diff --git a/lib/internal/assert/assertion_error.js b/lib/internal/assert/assertion_error.js
index ea2a999a60e7e8..b74afe144819c8 100644
--- a/lib/internal/assert/assertion_error.js
+++ b/lib/internal/assert/assertion_error.js
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ const kReadableOperator = {
   equal: 'Expected values to be loosely equal:',
   notDeepStrictEqual: 'Expected "actual" not to be strictly deep-equal to:',
   notStrictEqual: 'Expected "actual" to be strictly unequal to:',
-  // eslint-disable-next-line max-len
-  notStrictEqualObject: 'Expected "actual" not to be reference-equal to "expected":',
+  notStrictEqualObject:
+    'Expected "actual" not to be reference-equal to "expected":',
   notDeepEqual: 'Expected "actual" not to be loosely deep-equal to:',
   notEqual: 'Expected "actual" to be loosely unequal to:',
   notIdentical: 'Values identical but not reference-equal:',
@@ -52,7 +52,10 @@ function inspectValue(val) {
       // Assert compares only enumerable properties (with a few exceptions).
       showHidden: false,
       // Having a long line as error is better than wrapping the line for
-      // comparison.
+      // comparison for now.
+      // TODO(BridgeAR): `breakLength` should be limited as soon as soon as we
+      // have meta information about the inspected properties (i.e., know where
+      // in what line the property starts and ends).
       breakLength: Infinity,
       // Assert does not detect proxies currently.
       showProxy: false,
diff --git a/lib/internal/util/inspect.js b/lib/internal/util/inspect.js
index dc0a1dcb279ff7..a933267df90fae 100644
--- a/lib/internal/util/inspect.js
+++ b/lib/internal/util/inspect.js
@@ -884,6 +884,8 @@ function groupArrayElements(ctx, output) {
           approxCharHeights * (actualMax - bias) * output.length
         ) / (actualMax - bias)
       ),
+      // Do not exceed the breakLength.
+      Math.floor((ctx.breakLength - ctx.indentationLvl) / actualMax),
       // Limit array grouping for small `compact` modes as the user requested
       // minimal grouping.
       ctx.compact * 3,
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-util-inspect.js b/test/parallel/test-util-inspect.js
index a474fd56e44b71..c09b9e18a4eb4c 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-util-inspect.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-util-inspect.js
@@ -2166,4 +2166,94 @@ assert.strictEqual(
     '\u001b[33m3\u001b[39m, \u001b[33m4\u001b[39m ]';
 
   assert.strictEqual(out, expected);
+
+  obj = [
+    'Object', 'Function', 'Array',
+    'Number', 'parseFloat', 'parseInt',
+    'Infinity', 'NaN', 'undefined',
+    'Boolean', 'String', 'Symbol',
+    'Date', 'Promise', 'RegExp',
+    'Error', 'EvalError', 'RangeError',
+    'ReferenceError', 'SyntaxError', 'TypeError',
+    'URIError', 'JSON', 'Math',
+    'console', 'Intl', 'ArrayBuffer',
+    'Uint8Array', 'Int8Array', 'Uint16Array',
+    'Int16Array', 'Uint32Array', 'Int32Array',
+    'Float32Array', 'Float64Array', 'Uint8ClampedArray',
+    'BigUint64Array', 'BigInt64Array', 'DataView',
+    'Map', 'BigInt', 'Set',
+    'WeakMap', 'WeakSet', 'Proxy',
+    'Reflect', 'decodeURI', 'decodeURIComponent',
+    'encodeURI', 'encodeURIComponent', 'escape',
+    'unescape', 'eval', 'isFinite',
+    'isNaN', 'SharedArrayBuffer', 'Atomics',
+    'globalThis', 'WebAssembly', 'global',
+    'process', 'GLOBAL', 'root',
+    'Buffer', 'URL', 'URLSearchParams',
+    'TextEncoder', 'TextDecoder', 'clearInterval',
+    'clearTimeout', 'setInterval', 'setTimeout',
+    'queueMicrotask', 'clearImmediate', 'setImmediate',
+    'module', 'require', 'assert',
+    'async_hooks', 'buffer', 'child_process',
+    'cluster', 'crypto', 'dgram',
+    'dns', 'domain', 'events',
+    'fs', 'http', 'http2',
+    'https', 'inspector', 'net',
+    'os', 'path', 'perf_hooks',
+    'punycode', 'querystring', 'readline',
+    'repl', 'stream', 'string_decoder',
+    'tls', 'trace_events', 'tty',
+    'url', 'v8', 'vm',
+    'worker_threads', 'zlib', '_',
+    '_error', 'util'
+  ];
+
+  out = util.inspect(
+    obj,
+    { compact: 3, breakLength: 80, maxArrayLength: 250 }
+  );
+  expected = [
+    '[',
+    "          'Object',           'Function',              'Array',",
+    "          'Number',         'parseFloat',           'parseInt',",
+    "        'Infinity',                'NaN',          'undefined',",
+    "         'Boolean',             'String',             'Symbol',",
+    "            'Date',            'Promise',             'RegExp',",
+    "           'Error',          'EvalError',         'RangeError',",
+    "  'ReferenceError',        'SyntaxError',          'TypeError',",
+    "        'URIError',               'JSON',               'Math',",
+    "         'console',               'Intl',        'ArrayBuffer',",
+    "      'Uint8Array',          'Int8Array',        'Uint16Array',",
+    "      'Int16Array',        'Uint32Array',         'Int32Array',",
+    "    'Float32Array',       'Float64Array',  'Uint8ClampedArray',",
+    "  'BigUint64Array',      'BigInt64Array',           'DataView',",
+    "             'Map',             'BigInt',                'Set',",
+    "         'WeakMap',            'WeakSet',              'Proxy',",
+    "         'Reflect',          'decodeURI', 'decodeURIComponent',",
+    "       'encodeURI', 'encodeURIComponent',             'escape',",
+    "        'unescape',               'eval',           'isFinite',",
+    "           'isNaN',  'SharedArrayBuffer',            'Atomics',",
+    "      'globalThis',        'WebAssembly',             'global',",
+    "         'process',             'GLOBAL',               'root',",
+    "          'Buffer',                'URL',    'URLSearchParams',",
+    "     'TextEncoder',        'TextDecoder',      'clearInterval',",
+    "    'clearTimeout',        'setInterval',         'setTimeout',",
+    "  'queueMicrotask',     'clearImmediate',       'setImmediate',",
+    "          'module',            'require',             'assert',",
+    "     'async_hooks',             'buffer',      'child_process',",
+    "         'cluster',             'crypto',              'dgram',",
+    "             'dns',             'domain',             'events',",
+    "              'fs',               'http',              'http2',",
+    "           'https',          'inspector',                'net',",
+    "              'os',               'path',         'perf_hooks',",
+    "        'punycode',        'querystring',           'readline',",
+    "            'repl',             'stream',     'string_decoder',",
+    "             'tls',       'trace_events',                'tty',",
+    "             'url',                 'v8',                 'vm',",
+    "  'worker_threads',               'zlib',                  '_',",
+    "          '_error',               'util'",
+    ']'
+  ].join('\n');
+
+  assert.strictEqual(out, expected);
 }