diff --git a/rich/_inspect.py b/rich/_inspect.py
index 2287efc7..30446ceb 100644
--- a/rich/_inspect.py
+++ b/rich/_inspect.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 import inspect
 from inspect import cleandoc, getdoc, getfile, isclass, ismodule, signature
-from typing import Any, Collection, Iterable, Optional, Tuple, Type, Union, cast
+from typing import Any, Collection, Iterable, Optional, Tuple, Type, Union
 
 from .console import Group, RenderableType
 from .control import escape_control_codes
@@ -235,27 +235,36 @@ class Inspect(JupyterMixin):
         return escape_control_codes(docs)
 
 
-def object_types_tree(obj: Union[object, Type[Any]]) -> Tuple[type, ...]:
-    obj_type: Type[Any] = type(obj)
-    if obj_type is type:
-        # the given object was already a type: let's use this instead:
-        obj_type = cast(Type[Any], obj)  # I wish MyPy could infer this itself :-/
-    return getattr(obj_type, "__mro__", ())
+def get_object_types_mro(obj: Union[object, Type[Any]]) -> Tuple[type, ...]:
+    """Returns the MRO of an object's class, or of the object itself if it's a class."""
+    if not hasattr(obj, "__mro__"):
+        # N.B. we cannot use `if type(obj) is type` here because it doesn't work with
+        # some types of classes, such as the ones that use abc.ABCMeta.
+        obj = type(obj)
+    return getattr(obj, "__mro__", ())
 
 
-def object_types_tree_as_strings(obj: object) -> Tuple[str, ...]:
-    return tuple(
-        [
-            f'{getattr(type_, "__module__", "")}.{getattr(type_, "__qualname__", "")}'
-            for type_ in object_types_tree(obj)
-        ]
-    )
+def get_object_types_mro_as_strings(obj: object) -> Collection[str]:
+    """
+    Returns the MRO of an object's class as full qualified names, or of the object itself if it's a class.
+
+    Examples:
+        `object_types_mro_as_strings(JSONDecoder)` will return `['json.decoder.JSONDecoder', 'builtins.object']`
+    """
+    return [
+        f'{getattr(type_, "__module__", "")}.{getattr(type_, "__qualname__", "")}'
+        for type_ in get_object_types_mro(obj)
+    ]
 
 
-def object_is_one_of_types(
+def is_object_one_of_types(
     obj: object, fully_qualified_types_names: Collection[str]
 ) -> bool:
-    for type_name in object_types_tree_as_strings(obj):
+    """
+    Returns `True` if the given object's class (or the object itself, if it's a class) has one of the
+    fully qualified names in its MRO.
+    """
+    for type_name in get_object_types_mro_as_strings(obj):
         if type_name in fully_qualified_types_names:
             return True
     return False
diff --git a/rich/pretty.py b/rich/pretty.py
index b3840a49..ae8b150f 100644
--- a/rich/pretty.py
+++ b/rich/pretty.py
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ def _ipy_display_hook(
     expand_all: bool = False,
 ) -> None:
     # needed here to prevent circular import:
-    from ._inspect import object_is_one_of_types
+    from ._inspect import is_object_one_of_types
     from .console import ConsoleRenderable
 
     # always skip rich generated jupyter renderables or None values
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ def _ipy_display_hook(
         # as they result in the rendering of useless and noisy lines such as `<Figure size 432x288 with 1 Axes>`.
         # What does this do?
         # --> if the class has "matplotlib.artist.Artist" in its hierarchy for example, we don't render it.
-        if object_is_one_of_types(value, JUPYTER_CLASSES_TO_NOT_RENDER):
+        if is_object_one_of_types(value, JUPYTER_CLASSES_TO_NOT_RENDER):
             return
 
     # certain renderables should start on a new line
diff --git a/tests/test_inspect.py b/tests/test_inspect.py
index fe62a7b4..53f2f932 100644
--- a/tests/test_inspect.py
+++ b/tests/test_inspect.py
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ import pytest
 
 from rich import inspect
 from rich._inspect import (
-    object_is_one_of_types,
-    object_types_tree,
-    object_types_tree_as_strings,
+    get_object_types_mro,
+    get_object_types_mro_as_strings,
+    is_object_one_of_types,
 )
 from rich.console import Console
 
@@ -375,25 +375,25 @@ def test_can_handle_special_characters_in_docstrings(
         [FooSubclass, (FooSubclass, Foo, object)],
     ),
 )
-def test_object_types_tree(obj: object, expected_result: Sequence[Type]):
-    assert object_types_tree(obj) == expected_result
+def test_object_types_mro(obj: object, expected_result: Sequence[Type]):
+    assert get_object_types_mro(obj) == expected_result
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "obj,expected_result",
     (
         # fmt: off
-        ["hi", ("builtins.str", "builtins.object")],
-        [str, ("builtins.str", "builtins.object")],
-        [Foo(1), (f"{__name__}.Foo", "builtins.object")],
-        [Foo, (f"{__name__}.Foo", "builtins.object")],
-        [FooSubclass(1), (f"{__name__}.FooSubclass", f"{__name__}.Foo", "builtins.object")],
-        [FooSubclass, (f"{__name__}.FooSubclass", f"{__name__}.Foo", "builtins.object")],
+        ["hi", ["builtins.str", "builtins.object"]],
+        [str, ["builtins.str", "builtins.object"]],
+        [Foo(1), [f"{__name__}.Foo", "builtins.object"]],
+        [Foo, [f"{__name__}.Foo", "builtins.object"]],
+        [FooSubclass(1), [f"{__name__}.FooSubclass", f"{__name__}.Foo", "builtins.object"]],
+        [FooSubclass, [f"{__name__}.FooSubclass", f"{__name__}.Foo", "builtins.object"]],
         # fmt: on
     ),
 )
-def test_object_types_tree_as_strings(obj: object, expected_result: Sequence[str]):
-    assert object_types_tree_as_strings(obj) == expected_result
+def test_object_types_mro_as_strings(obj: object, expected_result: Sequence[str]):
+    assert get_object_types_mro_as_strings(obj) == expected_result
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
@@ -418,4 +418,4 @@ def test_object_types_tree_as_strings(obj: object, expected_result: Sequence[str
 def test_object_is_one_of_types(
     obj: object, types: Sequence[str], expected_result: bool
 ):
-    assert object_is_one_of_types(obj, types) is expected_result
+    assert is_object_one_of_types(obj, types) is expected_result