diff --git a/libs/ng-mocks/src/lib/mock-helper/crawl/mock-helper.crawl.ts b/libs/ng-mocks/src/lib/mock-helper/crawl/mock-helper.crawl.ts
index 3feca7605a..ad71309a6a 100644
--- a/libs/ng-mocks/src/lib/mock-helper/crawl/mock-helper.crawl.ts
+++ b/libs/ng-mocks/src/lib/mock-helper/crawl/mock-helper.crawl.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import nestedCheck from './nested-check';
 
 export default (
   sel: DebugNode | DebugNodeSelector,
-  callback: (node: DebugNode) => void | boolean,
+  callback: (node: DebugNode, parent?: DebugNode) => void | boolean,
   includeTextNode = false,
 ): void => {
   const el = mockHelperFind(funcGetLastFixture(), sel, undefined);
diff --git a/libs/ng-mocks/src/lib/mock-helper/find-instance/mock-helper.find-instance.ts b/libs/ng-mocks/src/lib/mock-helper/find-instance/mock-helper.find-instance.ts
index 1720b80f84..7e748e6ca1 100644
--- a/libs/ng-mocks/src/lib/mock-helper/find-instance/mock-helper.find-instance.ts
+++ b/libs/ng-mocks/src/lib/mock-helper/find-instance/mock-helper.find-instance.ts
@@ -21,8 +21,11 @@ export default (...args: any[]) => {
   const result: any[] = [];
   mockHelperCrawl(
     mockHelperFind(funcGetLastFixture(), el, undefined),
-    node => {
+    (node, parent) => {
       funcGetFromNode(result, node, declaration);
+      if (result.length === 0 && parent && parent.nativeNode.nodeName === '#comment') {
+        funcGetFromNode(result, parent, declaration);
+      }
 
       return result.length > 0;
     },
diff --git a/libs/ng-mocks/src/lib/mock-helper/find-instance/mock-helper.find-instances.ts b/libs/ng-mocks/src/lib/mock-helper/find-instance/mock-helper.find-instances.ts
index 1e6ea2a42d..bed715fcc4 100644
--- a/libs/ng-mocks/src/lib/mock-helper/find-instance/mock-helper.find-instances.ts
+++ b/libs/ng-mocks/src/lib/mock-helper/find-instance/mock-helper.find-instances.ts
@@ -21,11 +21,15 @@ export default <T>(...args: any[]): T[] => {
   for (const element of elements) {
     mockHelperCrawl(
       element,
-      node => {
+      (node, parent) => {
         if (scanned.indexOf(node) === -1) {
           funcGetFromNode(result, node, declaration);
           scanned.push(node);
         }
+        if (parent && parent.nativeNode.nodeName === '#comment' && scanned.indexOf(parent) === -1) {
+          funcGetFromNode(result, parent, declaration);
+          scanned.push(parent);
+        }
       },
       true,
     );
diff --git a/libs/ng-mocks/src/lib/mock-helper/func.get-from-node-scan.ts b/libs/ng-mocks/src/lib/mock-helper/func.get-from-node-scan.ts
index 57830aa492..8e41138d99 100644
--- a/libs/ng-mocks/src/lib/mock-helper/func.get-from-node-scan.ts
+++ b/libs/ng-mocks/src/lib/mock-helper/func.get-from-node-scan.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,17 @@ import { DebugNode } from '@angular/core';
 import { Type } from '../common/core.types';
 
 const detectGatherFlag = (gather: boolean, el: DebugNode | null, node: any): boolean => {
+  // LContainer for structural directives can be a trigger for pipes.
+  if (
+    el &&
+    el.nativeNode &&
+    el.nativeNode.nodeName === '#comment' &&
+    Array.isArray(node) &&
+    node[0] === el.nativeNode
+  ) {
+    return true;
+  }
+
   // LContainer should stop the scan.
   if (Array.isArray(node)) {
     return false;
@@ -44,8 +55,13 @@ const scan = <T>(
   scanned.push(nodes);
   let gather = gatherDefault;
 
-  for (const raw of nodes) {
-    const node = normalize(raw);
+  let nodesLength = nodes.length;
+  if (nodes.length > 1 && nodes[1] && typeof nodes[1] === 'object' && nodes[1].bindingStartIndex) {
+    nodesLength = nodes[1].bindingStartIndex;
+  }
+
+  for (let index = 0; index < nodesLength; index += 1) {
+    const node = normalize(nodes[index]);
     if (isNotObject(node)) {
       continue;
     }
diff --git a/tests/issue-2314/test.spec.ts b/tests/issue-2314/test.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d004fad585
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/issue-2314/test.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+import { AsyncPipe, NgIf } from '@angular/common';
+import { Component, Pipe, PipeTransform } from '@angular/core';
+import { ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { BehaviorSubject } from 'rxjs';
+
+import { ngMocks } from 'ng-mocks';
+
+@Pipe({
+  name: 'nothing',
+  pure: false,
+})
+class NothingPipe implements PipeTransform {
+  transform<T>(value: T): T {
+    return value;
+  }
+}
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'target',
+  template: `
+    <div
+      class="array"
+      *ngFor="
+        let item of array$ | nothing | async | nothing | nothing
+      "
+    >
+      item: {{ item }}
+    </div>
+    <div
+      class="false"
+      *ngIf="false$ | nothing | async | nothing | nothing"
+    >
+      false
+    </div>
+    <div class="text">
+      {{ text$ | nothing | async | nothing | nothing }}
+    </div>
+    <div
+      class="true"
+      *ngIf="true$ | nothing | async | nothing | nothing"
+    >
+      true
+    </div>
+  `,
+})
+export class TargetComponent {
+  public array$ = new BehaviorSubject([1]);
+  public false$ = new BehaviorSubject(false);
+  public text$ = new BehaviorSubject('text');
+  public true$ = new BehaviorSubject(true);
+}
+
+// @see https://github.com/ike18t/ng-mocks/issues/2314
+describe('issue-2314', () => {
+  let fixture: ComponentFixture<TargetComponent>;
+
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    return TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      declarations: [TargetComponent, NothingPipe],
+    }).compileComponents();
+  });
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(TargetComponent);
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+  });
+
+  it(`finds all pipes`, () => {
+    const allPipes = ngMocks.findInstances(AsyncPipe);
+    expect(allPipes.length).toBe(4);
+  });
+
+  describe('ngMocks.findInstance', () => {
+    it(`finds pipes on '.array'`, () => {
+      const arrayPipe = ngMocks.findInstance(
+        '.array',
+        AsyncPipe,
+        undefined,
+      );
+      expect(arrayPipe).toBeDefined();
+    });
+
+    it(`finds pipes on '.false'`, () => {
+      // Because it isn't rendered, we cannot find the element with `.false`, therefore, we need to rely on NgIf itself.
+      const ngIf = ngMocks.reveal(NgIf);
+      const falsePipe = ngMocks.findInstance(
+        ngIf,
+        AsyncPipe,
+        undefined,
+      );
+      expect(falsePipe).toBeDefined();
+    });
+
+    it(`find pipes on '.text'`, () => {
+      const textPipe = ngMocks.findInstance(
+        '.text',
+        AsyncPipe,
+        undefined,
+      );
+      expect(textPipe).toBeDefined();
+    });
+
+    it(`should find pipe on '.true'`, () => {
+      const truePipe = ngMocks.findInstance(
+        '.true',
+        AsyncPipe,
+        undefined,
+      );
+      expect(truePipe).toBeDefined();
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('ngMocks.findInstances', () => {
+    it(`finds pipes on '.array'`, () => {
+      const arrayPipe = ngMocks.findInstances('.array', AsyncPipe);
+      expect(arrayPipe.length).toEqual(1);
+    });
+
+    it(`finds pipes on '.false'`, () => {
+      // Because it isn't rendered, we cannot find the element with `.false`, therefore, we need to rely on NgIf itself.
+      const ngIf = ngMocks.reveal(NgIf);
+      const falsePipe = ngMocks.findInstances(ngIf, AsyncPipe);
+      expect(falsePipe.length).toEqual(1);
+    });
+
+    it(`find pipes on '.text'`, () => {
+      const textPipe = ngMocks.findInstances('.text', AsyncPipe);
+      expect(textPipe.length).toEqual(1);
+    });
+
+    it(`should find pipe on '.true'`, () => {
+      const truePipe = ngMocks.findInstances('.true', AsyncPipe);
+      expect(truePipe.length).toEqual(1);
+    });
+  });
+});