diff --git a/packages/node-integration-tests/suites/public-api/captureException/catched-error/scenario.ts b/packages/node-integration-tests/suites/public-api/captureException/catched-error/scenario.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0318461ab9c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/node-integration-tests/suites/public-api/captureException/catched-error/scenario.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import * as Sentry from '@sentry/node';
+
+Sentry.init({
+  dsn: 'https://public@dsn.ingest.sentry.io/1337',
+  release: '1.0',
+});
+
+try {
+  throw new Error('catched_error');
+} catch (err) {
+  Sentry.captureException(err);
+}
diff --git a/packages/node-integration-tests/suites/public-api/captureException/catched-error/test.ts b/packages/node-integration-tests/suites/public-api/captureException/catched-error/test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f6fee1d8b819
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/node-integration-tests/suites/public-api/captureException/catched-error/test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import { assertSentryEvent, getEventRequest, runServer } from '../../../../utils';
+
+test('should work inside catch block', async () => {
+  const url = await runServer(__dirname);
+  const requestBody = await getEventRequest(url);
+
+  assertSentryEvent(requestBody, {
+    exception: {
+      values: [
+        {
+          type: 'Error',
+          value: 'catched_error',
+          mechanism: {
+            type: 'generic',
+            handled: true,
+          },
+          stacktrace: {
+            frames: expect.any(Array),
+          },
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/node-integration-tests/suites/public-api/capture-exception/scenario.ts b/packages/node-integration-tests/suites/public-api/captureException/empty-obj/scenario.ts
similarity index 70%
rename from packages/node-integration-tests/suites/public-api/capture-exception/scenario.ts
rename to packages/node-integration-tests/suites/public-api/captureException/empty-obj/scenario.ts
index b2a41905210c..87a4b58cdd33 100644
--- a/packages/node-integration-tests/suites/public-api/capture-exception/scenario.ts
+++ b/packages/node-integration-tests/suites/public-api/captureException/empty-obj/scenario.ts
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ Sentry.init({
   release: '1.0',
 });
 
-Sentry.captureException(new Error('Captured Error'));
+Sentry.captureException({});
diff --git a/packages/node-integration-tests/suites/public-api/capture-exception/test.ts b/packages/node-integration-tests/suites/public-api/captureException/empty-obj/test.ts
similarity index 54%
rename from packages/node-integration-tests/suites/public-api/capture-exception/test.ts
rename to packages/node-integration-tests/suites/public-api/captureException/empty-obj/test.ts
index 3911d6b57c85..fb6ca293a27f 100644
--- a/packages/node-integration-tests/suites/public-api/capture-exception/test.ts
+++ b/packages/node-integration-tests/suites/public-api/captureException/empty-obj/test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import { assertSentryEvent, getEventRequest, runServer } from '../../../utils';
+import { assertSentryEvent, getEventRequest, runServer } from '../../../../utils';
 
-test('should send captureException', async () => {
+test('should capture an empty object', async () => {
   const url = await runServer(__dirname);
   const requestBody = await getEventRequest(url);
 
@@ -9,7 +9,11 @@ test('should send captureException', async () => {
       values: [
         {
           type: 'Error',
-          value: 'Captured Error',
+          value: 'Non-Error exception captured with keys: [object has no keys]',
+          mechanism: {
+            type: 'generic',
+            handled: true,
+          },
         },
       ],
     },
diff --git a/packages/node-integration-tests/suites/public-api/captureException/simple-error/scenario.ts b/packages/node-integration-tests/suites/public-api/captureException/simple-error/scenario.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..44366bd34b89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/node-integration-tests/suites/public-api/captureException/simple-error/scenario.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import * as Sentry from '@sentry/node';
+
+Sentry.init({
+  dsn: 'https://public@dsn.ingest.sentry.io/1337',
+  release: '1.0',
+});
+
+Sentry.captureException(new Error('test_simple_error'));
diff --git a/packages/node-integration-tests/suites/public-api/captureException/simple-error/test.ts b/packages/node-integration-tests/suites/public-api/captureException/simple-error/test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8553cb1be0d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/node-integration-tests/suites/public-api/captureException/simple-error/test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import { assertSentryEvent, getEventRequest, runServer } from '../../../../utils';
+
+test('should capture a simple error with message', async () => {
+  const url = await runServer(__dirname);
+  const requestBody = await getEventRequest(url);
+
+  assertSentryEvent(requestBody, {
+    exception: {
+      values: [
+        {
+          type: 'Error',
+          value: 'test_simple_error',
+          mechanism: {
+            type: 'generic',
+            handled: true,
+          },
+          stacktrace: {
+            frames: expect.any(Array),
+          },
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+  });
+});