diff --git a/src/V3AstNodeOther.h b/src/V3AstNodeOther.h
index 0c2632604..decaddbb7 100644
--- a/src/V3AstNodeOther.h
+++ b/src/V3AstNodeOther.h
@@ -1951,6 +1951,7 @@ class AstVar final : public AstNode {
     bool m_noCReset : 1;  // Do not do automated CReset creation
     bool m_noReset : 1;  // Do not do automated reset/randomization
     bool m_noSubst : 1;  // Do not substitute out references
+    bool m_sampled : 1;  // Sampled timing region
     bool m_substConstOnly : 1;  // Only substitute if constant
     bool m_overridenParam : 1;  // Overridden parameter by #(...) or defparam
     bool m_trace : 1;  // Trace this variable
@@ -1969,6 +1970,7 @@ class AstVar final : public AstNode {
     bool m_globalConstrained : 1;  // Global constraint per IEEE 1800-2023 18.5.8
     bool m_isStdRandomizeArg : 1;  // Argument variable created for std::randomize (__Varg*)
     bool m_noSample : 1;  // Do not wrap with AstSampled in assertion context
+    bool m_processQueue : 1;  // Process queue variable
     void init() {
         m_ansi = false;
         m_declTyped = false;
@@ -2009,6 +2011,7 @@ class AstVar final : public AstNode {
         m_noCReset = false;
         m_noReset = false;
         m_noSubst = false;
+        m_sampled = false;
         m_substConstOnly = false;
         m_overridenParam = false;
         m_trace = false;
@@ -2027,6 +2030,7 @@ class AstVar final : public AstNode {
         m_globalConstrained = false;
         m_isStdRandomizeArg = false;
         m_noSample = false;
+        m_processQueue = false;
     }
 
 public:
@@ -2176,6 +2180,10 @@ public:
     void noSubst(bool flag) { m_noSubst = flag; }
     bool noSample() const { return m_noSample; }
     void noSample(bool flag) { m_noSample = flag; }
+    bool processQueue() const { return m_processQueue; }
+    void processQueue(bool flag) { m_processQueue = flag; }
+    bool sampled() const { return m_sampled; }
+    void sampled(bool flag) { m_sampled = flag; }
     bool substConstOnly() const { return m_substConstOnly; }
     void substConstOnly(bool flag) { m_substConstOnly = flag; }
     bool overriddenParam() const { return m_overridenParam; }
diff --git a/src/V3AstNodes.cpp b/src/V3AstNodes.cpp
index 9383f542f..2b715848f 100644
--- a/src/V3AstNodes.cpp
+++ b/src/V3AstNodes.cpp
@@ -2956,6 +2956,8 @@ void AstVar::dump(std::ostream& str) const {
     if (rand().isRandomizable()) str << " [" << rand() << "]";
     if (noCReset()) str << " [!CRST]";
     if (noReset()) str << " [!RST]";
+    if (processQueue()) str << " [PROCQ]";
+    if (sampled()) str << " [SAMPLED]";
     if (attrIsolateAssign()) str << " [aISO]";
     if (attrFileDescr()) str << " [aFD]";
     if (isFuncReturn()) {
@@ -2986,6 +2988,8 @@ void AstVar::dumpJson(std::ostream& str) const {
     dumpJsonBoolFuncIf(str, isUsedLoopIdx);
     dumpJsonBoolFuncIf(str, noCReset);
     dumpJsonBoolFuncIf(str, noReset);
+    dumpJsonBoolFuncIf(str, processQueue);
+    dumpJsonBoolFuncIf(str, sampled);
     dumpJsonBoolFuncIf(str, attrIsolateAssign);
     dumpJsonBoolFuncIf(str, attrFileDescr);
     dumpJsonBoolFuncIf(str, isDpiOpenArray);
diff --git a/src/V3Clock.cpp b/src/V3Clock.cpp
index 6a0b3e3fa..8b3fb243c 100644
--- a/src/V3Clock.cpp
+++ b/src/V3Clock.cpp
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class ClockVisitor final : public VNVisitor {
     void visit(AstVarScope* nodep) override {
         AstVar* const varp = nodep->varp();
         if (!varp->valuep()) return;
-        if (!VString::startsWith(varp->name(), "__Vsampled")) return;
+        if (!varp->sampled()) return;
 
         // Create the containing function on first encounter
         if (!m_sampleCFuncp) {
diff --git a/src/V3Fork.cpp b/src/V3Fork.cpp
index 2e40faa24..737b31429 100644
--- a/src/V3Fork.cpp
+++ b/src/V3Fork.cpp
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ class ForkVisitor final : public VNVisitor {
         const AstCMethodHard* const methodp = VN_CAST(stmtExprp->exprp(), CMethodHard);
         if (!methodp || methodp->name() != "push_back") return false;
         const AstVarRef* const queueRefp = VN_CAST(methodp->fromp(), VarRef);
-        return queueRefp && queueRefp->name().rfind("__VprocessQueue_", 0) == 0;
+        return queueRefp && queueRefp->varp()->processQueue();
     }
     static void moveForkSentinelAfterDisableQueuePushes(AstBegin* const beginp) {
         AstNode* const firstStmtp = beginp->stmtsp();
diff --git a/src/V3LinkJump.cpp b/src/V3LinkJump.cpp
index a5c0870e6..6f46de45a 100644
--- a/src/V3LinkJump.cpp
+++ b/src/V3LinkJump.cpp
@@ -236,20 +236,24 @@ class LinkJumpVisitor final : public VNVisitor {
         m_taskDisableBegins.emplace(taskp, taskBodyp);
         return taskBodyp;
     }
-    AstVar* getOrCreateTaskDisableQueuep(AstTask* const taskp, FileLine* const fl) {
-        const auto it = m_taskDisableQueues.find(taskp);
-        if (it != m_taskDisableQueues.end()) return it->second;
-
+    AstVar* getProcessQueuep(AstNode* const nodep, FileLine* const fl) {
         AstPackage* const topPkgp = v3Global.rootp()->dollarUnitPkgAddp();
         AstClass* const processClassp
             = VN_AS(getMemberp(v3Global.rootp()->stdPackagep(), "process"), Class);
         AstVar* const processQueuep = new AstVar{
-            fl, VVarType::VAR, m_queueNames.get(taskp->name()), VFlagChildDType{},
+            fl, VVarType::VAR, m_queueNames.get(nodep->name()), VFlagChildDType{},
             new AstQueueDType{fl, VFlagChildDType{},
                               new AstClassRefDType{fl, processClassp, nullptr}, nullptr}};
         processQueuep->lifetime(VLifetime::STATIC_EXPLICIT);
+        processQueuep->processQueue(true);
         topPkgp->addStmtsp(processQueuep);
+        return processQueuep;
+    }
+    AstVar* getOrCreateTaskDisableQueuep(AstTask* const taskp, FileLine* const fl) {
+        const auto it = m_taskDisableQueues.find(taskp);
+        if (it != m_taskDisableQueues.end()) return it->second;
 
+        AstVar* const processQueuep = getProcessQueuep(taskp, fl);
         AstStmtExpr* const pushCurrentProcessp = getQueuePushProcessSelfp(fl, processQueuep);
         AstBegin* const taskBodyp = getOrCreateTaskDisableBeginp(taskp, fl);
         prependStmtsp(taskBodyp, pushCurrentProcessp);
@@ -274,16 +278,7 @@ class LinkJumpVisitor final : public VNVisitor {
         const auto it = m_beginDisableQueues.find(beginp);
         if (it != m_beginDisableQueues.end()) return it->second;
 
-        AstPackage* const topPkgp = v3Global.rootp()->dollarUnitPkgAddp();
-        AstClass* const processClassp
-            = VN_AS(getMemberp(v3Global.rootp()->stdPackagep(), "process"), Class);
-        AstVar* const processQueuep = new AstVar{
-            fl, VVarType::VAR, m_queueNames.get(beginp->name()), VFlagChildDType{},
-            new AstQueueDType{fl, VFlagChildDType{},
-                              new AstClassRefDType{fl, processClassp, nullptr}, nullptr}};
-        processQueuep->lifetime(VLifetime::STATIC_EXPLICIT);
-        topPkgp->addStmtsp(processQueuep);
-
+        AstVar* const processQueuep = getProcessQueuep(beginp, fl);
         AstStmtExpr* const pushCurrentProcessp = getQueuePushProcessSelfp(fl, processQueuep);
         AstBegin* const beginBodyp = getOrCreateBeginDisableBeginp(beginp, fl);
         prependStmtsp(beginBodyp, pushCurrentProcessp);
@@ -315,17 +310,9 @@ class LinkJumpVisitor final : public VNVisitor {
                 nodep->v3warn(E_UNSUPPORTED, "Unsupported: disabling fork from task / function");
             }
         }
-        AstPackage* const topPkgp = v3Global.rootp()->dollarUnitPkgAddp();
-        AstClass* const processClassp
-            = VN_AS(getMemberp(v3Global.rootp()->stdPackagep(), "process"), Class);
-        // Declare queue of processes (as a global variable for simplicity)
-        AstVar* const processQueuep = new AstVar{
-            fl, VVarType::VAR, m_queueNames.get(targetp->name()), VFlagChildDType{},
-            new AstQueueDType{fl, VFlagChildDType{},
-                              new AstClassRefDType{fl, processClassp, nullptr}, nullptr}};
-        processQueuep->lifetime(VLifetime::STATIC_EXPLICIT);
-        topPkgp->addStmtsp(processQueuep);
 
+        AstPackage* const topPkgp = v3Global.rootp()->dollarUnitPkgAddp();
+        AstVar* const processQueuep = getProcessQueuep(targetp, fl);
         AstVarRef* const queueWriteRefp
             = new AstVarRef{fl, topPkgp, processQueuep, VAccess::WRITE};
         AstStmtExpr* pushCurrentProcessp = getQueuePushProcessSelfp(queueWriteRefp);
diff --git a/src/V3Sampled.cpp b/src/V3Sampled.cpp
index d978df73f..4fb45e772 100644
--- a/src/V3Sampled.cpp
+++ b/src/V3Sampled.cpp
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ class SampledVisitor final : public VNVisitor {
         AstVarScope* const newvscp = new AstVarScope{flp, m_scopep, newvarp};
         newvarp->direction(VDirection::INPUT);  // Inform V3Sched that it will be driven later
         newvarp->primaryIO(true);
+        newvarp->sampled(true);
         vscp->user1p(newvscp);
         m_scopep->addVarsp(newvscp);
         // At the top of _eval, assign them (use valuep here as temporary storage during V3Sched)
diff --git a/src/V3Timing.cpp b/src/V3Timing.cpp
index 060ac2348..25b19e788 100644
--- a/src/V3Timing.cpp
+++ b/src/V3Timing.cpp
@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@ class TimingControlVisitor final : public VNVisitor {
         const AstCMethodHard* const methodp = VN_CAST(stmtExprp->exprp(), CMethodHard);
         if (!methodp || methodp->name() != "push_back") return false;
         const AstVarRef* const queueRefp = VN_CAST(methodp->fromp(), VarRef);
-        return queueRefp && queueRefp->name().rfind("__VprocessQueue_", 0) == 0;
+        return queueRefp && queueRefp->varp()->processQueue();
     }
     // Register a callback so killing a process-backed fork branch decrements the join counter
     void addForkOnKill(AstBegin* const beginp, AstVarScope* const forkVscp) const {