diff --git a/code/modules/mob/dead/observer/observer.dm b/code/modules/mob/dead/observer/observer.dm
index 68d245d8cdb..76aa6f75b3c 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/dead/observer/observer.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/dead/observer/observer.dm
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ GLOBAL_VAR_INIT(observer_default_invisibility, INVISIBILITY_OBSERVER)
 	light_power = 2
 	light_on = FALSE
 	var/can_reenter_corpse
+	var/pushed_do_not_resuscitate = FALSE
 	var/datum/hud/living/carbon/hud = null // hud
 	var/bootime = 0
 	var/started_as_observer //This variable is set to 1 when you enter the game as an observer.
@@ -380,6 +381,7 @@ This is the proc mobs get to turn into a ghost. Forked from ghostize due to comp
 		return
 
 	can_reenter_corpse = FALSE
+	pushed_do_not_resuscitate = TRUE
 	// Update med huds
 	var/mob/living/carbon/current = mind.current
 	current.med_hud_set_status()
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/examine.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/examine.dm
index 7ee134321c7..befe8939439 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/examine.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/examine.dm
@@ -123,9 +123,13 @@
 		if(!just_sleeping)
 			if(suiciding)
 				. += "<span class='warning'>[t_He] appear[p_s()] to have committed suicide... there is no hope of recovery.</span>"
-			. += ""
-			if(getorgan(/obj/item/organ/brain) && !key && !get_ghost(FALSE, TRUE))
-				. += "<span class='deadsay'>[t_He] [t_is] limp and unresponsive; there are no signs of life and [t_his] soul has departed...</span>"
+
+			var/mob/dead/observer/ghost = get_ghost(TRUE, TRUE)
+			if(getorgan(/obj/item/organ/brain) && !key)
+				if(!ghost) //There's no ghost with a mind matching the body's, the ghost has likely disconnected
+					. += "<span class='deadsay'>[t_He] [t_is] limp and unresponsive; there are no signs of life and [t_his] soul has departed...</span>"
+				else if (!ghost.can_reenter_corpse || ghost.pushed_do_not_resuscitate) //There is a ghost with a matching mind but they pushed DNR or otherwise can't reenter
+					. += "<span class='deadsay'>[t_He] [t_is] limp and unresponsive; there are no signs of life and [t_his] soul has lost the will to live...</span>"
 			else
 				. += "<span class='deadsay'>[t_He] [t_is] limp and unresponsive; there are no signs of life...</span>"