diff --git a/pitest-entry/src/main/java/org/pitest/mutationtest/incremental/IncrementalAnalyser.java b/pitest-entry/src/main/java/org/pitest/mutationtest/incremental/IncrementalAnalyser.java
index 02a129b70..3b13ebd2e 100644
--- a/pitest-entry/src/main/java/org/pitest/mutationtest/incremental/IncrementalAnalyser.java
+++ b/pitest-entry/src/main/java/org/pitest/mutationtest/incremental/IncrementalAnalyser.java
@@ -43,8 +43,7 @@ public IncrementalAnalyser(CodeHistory history, CoverageDatabase coverage, boole
   }
 
   @Override
-  public Collection<MutationResult> analyse(
-      final Collection<MutationDetails> mutation) {
+  public Collection<MutationResult> analyse(Collection<MutationDetails> mutation) {
 
     final List<MutationResult> mrs = new ArrayList<>(
         mutation.size());
@@ -81,12 +80,14 @@ private void logTotals() {
     LOG.info("Incremental analysis reduced number of mutations by " + numberOfReducedMutations );
   }
 
-  private MutationResult analyseFromHistory(final MutationDetails each,
-      final MutationStatusTestPair mutationStatusTestPair) {
+  private MutationResult analyseFromHistory(MutationDetails each, MutationStatusTestPair mutationStatusTestPair) {
 
     final ClassName clazz = each.getClassName();
 
     if (this.history.hasClassChanged(clazz)) {
+      if (mutationStatusTestPair.getKillingTest().isPresent()) {
+        return prioritiseLastTest(each, mutationStatusTestPair.getKillingTest().get());
+      }
       return analyseFromScratch(each);
     }
 
@@ -103,6 +104,10 @@ private MutationResult analyseFromHistory(final MutationDetails each,
                 DetectionStatus.KILLED,
                 killingTestNames,
                 mutationStatusTestPair.getSucceedingTests());
+      } else {
+        if (mutationStatusTestPair.getKillingTest().isPresent()) {
+          return prioritiseLastTest(each, mutationStatusTestPair.getKillingTest().get());
+        }
       }
     }
 
@@ -114,7 +119,6 @@ private MutationResult analyseFromHistory(final MutationDetails each,
 
     return analyseFromScratch(each);
   }
-
   private List<String> filterUnchangedKillingTests(final MutationDetails each,
                                                    final MutationStatusTestPair mutationStatusTestPair) {
 
@@ -134,6 +138,25 @@ private static Predicate<TestInfo> isAKillingTestFor(final MutationStatusTestPai
     return a -> killingTestNames.contains(a.getName());
   }
 
+  private MutationResult prioritiseLastTest(MutationDetails mutation, String killingTestName) {
+    List<TestInfo> mutableOrderedTestList = mutation.getTestsInOrder();
+
+    Optional<TestInfo> maybeKillingTest = mutation.getTestsInOrder().stream()
+            .filter(ti -> ti.getName().equals(killingTestName))
+            .findFirst();
+
+    // last killing test is no longer available
+    if (!maybeKillingTest.isPresent()) {
+      return analyseFromScratch(mutation);
+    }
+
+    // hack the ordered list to put the killing test at the front
+    mutableOrderedTestList.remove(maybeKillingTest.get());
+    mutableOrderedTestList.add(0, maybeKillingTest.get());
+
+    return analyseFromScratch(mutation);
+  }
+
   private MutationResult analyseFromScratch(final MutationDetails mutation) {
     return makeResult(mutation, DetectionStatus.NOT_STARTED);
   }
diff --git a/pitest-entry/src/test/java/org/pitest/mutationtest/incremental/IncrementalAnalyserTest.java b/pitest-entry/src/test/java/org/pitest/mutationtest/incremental/IncrementalAnalyserTest.java
index 573a845db..528461e19 100644
--- a/pitest-entry/src/test/java/org/pitest/mutationtest/incremental/IncrementalAnalyserTest.java
+++ b/pitest-entry/src/test/java/org/pitest/mutationtest/incremental/IncrementalAnalyserTest.java
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 import static java.util.Arrays.asList;
 import static java.util.Collections.emptyList;
 import static java.util.Collections.singletonList;
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.allOf;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.contains;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.hasItem;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.hasItems;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 import static org.pitest.mutationtest.DetectionStatus.KILLED;
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 import java.math.BigInteger;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Optional;
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@
 
 import org.hamcrest.Description;
 import org.hamcrest.Matcher;
+import org.hamcrest.Matchers;
 import org.hamcrest.TypeSafeDiagnosingMatcher;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Before;
@@ -241,6 +243,54 @@ public void shouldStartPreviousKilledMutationsAtAStatusOfNotStartedWhenTestHasCh
             ));
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void prioritisesLastKillingTestWhenClassHasChanged() {
+
+    final String killingTest = "fooTest";
+    setHistoryForAllMutationsTo(DetectionStatus.KILLED, killingTest);
+    Collection<TestInfo> tests = Arrays.asList(testNamed("one"), testNamed("two"), testNamed(killingTest), testNamed("three"));
+
+    final MutationDetails md = makeMutation("foo");
+    md.addTestsInOrder(tests);
+
+    when(this.coverage.getTestsForClass(any(ClassName.class)))
+            .thenReturn(tests);
+    when(this.history.hasClassChanged(ClassName.fromString("clazz"))).thenReturn(
+            true);
+    when(this.history.hasClassChanged(ClassName.fromString("TEST_CLASS")))
+            .thenReturn(false);
+
+    MutationResult actual = this.testee.analyse(singletonList(md)).stream()
+                    .findFirst().get();
+
+    assertThat(actual.getDetails().getTestsInOrder().get(0), Matchers.equalTo(testNamed(killingTest)));
+    assertThat(actual.getDetails().getTestsInOrder(), Matchers.hasSize(4));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void prioritisesLastKillingTestWhenTestHasChanged() {
+
+    final String killingTest = "fooTest";
+    setHistoryForAllMutationsTo(DetectionStatus.KILLED, killingTest);
+    Collection<TestInfo> tests = Arrays.asList(testNamed("one"), testNamed("two"), testNamed(killingTest), testNamed("three"));
+
+    final MutationDetails md = makeMutation("foo");
+    md.addTestsInOrder(tests);
+
+    when(this.coverage.getTestsForClass(any(ClassName.class)))
+            .thenReturn(tests);
+    when(this.history.hasClassChanged(ClassName.fromString("clazz"))).thenReturn(
+            false);
+    when(this.history.hasClassChanged(ClassName.fromString("TEST_CLASS")))
+            .thenReturn(true);
+
+    MutationResult actual = this.testee.analyse(singletonList(md)).stream()
+            .findFirst().get();
+
+    assertThat(actual.getDetails().getTestsInOrder().get(0), Matchers.equalTo(testNamed(killingTest)));
+    assertThat(actual.getDetails().getTestsInOrder(), Matchers.hasSize(4));
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void assessMultipleMutationsAtATime() {
     final MutationDetails md1 = makeMutation("foo");
@@ -299,6 +349,11 @@ public void assessMultipleMutationsAtATime() {
             ));
   }
 
+  private TestInfo testNamed(String name) {
+    return new TestInfo(
+            "TEST_CLASS", name, 0, Optional.empty(), 0);
+  }
+
   private Matcher<MutationResult> withStatus(final DetectionStatus status) {
     return new TypeSafeDiagnosingMatcher<MutationResult>() {