diff --git a/Reconstruction/MuonIdentification/MuonCombinedTimingTools/src/MuonCombinedTimingTool.cxx b/Reconstruction/MuonIdentification/MuonCombinedTimingTools/src/MuonCombinedTimingTool.cxx
index 5f92e52f4dddd1caff106b61085949755a3245f4..ec1dde08a28333ed7594fc215c03ee8a7a78d0f4 100644
--- a/Reconstruction/MuonIdentification/MuonCombinedTimingTools/src/MuonCombinedTimingTool.cxx
+++ b/Reconstruction/MuonIdentification/MuonCombinedTimingTools/src/MuonCombinedTimingTool.cxx
@@ -9,22 +9,14 @@
 #include "MuonCombinedTimingTool.h"
 
 #include "TrkSpaceTimePoint/SpaceTimePoint.h"
-#include "TrkToolInterfaces/ITrackTimingTool.h"
+
 
 //================ Constructor =================================================
 
 Rec::MuonCombinedTimingTool::MuonCombinedTimingTool(const std::string& t, const std::string& n, const IInterface* p)
-    : AthAlgTool(t, n, p),
-      m_trtTimingTool("InDet::TRT_TrackTimingTool/TRT_TrackTimingTool"),
-      m_caloTimingTool("Rec::TrackInCaloTimingTool/TrackInCaloTimingTool"),
-      m_mdtSegmentTimingTool("Muon::SegmentTimingTool/SegmentTimingTool"),
-      m_rpcTimingTool("")
+    : AthAlgTool(t, n, p)
 {
     declareInterface<IMuonCombinedTimingTool>(this);
-    declareProperty("InDetTimingTool", m_trtTimingTool);
-    declareProperty("CaloTimingTool", m_caloTimingTool);
-    declareProperty("MDT_TimingTool", m_mdtSegmentTimingTool);
-    declareProperty("RPC_TimingTool", m_rpcTimingTool);
 }
 
 //================ Destructor =================================================
@@ -42,32 +34,20 @@ Rec::MuonCombinedTimingTool::initialize()
     if (sc.isFailure()) return sc;
 
     if (!m_trtTimingTool.empty()) {
-        if (m_trtTimingTool.retrieve().isFailure()) {
-            ATH_MSG_ERROR("Could not retrieve " << m_trtTimingTool.name());
-            return StatusCode::FAILURE;
-        } else
-            ATH_MSG_DEBUG("Retrieved " << m_trtTimingTool.name());
+        ATH_CHECK(m_trtTimingTool.retrieve());
+        ATH_MSG_DEBUG("Retrieved " << m_trtTimingTool.name());
     }
     if (!m_caloTimingTool.empty()) {
-        if (m_caloTimingTool.retrieve().isFailure()) {
-            ATH_MSG_ERROR("Could not retrieve " << m_caloTimingTool.name());
-            return StatusCode::FAILURE;
-        } else
-            ATH_MSG_DEBUG("Retrieved " << m_caloTimingTool.name());
+        ATH_CHECK(m_caloTimingTool.retrieve());
+        ATH_MSG_DEBUG("Retrieved " << m_caloTimingTool.name());
     }
     if (!m_mdtSegmentTimingTool.empty()) {
-        if (m_mdtSegmentTimingTool.retrieve().isFailure()) {
-            ATH_MSG_ERROR("Could not retrieve " << m_mdtSegmentTimingTool.name());
-            return StatusCode::FAILURE;
-        } else
-            ATH_MSG_DEBUG("Retrieved " << m_mdtSegmentTimingTool.name());
+        ATH_CHECK(m_mdtSegmentTimingTool.retrieve());
+        ATH_MSG_DEBUG("Retrieved " << m_mdtSegmentTimingTool.name());
     }
     if (!m_rpcTimingTool.empty()) {
-        if (m_rpcTimingTool.retrieve().isFailure()) {
-            ATH_MSG_ERROR("Could not retrieve " << m_rpcTimingTool.name());
-            return StatusCode::FAILURE;
-        } else
-            ATH_MSG_DEBUG("Retrieved " << m_rpcTimingTool.name());
+        ATH_CHECK(m_rpcTimingTool.retrieve());
+        ATH_MSG_DEBUG("Retrieved " << m_rpcTimingTool.name());
     }
 
     /*
diff --git a/Reconstruction/MuonIdentification/MuonCombinedTimingTools/src/MuonCombinedTimingTool.h b/Reconstruction/MuonIdentification/MuonCombinedTimingTools/src/MuonCombinedTimingTool.h
index fdddfa1860d9732f6c385e3c3de6e87ab54d7565..7ed265021db3d76450064a87a847a3ba2b7b9468 100644
--- a/Reconstruction/MuonIdentification/MuonCombinedTimingTools/src/MuonCombinedTimingTool.h
+++ b/Reconstruction/MuonIdentification/MuonCombinedTimingTools/src/MuonCombinedTimingTool.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include "GaudiKernel/ToolHandle.h"
 #include "MuonCombinedToolInterfaces/IMuonCombinedTimingTool.h"
 #include "TrkSegment/SegmentCollection.h"
+#include "TrkToolInterfaces/ITrackTimingTool.h"
 #include "xAODMuon/Muon.h"
 
 namespace Trk {
@@ -48,13 +49,29 @@ class MuonCombinedTimingTool : virtual public IMuonCombinedTimingTool, public At
 
   private:
     //! time calculation in subdetector responsibility: inner detector
-    ToolHandle<Trk::ITrackTimingTool> m_trtTimingTool;
+    ToolHandle<Trk::ITrackTimingTool> m_trtTimingTool{
+        this,
+        "InDetTimingTool",
+        "InDet::TRT_TrackTimingTool/TRT_TrackTimingTool",
+    };
     //! time calculation in subdetector responsibility: calorimeter
-    ToolHandle<Trk::ITrackTimingTool> m_caloTimingTool;
+    ToolHandle<Trk::ITrackTimingTool> m_caloTimingTool{
+        this,
+        "CaloTimingTool",
+        "Rec::TrackInCaloTimingTool/TrackInCaloTimingTool",
+    };
     //! time calculation in subdetector responsibility: muon spectrometer (T0 fit) for MDT and CSC
-    ToolHandle<Trk::ITrackTimingTool> m_mdtSegmentTimingTool;
+    ToolHandle<Trk::ITrackTimingTool> m_mdtSegmentTimingTool{
+        this,
+        "MDT_TimingTool",
+        "Muon::SegmentTimingTool/SegmentTimingTool",
+    };
     //! time calculation in subdetector responsibility: muon spectrometer (RPC timing)
-    ToolHandle<Trk::ITrackTimingTool> m_rpcTimingTool;
+    ToolHandle<Trk::ITrackTimingTool> m_rpcTimingTool{
+        this,
+        "RPC_TimingTool",
+        "",
+    };
 
     virtual const Trk::SegmentCollection* getSegmentContainer(const xAOD::Muon& muon) const;
 };