diff --git a/pkg/plugins/manager/loader/angular/angulardetector/angulardetector.go b/pkg/plugins/manager/loader/angular/angulardetector/angulardetector.go
index 7738c96ea29..d4d610edb24 100644
--- a/pkg/plugins/manager/loader/angular/angulardetector/angulardetector.go
+++ b/pkg/plugins/manager/loader/angular/angulardetector/angulardetector.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package angulardetector
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
+	"fmt"
 	"regexp"
 )
 
@@ -16,6 +17,8 @@ var (
 
 // AngularDetector implements a check to see if a js file is using angular APIs.
 type AngularDetector interface {
+	fmt.Stringer
+
 	// DetectAngular takes the content of a js file and returns true if the plugin is using Angular.
 	DetectAngular(js []byte) bool
 }
@@ -30,6 +33,11 @@ func (d *ContainsBytesDetector) DetectAngular(moduleJs []byte) bool {
 	return bytes.Contains(moduleJs, d.Pattern)
 }
 
+// String returns the string representation of the pattern.
+func (d *ContainsBytesDetector) String() string {
+	return string(d.Pattern)
+}
+
 // RegexDetector is an AngularDetector that returns true if the module.js content matches a regular expression.
 type RegexDetector struct {
 	Regex *regexp.Regexp
@@ -40,6 +48,11 @@ func (d *RegexDetector) DetectAngular(moduleJs []byte) bool {
 	return d.Regex.Match(moduleJs)
 }
 
+// String returns the string representation of the regular expression.
+func (d *RegexDetector) String() string {
+	return d.Regex.String()
+}
+
 // DetectorsProvider can provide multiple AngularDetectors used for Angular detection.
 type DetectorsProvider interface {
 	// ProvideDetectors returns a slice of AngularDetector.
diff --git a/pkg/plugins/manager/loader/angular/angularinspector/angularinspector.go b/pkg/plugins/manager/loader/angular/angularinspector/angularinspector.go
index 015cbd26dbc..51f5e70f8e4 100644
--- a/pkg/plugins/manager/loader/angular/angularinspector/angularinspector.go
+++ b/pkg/plugins/manager/loader/angular/angularinspector/angularinspector.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"regexp"
 
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/plugins"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/plugins/log"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/plugins/manager/loader/angular/angulardetector"
 )
 
@@ -20,10 +21,19 @@ type Inspector interface {
 // PatternsListInspector is an Inspector that matches a plugin's module.js against all the patterns returned by
 // the detectorsProvider, in sequence.
 type PatternsListInspector struct {
+	log log.Logger
+
 	// DetectorsProvider returns the detectors that will be used by Inspect.
 	DetectorsProvider angulardetector.DetectorsProvider
 }
 
+func NewPatternListInspector(detectorsProvider angulardetector.DetectorsProvider) *PatternsListInspector {
+	return &PatternsListInspector{
+		log:               log.New("plugins.validator.angular.patterns"),
+		DetectorsProvider: detectorsProvider,
+	}
+}
+
 func (i *PatternsListInspector) Inspect(ctx context.Context, p *plugins.Plugin) (isAngular bool, err error) {
 	f, err := p.FS.Open("module.js")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -44,6 +54,7 @@ func (i *PatternsListInspector) Inspect(ctx context.Context, p *plugins.Plugin)
 	}
 	for _, d := range i.DetectorsProvider.ProvideDetectors(ctx) {
 		if d.DetectAngular(b) {
+			i.log.Debug("Angular detected", "pluginId", p.ID, "version", p.Info.Version, "detector", d.String())
 			isAngular = true
 			break
 		}
@@ -74,5 +85,5 @@ func NewDefaultStaticDetectorsProvider() angulardetector.DetectorsProvider {
 // NewStaticInspector returns the default Inspector, which is a PatternsListInspector that only uses the
 // static (hardcoded) angular detection patterns.
 func NewStaticInspector() Inspector {
-	return &PatternsListInspector{DetectorsProvider: NewDefaultStaticDetectorsProvider()}
+	return NewPatternListInspector(NewDefaultStaticDetectorsProvider())
 }
diff --git a/pkg/plugins/manager/loader/angular/angularinspector/angularinspector_test.go b/pkg/plugins/manager/loader/angular/angularinspector/angularinspector_test.go
index c2ba0e0c260..d66fcf2b285 100644
--- a/pkg/plugins/manager/loader/angular/angularinspector/angularinspector_test.go
+++ b/pkg/plugins/manager/loader/angular/angularinspector/angularinspector_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package angularinspector
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"regexp"
 	"strconv"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -21,6 +22,10 @@ func (d *fakeDetector) DetectAngular(_ []byte) bool {
 	return d.returns
 }
 
+func (d *fakeDetector) String() string {
+	return "fake"
+}
+
 func TestPatternsListInspector(t *testing.T) {
 	plugin := &plugins.Plugin{
 		FS: plugins.NewInMemoryFS(map[string][]byte{"module.js": nil}),
@@ -73,9 +78,7 @@ func TestPatternsListInspector(t *testing.T) {
 			for _, d := range tc.fakeDetectors {
 				detectors = append(detectors, angulardetector.AngularDetector(d))
 			}
-			inspector := &PatternsListInspector{
-				DetectorsProvider: &angulardetector.StaticDetectorsProvider{Detectors: detectors},
-			}
+			inspector := NewPatternListInspector(&angulardetector.StaticDetectorsProvider{Detectors: detectors})
 			r, err := inspector.Inspect(context.Background(), plugin)
 			tc.exp(t, r, err, tc.fakeDetectors)
 		})
@@ -128,7 +131,7 @@ func TestDefaultStaticDetectorsInspector(t *testing.T) {
 			exp: false,
 		})
 	}
-	inspector := PatternsListInspector{DetectorsProvider: NewDefaultStaticDetectorsProvider()}
+	inspector := NewPatternListInspector(NewDefaultStaticDetectorsProvider())
 	for _, tc := range tcs {
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			isAngular, err := inspector.Inspect(context.Background(), tc.plugin)
@@ -143,3 +146,16 @@ func TestDefaultStaticDetectorsInspector(t *testing.T) {
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 	})
 }
+
+func TestDetectorStringer(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("contains bytes detector", func(t *testing.T) {
+		d := angulardetector.ContainsBytesDetector{Pattern: []byte("pattern")}
+		require.Equal(t, "pattern", d.String())
+	})
+
+	t.Run("regex detector", func(t *testing.T) {
+		const r = `["']QueryCtrl["']`
+		d := angulardetector.RegexDetector{Regex: regexp.MustCompile(r)}
+		require.Equal(t, r, d.String())
+	})
+}
diff --git a/pkg/services/pluginsintegration/angularinspector/angularinspector.go b/pkg/services/pluginsintegration/angularinspector/angularinspector.go
index b637c11ce73..3ac8734df5d 100644
--- a/pkg/services/pluginsintegration/angularinspector/angularinspector.go
+++ b/pkg/services/pluginsintegration/angularinspector/angularinspector.go
@@ -24,5 +24,5 @@ func ProvideService(cfg *config.Cfg, dynamic *angulardetectorsprovider.Dynamic)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return &Service{Inspector: &angularinspector.PatternsListInspector{DetectorsProvider: detectorsProvider}}, nil
+	return &Service{Inspector: angularinspector.NewPatternListInspector(detectorsProvider)}, nil
 }