diff --git a/src/generators.cpp b/src/generators.cpp
index fe005111a..237bc4c0e 100644
--- a/src/generators.cpp
+++ b/src/generators.cpp
@@ -15,13 +15,37 @@ static bool _ = (Ort::InitApi(), false);
 
 OrtGlobals::OrtGlobals() : env_{OrtEnv::Create(OrtLoggingLevel::ORT_LOGGING_LEVEL_ERROR)} {}
 
-std::unique_ptr<OrtGlobals>& GetOrtGlobals() {
+// Ensure Shutdown() has been called before process exit
+struct ValidateShutdown {
+  ~ValidateShutdown() {
+    if (GetOrtGlobals()) {
+      std::cerr << "OGA Error: Shutdown must be called before process exit, please check the documentation for the proper API to call to ensure clean shutdown." << std::endl;
+      std::abort();
+    }
+  }
+};
+
+std::unique_ptr<OrtGlobals>&
+GetOrtGlobals() {
   static auto globals = std::make_unique<OrtGlobals>();
+  static auto validate = std::make_unique<ValidateShutdown>();  // Must be after the above line so the destructor runs before the above destructor
   return globals;
 }
 
+// Used by Shutdown() to display the counts and types of any leaked objects
+template <typename... Types>
+bool LeakTypeList<Types...>::Dump() {
+  ((LeakChecked<Types>::Count() != 0 ? std::cerr << "OGA Error: " << LeakChecked<Types>::Count() << " instances of " << typeid(Types).name() << " were leaked." << std::endl : std::cerr), ...);
+  return ((LeakChecked<Types>::Count() != 0) || ...);
+}
+
 void Shutdown() {
-  GetOrtGlobals().reset();
+  if (LeakTypes::Dump()) {
+    std::cerr << "    Please see the documentation for the API being used to ensure proper cleanup." << std::endl;
+    std::abort();
+  }
+
+  GetOrtGlobals().reset();  // Delete now because on process exit is too late
 }
 
 OrtEnv& GetOrtEnv() {
diff --git a/src/generators.h b/src/generators.h
index 7a8f08951..634e518b0 100644
--- a/src/generators.h
+++ b/src/generators.h
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 // Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
-
+// Licensed under the MIT License.
 #pragma once
 
-// Licensed under the MIT License.
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <array>
 #include <assert.h>
+#include <atomic>
 #include <cmath>
 #include <cstring>
 #include "filesystem.h"
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 using cudaStream_t = void*;
 #endif
 
+#include "leakcheck.h"
 #include "smartptrs.h"
 #include "models/onnxruntime_api.h"
 #include "models/debugging.h"
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ enum struct DeviceType {
 
 std::string to_string(DeviceType device_type);
 
-struct GeneratorParams : std::enable_shared_from_this<GeneratorParams> {
+struct GeneratorParams : std::enable_shared_from_this<GeneratorParams>, LeakChecked<GeneratorParams> {
   GeneratorParams() = default;  // This constructor is only used if doing a custom model handler vs built-in
   GeneratorParams(const Model& model);
 
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ struct GeneratorParams : std::enable_shared_from_this<GeneratorParams> {
                                    // The model outlives the GeneratorParams
 };
 
-struct Generator {
+struct Generator : LeakChecked<Generator> {
   Generator(const Model& model, const GeneratorParams& params);
 
   bool IsDone() const;
diff --git a/src/leakcheck.h b/src/leakcheck.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b71161d9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/leakcheck.h
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT License.
+
+// This file will track the number of instances of each type that are created and destroyed. This is useful for
+// debugging memory leaks. To use this, just add the type to the LeakTypeList in this file. Then have that type
+// inherit from LeakChecked<(itself)>.
+//
+// On process exit, ValidateShutdown() will call LeakTypeList::Dump() and print out any types that have leaked.
+
+namespace Generators {
+struct GeneratorParams;
+struct Generator;
+struct Model;
+struct Search;
+struct Tensor;
+struct Tokenizer;
+struct TokenizerStream;
+
+template <typename... Types>
+struct LeakTypeList {
+  template <typename T>
+  static constexpr bool is_tracked = (std::is_same_v<T, Types> || ...);
+  static bool Dump();
+};
+
+using LeakTypes = LeakTypeList<GeneratorParams, Generator, Model, Search, Tensor, Tokenizer, TokenizerStream>;
+
+template <typename T>
+struct LeakChecked {
+  static_assert(LeakTypes::is_tracked<T>, "Please add this type to 'TrackedTypes' above");
+
+  LeakChecked() { ++count_; }
+  ~LeakChecked() { --count_; }
+
+  static int Count() { return count_; }
+
+ private:
+  static inline std::atomic<int> count_;
+};
+
+}  // namespace Generators
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/models/model.h b/src/models/model.h
index f52f56499..552fa4b94 100644
--- a/src/models/model.h
+++ b/src/models/model.h
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ struct State {
   int current_batch_size_{0};
 };
 
-struct TokenizerStream {
+struct TokenizerStream : LeakChecked<TokenizerStream> {
   TokenizerStream(const Tokenizer& tokenizer);
 
   const std::string& Decode(int32_t token);
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ struct TokenizerStream {
 // Sequence length is vector.size()/count
 std::vector<int32_t> PadInputs(std::span<std::span<const int32_t>> sequences, int32_t pad_token_id);
 
-struct Tokenizer : std::enable_shared_from_this<Tokenizer> {
+struct Tokenizer : std::enable_shared_from_this<Tokenizer>, LeakChecked<Tokenizer> {
   Tokenizer(Config& config);
 
   std::unique_ptr<TokenizerStream> CreateStream() const;
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ struct SessionInfo {
   std::unordered_map<std::string, ONNXTensorElementDataType> inputs_, outputs_;
 };
 
-struct Model : std::enable_shared_from_this<Model> {
+struct Model : std::enable_shared_from_this<Model>, LeakChecked<Model> {
   Model(std::unique_ptr<Config> config);
   virtual ~Model();
 
diff --git a/src/search.h b/src/search.h
index 901cb437f..8eb194131 100644
--- a/src/search.h
+++ b/src/search.h
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 namespace Generators {
 
-struct Search {
+struct Search : LeakChecked<Search> {
   Search(const GeneratorParams& params) : params_{params.shared_from_this()} {}
   virtual ~Search() = default;
 
diff --git a/src/tensor.h b/src/tensor.h
index 6fcde20c9..25b6dd706 100644
--- a/src/tensor.h
+++ b/src/tensor.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // Licensed under the MIT License.
 namespace Generators {
 
-struct Tensor : std::enable_shared_from_this<Tensor> {
+struct Tensor : std::enable_shared_from_this<Tensor>, LeakChecked<Tensor> {
   Tensor() = default;
   Tensor(std::unique_ptr<OrtValue> ort_tensor) : ort_tensor_{std::move(ort_tensor)} {}