diff --git a/.changeset/quiet-tools-hide.md b/.changeset/quiet-tools-hide.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c67eacb42c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/quiet-tools-hide.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@joint/core": patch
+---
+
+dia.ToolsView - fix a tool hidden with `hide()` right after `addTools()` reappearing when the update is deferred (e.g. `async: true`)
diff --git a/packages/joint-core/src/dia/ToolView.mjs b/packages/joint-core/src/dia/ToolView.mjs
index 580454c65a..c9345b85af 100644
--- a/packages/joint-core/src/dia/ToolView.mjs
+++ b/packages/joint-core/src/dia/ToolView.mjs
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ export const ToolView = mvc.View.extend({
         this.simulateRelatedView(this.el);
         // Delegate events in case the ToolView was removed from the DOM and reused.
         this.delegateEvents();
+        // Reset the explicit visibility in case the ToolView was hidden by
+        // `focusTool()` and removed before `blurTool()` was called (e.g. during
+        // an arrowhead drag). This must happen synchronously, so that `hide()`
+        // called right after `addTools()` is not overridden by a deferred update.
+        this._visibleExplicit = true;
         return this;
     },
 
diff --git a/packages/joint-core/src/dia/ToolsView.mjs b/packages/joint-core/src/dia/ToolsView.mjs
index 8f14299a62..288f948e0d 100644
--- a/packages/joint-core/src/dia/ToolsView.mjs
+++ b/packages/joint-core/src/dia/ToolsView.mjs
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ export const ToolsView = mvc.View.extend({
         const tools = this.tools;
         if (!tools) return this;
         const n = tools.length;
-        const wasRendered = this.isRendered;
         for (let i = 0; i < n; i++) {
             const tool = tools[i];
             tool.updateVisibility();
@@ -64,10 +63,6 @@ export const ToolsView = mvc.View.extend({
         if (!this.isMounted()) {
             this.mount();
         }
-        if (!wasRendered) {
-            // Make sure tools are visible (if they were hidden and the tool removed)
-            this.blurTool();
-        }
         return this;
     },
 
diff --git a/packages/joint-core/test/jointjs/dia/linkTools.js b/packages/joint-core/test/jointjs/dia/linkTools.js
index 0ba816e566..a96b0b76f1 100644
--- a/packages/joint-core/test/jointjs/dia/linkTools.js
+++ b/packages/joint-core/test/jointjs/dia/linkTools.js
@@ -198,6 +198,86 @@ QUnit.module('linkTools', function(hooks) {
         });
 
 
+        QUnit.test('a tool hidden right after addTools() stays hidden when the update is deferred', function(assert) {
+            // https://github.com/clientIO/joint/issues/1445
+            paper.freeze();
+            const button = new joint.linkTools.Button();
+            const remove = new joint.linkTools.Remove();
+            const toolsView = new joint.dia.ToolsView({ tools: [button, remove] });
+            linkView.addTools(toolsView);
+            remove.hide();
+            paper.unfreeze();
+            assert.ok(toolsView.isMounted());
+            assert.notEqual(getComputedStyle(button.el).display, 'none');
+            assert.ok(button.isVisible());
+            assert.equal(getComputedStyle(remove.el).display, 'none');
+            assert.notOk(remove.isVisible());
+            assert.notOk(remove.isExplicitlyVisible());
+        });
+
+        QUnit.test('a tool hidden right after addTools() stays hidden in an async paper', function(assert) {
+            // https://github.com/clientIO/joint/issues/1445
+            const done = assert.async();
+            const asyncPaperEl = document.createElement('div');
+            paperEl.parentNode.appendChild(asyncPaperEl);
+            const asyncPaper = new joint.dia.Paper({
+                el: asyncPaperEl,
+                model: graph,
+                cellViewNamespace: joint.shapes,
+                async: true
+            });
+            asyncPaper.once('render:done', () => {
+                const asyncLinkView = link.findView(asyncPaper);
+                const button = new joint.linkTools.Button();
+                const remove = new joint.linkTools.Remove();
+                const toolsView = new joint.dia.ToolsView({ tools: [button, remove] });
+                asyncLinkView.addTools(toolsView);
+                remove.hide();
+                asyncPaper.once('render:done', () => {
+                    assert.ok(toolsView.isMounted());
+                    assert.notEqual(getComputedStyle(button.el).display, 'none');
+                    assert.equal(getComputedStyle(remove.el).display, 'none');
+                    assert.notOk(remove.isVisible());
+                    asyncPaper.remove();
+                    done();
+                });
+            });
+        });
+
+        QUnit.test('tools hidden by focusTool() are visible again when the tools view is re-added', function(assert) {
+            // https://github.com/clientIO/joint/pull/1410
+            // e.g. an arrowhead is dragged and the tools are removed on `link:mouseleave`
+            // before the drag ends (so `blurTool()` is never called)
+            const arrowhead = new joint.linkTools.TargetArrowhead();
+            const remove = new joint.linkTools.Remove();
+            const toolsView = new joint.dia.ToolsView({ tools: [arrowhead, remove] });
+            linkView.addTools(toolsView);
+            toolsView.focusTool(arrowhead);
+            assert.equal(getComputedStyle(remove.el).display, 'none');
+            linkView.removeTools();
+            linkView.addTools(toolsView);
+            assert.notEqual(getComputedStyle(arrowhead.el).display, 'none');
+            assert.notEqual(getComputedStyle(remove.el).display, 'none');
+            assert.ok(remove.isVisible());
+            assert.ok(remove.isExplicitlyVisible());
+        });
+
+        QUnit.test('tools hidden by focusTool() are visible again when the tools view is re-added (deferred update)', function(assert) {
+            // https://github.com/clientIO/joint/pull/1410
+            const arrowhead = new joint.linkTools.TargetArrowhead();
+            const remove = new joint.linkTools.Remove();
+            const toolsView = new joint.dia.ToolsView({ tools: [arrowhead, remove] });
+            linkView.addTools(toolsView);
+            toolsView.focusTool(arrowhead);
+            linkView.removeTools();
+            paper.freeze();
+            linkView.addTools(toolsView);
+            paper.unfreeze();
+            assert.notEqual(getComputedStyle(arrowhead.el).display, 'none');
+            assert.notEqual(getComputedStyle(remove.el).display, 'none');
+            assert.ok(remove.isVisible());
+        });
+
         QUnit.test('show()', function(assert) {
             paper.freeze();
             const remove = new joint.linkTools.Vertices();