "./src/plugins/telemetry/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./src/plugins/telemetry_collection_manager/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "./src/plugins/telemetry/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./src/plugins/url_forwarding/tsconfig.json" },
-    { "path": "./src/plugins/usage_collection/tsconfig.json" }
+    { "path": "./src/plugins/usage_collection/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "./src/test_utils/tsconfig.json" }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/tsconfig.json b/x-pack/tsconfig.json
index 057441304f093..5c76a11315a56 100644
--- a/x-pack/tsconfig.json
+++ b/x-pack/tsconfig.json
@@ -22,13 +22,14 @@
   },
   "references": [
     { "path": "../src/core/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../src/plugins/inspector/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../src/plugins/kibana_legacy/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../src/plugins/kibana_react/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../src/plugins/kibana_usage_collection/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../src/plugins/kibana_utils/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../src/plugins/newsfeed/tsconfig.json" },
-    { "path": "../src/plugins/telemetry/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../src/plugins/telemetry_collection_manager/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../src/plugins/telemetry/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../src/plugins/url_forwarding/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../src/plugins/usage_collection/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/global_search/tsconfig.json" },