diff --git a/lib/ruby_lsp/node_context.rb b/lib/ruby_lsp/node_context.rb
index 1fe2c4631..c29f07895 100644
--- a/lib/ruby_lsp/node_context.rb
+++ b/lib/ruby_lsp/node_context.rb
@@ -5,9 +5,14 @@ module RubyLsp
   # This class allows listeners to access contextual information about a node in the AST, such as its parent,
   # its namespace nesting, and the surrounding CallNode (e.g. a method call).
   class NodeContext
+    #: type nesting_node = Prism::ClassNode | Prism::ModuleNode | Prism::SingletonClassNode | Prism::DefNode | Prism::BlockNode | Prism::LambdaNode | Prism::ProgramNode
+
     #: Prism::Node?
     attr_reader :node, :parent
 
+    #: Array[nesting_node]
+    attr_reader :nesting_nodes
+
     #: Array[String]
     attr_reader :nesting
 
@@ -17,14 +22,14 @@ class NodeContext
     #: String?
     attr_reader :surrounding_method
 
-    #: (Prism::Node? node, Prism::Node? parent, Array[(Prism::ClassNode | Prism::ModuleNode | Prism::SingletonClassNode | Prism::DefNode | Prism::BlockNode | Prism::LambdaNode | Prism::ProgramNode)] nesting_nodes, Prism::CallNode? call_node) -> void
+    #: (Prism::Node? node, Prism::Node? parent, Array[nesting_node] nesting_nodes, Prism::CallNode? call_node) -> void
     def initialize(node, parent, nesting_nodes, call_node)
       @node = node
       @parent = parent
       @nesting_nodes = nesting_nodes
       @call_node = call_node
 
-      nesting, surrounding_method = handle_nesting_nodes(nesting_nodes)
+      nesting, surrounding_method = handle_nesting_nodes
       @nesting = nesting #: Array[String]
       @surrounding_method = surrounding_method #: String?
     end
@@ -38,12 +43,8 @@ def fully_qualified_name
     def locals_for_scope
       locals = []
 
-      @nesting_nodes.each do |node|
-        if node.is_a?(Prism::ClassNode) || node.is_a?(Prism::ModuleNode) || node.is_a?(Prism::SingletonClassNode) ||
-            node.is_a?(Prism::DefNode)
-          locals.clear
-        end
-
+      nesting_nodes.each do |node|
+        locals.clear if scope_boundary?(node)
         locals.concat(node.locals)
       end
 
@@ -52,26 +53,37 @@ def locals_for_scope
 
     private
 
-    #: (Array[(Prism::ClassNode | Prism::ModuleNode | Prism::SingletonClassNode | Prism::DefNode | Prism::BlockNode | Prism::LambdaNode | Prism::ProgramNode)] nodes) -> [Array[String], String?]
-    def handle_nesting_nodes(nodes)
+    #: (nesting_node node) -> bool
+    def scope_boundary?(node)
+      node.is_a?(Prism::ClassNode) || node.is_a?(Prism::ModuleNode) ||
+        node.is_a?(Prism::SingletonClassNode) || node.is_a?(Prism::DefNode)
+    end
+
+    #: -> [Array[String], String?]
+    def handle_nesting_nodes
       nesting = []
       surrounding_method = nil #: String?
 
-      @nesting_nodes.each do |node|
+      nesting_nodes.each do |node|
         case node
         when Prism::ClassNode, Prism::ModuleNode
           nesting << node.constant_path.slice
         when Prism::SingletonClassNode
-          nesting << "<Class:#{nesting.flat_map { |n| n.split("::") }.last}>"
+          nesting << singleton_class_name(nesting)
         when Prism::DefNode
           surrounding_method = node.name.to_s
           next unless node.receiver.is_a?(Prism::SelfNode)
 
-          nesting << "<Class:#{nesting.flat_map { |n| n.split("::") }.last}>"
+          nesting << singleton_class_name(nesting)
         end
       end
 
       [nesting, surrounding_method]
     end
+
+    #: (Array[String] nesting) -> String
+    def singleton_class_name(nesting)
+      "<Class:#{nesting.flat_map { |n| n.split("::") }.last}>"
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/test/ruby_document_test.rb b/test/ruby_document_test.rb
index 0b677a43b..19c031cf1 100644
--- a/test/ruby_document_test.rb
+++ b/test/ruby_document_test.rb
@@ -1078,6 +1078,109 @@ class Foo
     assert_predicate(document, :should_index?)
   end
 
+  def test_locate_returns_nesting_nodes_for_class_and_module
+    document = RubyLsp::RubyDocument.new(source: <<~RUBY, version: 1, uri: @uri, global_state: @global_state)
+      module Foo
+        class Bar
+          def baz
+            hello
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    RUBY
+
+    node_context = document.locate_node({ line: 3, character: 6 })
+    nesting_nodes = node_context.nesting_nodes
+
+    assert_equal(4, nesting_nodes.length)
+    assert_instance_of(Prism::ProgramNode, nesting_nodes[0])
+    assert_instance_of(Prism::ModuleNode, nesting_nodes[1])
+    assert_instance_of(Prism::ClassNode, nesting_nodes[2])
+    assert_instance_of(Prism::DefNode, nesting_nodes[3])
+
+    module_node = nesting_nodes[1] #: as Prism::ModuleNode
+    assert_equal("Foo", module_node.constant_path.slice)
+
+    class_node = nesting_nodes[2] #: as Prism::ClassNode
+    assert_equal("Bar", class_node.constant_path.slice)
+
+    def_node = nesting_nodes[3] #: as Prism::DefNode
+    assert_equal(:baz, def_node.name)
+  end
+
+  def test_locate_returns_nesting_nodes_for_singleton_class
+    document = RubyLsp::RubyDocument.new(source: <<~RUBY, version: 1, uri: @uri, global_state: @global_state)
+      class Foo
+        class << self
+          def bar
+            hello
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    RUBY
+
+    node_context = document.locate_node({ line: 3, character: 6 })
+    nesting_nodes = node_context.nesting_nodes
+
+    assert_equal(4, nesting_nodes.length)
+    assert_instance_of(Prism::ProgramNode, nesting_nodes[0])
+    assert_instance_of(Prism::ClassNode, nesting_nodes[1])
+    assert_instance_of(Prism::SingletonClassNode, nesting_nodes[2])
+    assert_instance_of(Prism::DefNode, nesting_nodes[3])
+  end
+
+  def test_locate_returns_nesting_nodes_for_blocks
+    document = RubyLsp::RubyDocument.new(source: <<~RUBY, version: 1, uri: @uri, global_state: @global_state)
+      class Foo
+        def bar
+          items.each do |item|
+            process(item)
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    RUBY
+
+    node_context = document.locate_node({ line: 3, character: 6 })
+    nesting_nodes = node_context.nesting_nodes
+
+    assert_equal(4, nesting_nodes.length)
+    assert_instance_of(Prism::ProgramNode, nesting_nodes[0])
+    assert_instance_of(Prism::ClassNode, nesting_nodes[1])
+    assert_instance_of(Prism::DefNode, nesting_nodes[2])
+    assert_instance_of(Prism::BlockNode, nesting_nodes[3])
+  end
+
+  def test_locate_returns_nesting_nodes_for_lambdas
+    document = RubyLsp::RubyDocument.new(source: <<~RUBY, version: 1, uri: @uri, global_state: @global_state)
+      class Foo
+        def bar
+          processor = ->(item) { process(item) }
+        end
+      end
+    RUBY
+
+    node_context = document.locate_node({ line: 2, character: 37 })
+    nesting_nodes = node_context.nesting_nodes
+
+    assert_equal(4, nesting_nodes.length)
+    assert_instance_of(Prism::ProgramNode, nesting_nodes[0])
+    assert_instance_of(Prism::ClassNode, nesting_nodes[1])
+    assert_instance_of(Prism::DefNode, nesting_nodes[2])
+    assert_instance_of(Prism::LambdaNode, nesting_nodes[3])
+  end
+
+  def test_nesting_nodes_at_top_level
+    document = RubyLsp::RubyDocument.new(source: <<~RUBY, version: 1, uri: @uri, global_state: @global_state)
+      puts "Hello, World!"
+    RUBY
+
+    node_context = document.locate_node({ line: 0, character: 5 })
+    nesting_nodes = node_context.nesting_nodes
+
+    assert_equal(1, nesting_nodes.length)
+    assert_instance_of(Prism::ProgramNode, nesting_nodes[0])
+  end
+
   private
 
   def assert_error_edit(actual, error_range)