diff --git a/colorbleed/maya/lib.py b/colorbleed/maya/lib.py
index f5ca8396b5..b20d329778 100644
--- a/colorbleed/maya/lib.py
+++ b/colorbleed/maya/lib.py
@@ -828,7 +828,6 @@ def assign_look_by_version(nodes, version_id):
     else:
         log.info("Reusing existing lookdev '{}'".format(reference_node))
         shader_nodes = cmds.referenceQuery(reference_node, nodes=True)
-        namespace = cmds.referenceQuery(reference_node, namespace=True)
 
     # Assign relationships
     with open(shader_relation, "r") as f:
diff --git a/colorbleed/plugins/maya/publish/_validate_look_members_node_ids.py b/colorbleed/plugins/maya/publish/_validate_look_members_node_ids.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..805fcdf207
--- /dev/null
+++ b/colorbleed/plugins/maya/publish/_validate_look_members_node_ids.py
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import pyblish.api
+import colorbleed.api
+
+
+class ValidateLookMembers(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
+    """Validate look members have colorbleed id attributes
+
+    Looks up all relationship members and check if all the members have the
+    cbId (colorbleed id) and return all the nodes who fail the test.
+
+    """
+
+    order = colorbleed.api.ValidatePipelineOrder
+    families = ['colorbleed.lookdev']
+    hosts = ['maya']
+    label = 'Look Members (ID)'
+    actions = [colorbleed.api.SelectInvalidAction,
+               colorbleed.api.GenerateUUIDsOnInvalidAction]
+
+    def process(self, instance):
+        """Process all meshes"""
+
+        invalid_ids = self.get_invalid(instance)
+        if invalid_ids:
+            raise RuntimeError("Found invalid nodes.\nNo ID : "
+                               "{}".format(invalid_ids))
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_invalid(cls, instance):
+
+        relationships = instance.data["lookData"]["relationships"]
+        members = []
+        for relationship in relationships.values():
+            members.extend(relationship["members"])
+
+        # get the name of the node when there is no UUID
+        invalid = [m["name"] for m in members if not m["uuid"]]
+
+        return invalid