In general, single reference quantum chemistry methods are not recommended for analyzing structures away from stationary points on a potential energy surface. Since orbital populations used by BEBOP can be from either single reference unrestricted or restricted (open-shell) HF calculations, this BEBOP model in its present form is also generally not recommended for such applications. However, we wanted to test the interpretability of BE-BOP energy decompositions along reaction pathways where a single reference HF calculation would be acceptable. A detailed BEBOP analysis of the barriers for a sequence of hydrogen abstraction reactions provides a clear example of the increased level of understanding that the method offers. We employ the standard BEBOP analysis using UHF to describe bond breaking appropriately and UCBS-QB33 reference energies along the intrinsic reaction pathway for UMP2/6-311G(2d,d,p) optimized geometries.