In this paper we obtain some results concerning the set $ℳ=\cup \left\{\overline{R\left({\delta }_A\right)}\cap {\left\{A\right\}}^{\text{'}}A\in ℒ\left(H\right)\right\}$, where $\overline{R\left({\delta }_A\right)}$ is the closure in the norm topology of the range of the inner derivation ${\delta }_A$ defined by ${\delta }_A\left(X\right)=AX-XA.$ Here $\mathscr{H}$ stands for a Hilbert space and we prove that every compact operator in ${\overline{R\left({\delta }_A\right)}}^w\cap {\left\{A^{*}\right\}}^{\text{'}}$ is quasinilpotent if $A$ is dominant, where ${\overline{R\left({\delta }_A\right)}}^w$ is the closure of the range of ${\delta }_A$ in the weak topology.