diff --git a/lib/internal/util/inspect.js b/lib/internal/util/inspect.js
index 674cb43ab1f01f..462637ec151b05 100644
--- a/lib/internal/util/inspect.js
+++ b/lib/internal/util/inspect.js
@@ -246,8 +246,8 @@ const meta = [
 // Matches all ansi escape code sequences in a string
 const ansiPattern = '[\\u001B\\u009B][[\\]()#;?]*' +
   '(?:(?:(?:(?:;[-a-zA-Z\\d\\/#&.:=?%@~_]+)*' +
-  '|[a-zA-Z\\d]+(?:;[-a-zA-Z\\d\\/#&.:=?%@~_]*)*)?\\u0007)' +
-  '|(?:(?:\\d{1,4}(?:;\\d{0,4})*)?[\\dA-PR-TZcf-ntqry=><~]))';
+  '|[a-zA-Z\\d]+(?:;[-a-zA-Z\\d\\/#&.:=?%@~_]*)*)?(?:\\u0007|\\u001B\\u005C|\\u009C))' +
+  '|(?:(?:\\d{1,4}(?:;\\d{0,4})*)?[\\dA-PR-TZcf-nq-uy=><~]))';
 const ansi = new RegExp(ansiPattern, 'g');
 
 let getStringWidth;