Testing instrument with a display element

A testing instrument including a display element and two control paths that are separately activated and connected to the display element, each control path including a voltage-level recognition circuit and a trigger circuit connected in series, wherein the voltage-level recognition circuits have different minimum threshold voltages which, if exceed, result in an output signal being fed to the respective trigger circuit, the display element has a display field which includes at least three partial display fields which follow successively in a longitudinal direction of the display element, the partial display fields comprise a first group of non-contiguous partial display fields and a second group of non-contiguous partial display fields, and each trigger circuit has an output connected to a respective one of the groups of partial display fields.