diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 34348aac..86f29a47 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ dev = [
   "sphinx_rtd_theme>=0.5.1",
   "sphinx-toolbox==3.7.0",
   "jupyter-book>=1,<2",
-  "nbsphinx"
+  "nbsphinx",
+  "pyinstrument",
 ]
 agno = ["agno>=2.2.1", "sqlalchemy>=2.0.40"]
 google = ["google-genai>=1.8.0"]
diff --git a/scripts/profile_tool_call.py b/scripts/profile_tool_call.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8fe922a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/profile_tool_call.py
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+import cProfile
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Literal
+
+from sensai.util import logging
+from sensai.util.logging import LogTime
+from sensai.util.profiling import profiled
+
+from serena.agent import SerenaAgent
+from serena.config.serena_config import SerenaConfig
+from serena.tools import FindSymbolTool
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    logging.configure()
+
+    # The profiler to use:
+    # Use pyinstrument for hierarchical profiling output
+    # Use cProfile to determine which functions take the most time overall (and use snakeviz to visualize)
+    profiler: Literal["pyinstrument", "cprofile"] = "cprofile"
+
+    project_path = Path(__file__).parent.parent  # Serena root
+
+    serena_config = SerenaConfig.from_config_file()
+    serena_config.log_level = logging.INFO
+    serena_config.gui_log_window_enabled = False
+    serena_config.web_dashboard = False
+
+    agent = SerenaAgent(str(project_path), serena_config=serena_config)
+
+    # wait for language server to be ready
+    agent.execute_task(lambda: log.info("Language server is ready."))
+
+    def tool_call():
+        """This is the function we want to profile."""
+        # NOTE: We use apply (not apply_ex) to run the tool call directly on the main thread
+        with LogTime("Tool call"):
+            result = agent.get_tool(FindSymbolTool).apply(name_path="DQN")
+        log.info("Tool result:\n%s", result)
+
+    if profiler == "pyinstrument":
+
+        @profiled(log_to_file=True)
+        def profiled_tool_call():
+            tool_call()
+
+        profiled_tool_call()
+
+    elif profiler == "cprofile":
+        cProfile.run("tool_call()", "tool_call.pstat")
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 7e0d86d1..538dfd92 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 version = 1
-revision = 3
+revision = 2
 requires-python = "==3.11.*"
 
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 name = "pyright"
 version = "1.1.403"
@@ -1875,6 +1891,7 @@ dev = [
     { name = "mypy" },
     { name = "nbsphinx" },
     { name = "poethepoet" },
+    { name = "pyinstrument" },
     { name = "pytest" },
     { name = "pytest-xdist" },
     { name = "ruff" },
@@ -1912,6 +1929,7 @@ requires-dist = [
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     { name = "psutil", specifier = ">=7.0.0" },
     { name = "pydantic", specifier = ">=2.10.6" },
+    { name = "pyinstrument", marker = "extra == 'dev'" },
     { name = "pyright", specifier = ">=1.1.396,<2" },
     { name = "pytest", marker = "extra == 'dev'", specifier = ">=8.0.2" },
     { name = "pytest-xdist", marker = "extra == 'dev'", specifier = ">=3.5.0" },