diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/examine.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/examine.dm
index befe8939439..fdd37ebab23 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/examine.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/examine.dm
@@ -125,11 +125,13 @@
 				. += "<span class='warning'>[t_He] appear[p_s()] to have committed suicide... there is no hope of recovery.</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
+			if(getorgan(/obj/item/organ/brain))
+				if(!ghost && !client) //There's no ghost with a mind matching the body's (and there's no client still in the body, if they haven't left the body once yet), 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>"
 			else
 				. += "<span class='deadsay'>[t_He] [t_is] limp and unresponsive; there are no signs of life...</span>"