istanbul ignore next not working for @ContentChildren(ElementRef, {descendants: true}) set inputs(inputs: QueryList<ElementRef>)

Question

I am trying to write jest test for this function. Since there is no business logic , I would like to ignore the entire function. I tried to ignore it by adding a ignore text before the function and various other places as shown below, but no luck.

/* istanbul ignore next */
@ContentChildren(ElementRef, {descendants: true}) set inputs(inputs: QueryList<ElementRef>) {
    /* istanbul ignore next */
    this._inputs = inputs;
}

My jest test coverage says inputs( is not covered. Any clue how to ignore this? I have tried this @ContentChildren(ElementRef, {descendants: true}) set /* istanbul ignore next */ inputs(inputs: QueryList<ElementRef>) but no luck.