diff --git a/app/ui/MainWindow.ui b/app/ui/MainWindow.ui
index 1b9b0ff..30bc87a 100644
--- a/app/ui/MainWindow.ui
+++ b/app/ui/MainWindow.ui
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
          <widget class="QWidget" name="dateTimeWidget" native="true"/>
         </item>
         <item>
-         <widget class="QWidget" name="variableInspectorWidget" native="true"/>
+         <widget class="VariableInspectorWidget" name="variableInspectorWidget" native="true"/>
         </item>
        </layout>
       </widget>
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
      <x>0</x>
      <y>0</y>
      <width>800</width>
-     <height>28</height>
+     <height>26</height>
     </rect>
    </property>
   </widget>
@@ -152,6 +152,12 @@
    <header location="global">DataSource/DataSourceWidget.h</header>
    <container>1</container>
   </customwidget>
+  <customwidget>
+   <class>VariableInspectorWidget</class>
+   <extends>QWidget</extends>
+   <header location="global">Variable/VariableInspectorWidget.h</header>
+   <container>1</container>
+  </customwidget>
  </customwidgets>
  <resources/>
  <connections/>
diff --git a/gui/include/Variable/VariableInspectorWidget.h b/gui/include/Variable/VariableInspectorWidget.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c4d5f41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gui/include/Variable/VariableInspectorWidget.h
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#ifndef SCIQLOP_VARIABLEINSPECTORWIDGET_H
+#define SCIQLOP_VARIABLEINSPECTORWIDGET_H
+
+#include <QWidget>
+
+namespace Ui {
+class VariableInspectorWidget;
+} // Ui
+
+/**
+ * @brief The VariableInspectorWidget class representes represents the variable inspector, from
+ * which it is possible to view the loaded variables, handle them or trigger their display in
+ * visualization
+ */
+class VariableInspectorWidget : public QWidget {
+    Q_OBJECT
+
+public:
+    explicit VariableInspectorWidget(QWidget *parent = 0);
+    virtual ~VariableInspectorWidget();
+
+private:
+    Ui::VariableInspectorWidget *ui;
+};
+
+#endif // SCIQLOP_VARIABLEINSPECTORWIDGET_H
diff --git a/gui/src/Variable/VariableInspectorWidget.cpp b/gui/src/Variable/VariableInspectorWidget.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..724016c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gui/src/Variable/VariableInspectorWidget.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#include <Variable/VariableInspectorWidget.h>
+
+#include <ui_VariableInspectorWidget.h>
+
+VariableInspectorWidget::VariableInspectorWidget(QWidget *parent)
+        : QWidget{parent}, ui{new Ui::VariableInspectorWidget}
+{
+    ui->setupUi(this);
+}
+
+VariableInspectorWidget::~VariableInspectorWidget()
+{
+    delete ui;
+}
diff --git a/gui/ui/Variable/VariableInspectorWidget.ui b/gui/ui/Variable/VariableInspectorWidget.ui
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..24fdb97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gui/ui/Variable/VariableInspectorWidget.ui
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<ui version="4.0">
+ <class>VariableInspectorWidget</class>
+ <widget class="QWidget" name="VariableInspectorWidget">
+  <property name="geometry">
+   <rect>
+    <x>0</x>
+    <y>0</y>
+    <width>400</width>
+    <height>300</height>
+   </rect>
+  </property>
+  <property name="windowTitle">
+   <string>Variables</string>
+  </property>
+  <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout">
+   <item row="0" column="0">
+    <widget class="QTableView" name="tableView">
+     <property name="sortingEnabled">
+      <bool>true</bool>
+     </property>
+     <attribute name="horizontalHeaderStretchLastSection">
+      <bool>true</bool>
+     </attribute>
+    </widget>
+   </item>
+  </layout>
+ </widget>
+ <resources/>
+ <connections/>
+</ui>