diff --git a/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/staticanalysis/InlineOneTimeUsageVariable.java b/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/staticanalysis/InlineOneTimeUsageVariable.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2022 the original author or authors.
+ * <p>
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * <p>
+ * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * <p>
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.openrewrite.staticanalysis;
+
+import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;
+import org.openrewrite.ExecutionContext;
+import org.openrewrite.Recipe;
+import org.openrewrite.TreeVisitor;
+import org.openrewrite.internal.ListUtils;
+import org.openrewrite.java.JavaIsoVisitor;
+import org.openrewrite.java.tree.Expression;
+import org.openrewrite.java.tree.J;
+import org.openrewrite.java.tree.JavaType;
+import org.openrewrite.java.tree.Statement;
+
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import static java.util.Objects.requireNonNull;
+
+public class InlineOneTimeUsageVariable extends Recipe {
+
+    @Override
+    public String getDisplayName() {
+        return "Inline local variables used only once";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getDescription() {
+        return "Inline local variables that are only used once, to reduce the code or clean up after other recipes.";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Set<String> getTags() {
+        return Collections.singleton("RSPEC-S1488");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Duration getEstimatedEffortPerOccurrence() {
+        return Duration.ofMinutes(2);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public TreeVisitor<?, ExecutionContext> getVisitor() {
+        return new JavaIsoVisitor<ExecutionContext>() {
+            @Override
+            public J.Block visitBlock(J.Block block, ExecutionContext ctx) {
+                J.Block bl = super.visitBlock(block, ctx);
+                List<Statement> statements = bl.getStatements();
+                if (statements.size() > 1) {
+                    String identReturned = identReturned(statements);
+                    if (identReturned != null) {
+                        if (statements.get(statements.size() - 2) instanceof J.VariableDeclarations) {
+                            J.VariableDeclarations varDec = (J.VariableDeclarations) statements.get(statements.size() - 2);
+                            J.VariableDeclarations.NamedVariable identDefinition = varDec.getVariables().get(0);
+                            if (varDec.getLeadingAnnotations().isEmpty() && identDefinition.getSimpleName().equals(identReturned)) {
+                                bl = bl.withStatements(ListUtils.map(statements, (i, statement) -> {
+                                    if (i == statements.size() - 2) {
+                                        return null;
+                                    } else if (i == statements.size() - 1) {
+                                        if (statement instanceof J.Return) {
+                                            J.Return return_ = (J.Return) statement;
+                                            return return_.withExpression(requireNonNull(identDefinition.getInitializer())
+                                                            .withPrefix(requireNonNull(return_.getExpression()).getPrefix()))
+                                                    .withPrefix(varDec.getPrefix().withComments(ListUtils.concatAll(varDec.getComments(), return_.getComments())));
+                                        } else if (statement instanceof J.Throw) {
+                                            J.Throw thrown = (J.Throw) statement;
+                                            return thrown.withException(requireNonNull(identDefinition.getInitializer())
+                                                            .withPrefix(requireNonNull(thrown.getException()).getPrefix()))
+                                                    .withPrefix(varDec.getPrefix().withComments(ListUtils.concatAll(varDec.getComments(), thrown.getComments())));
+                                        }
+                                    }
+                                    return statement;
+                                }));
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                return bl;
+            }
+
+            private @Nullable String identReturned(List<Statement> stats) {
+                Statement lastStatement = stats.get(stats.size() - 1);
+                if (lastStatement instanceof J.Return) {
+                    J.Return return_ = (J.Return) lastStatement;
+                    Expression expression = return_.getExpression();
+                    if (expression instanceof J.Identifier &&
+                        !(expression.getType() instanceof JavaType.Array)) {
+                        return ((J.Identifier) expression).getSimpleName();
+                    }
+                } else if (lastStatement instanceof J.Throw) {
+                    J.Throw thr = (J.Throw) lastStatement;
+                    if (thr.getException() instanceof J.Identifier) {
+                        return ((J.Identifier) thr.getException()).getSimpleName();
+                    }
+                }
+                return null;
+            }
+        };
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/staticanalysis/InlineOneTimeUsageVariableTest.java b/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/staticanalysis/InlineOneTimeUsageVariableTest.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2022 the original author or authors.
+ * <p>
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * <p>
+ * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * <p>
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.openrewrite.staticanalysis;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.openrewrite.DocumentExample;
+import org.openrewrite.test.RecipeSpec;
+import org.openrewrite.test.RewriteTest;
+
+import static org.openrewrite.java.Assertions.java;
+
+class InlineOneTimeUsageVariableTest implements RewriteTest {
+    @Override
+    public void defaults(RecipeSpec spec) {
+        spec.recipe(new InlineOneTimeUsageVariable());
+    }
+
+    @DocumentExample
+    @SuppressWarnings({"UnnecessaryLocalVariable", "CodeBlock2Expr", "Convert2MethodRef"})
+    @Test
+    void inlineVariable() {
+        rewriteRun(
+          //language=java
+          java(
+            """
+              class Test {
+                  Object test() {
+                      int y = 0;
+                      int n = y;
+                      return n;
+                  }
+                  Object test2() {
+                      int y = 0;
+                      int n = y;
+                      System.out.println(n);
+                      return n;
+                  }
+                  Object test3() {
+                      String s = "0";
+                      String s2 = s;
+                      return s2;
+                  }
+                  Object test4() {
+                      String s = "0";
+                      String s2 = s;
+                      String s3 = s2;
+                      return s3;
+                  }
+              }
+              """,
+            """
+              class Test {
+                  Object test() {
+                      return 0;
+                  }
+                  Object test2() {
+                      int n = 0;
+                      System.out.println(n);
+                      return n;
+                  }
+                  Object test3() {
+                      return "0";
+                  }
+                  Object test4() {
+                     return "0";
+                  }
+              }
+              """
+          )
+        );
+    }
+
+}