diff --git a/code/__DEFINES/admin.dm b/code/__DEFINES/admin.dm
index 55d836c34f4..7b6626411a1 100644
--- a/code/__DEFINES/admin.dm
+++ b/code/__DEFINES/admin.dm
@@ -144,6 +144,8 @@ GLOBAL_VAR_INIT(ghost_role_flags, (~0))
 
 /// for asay pings, this is the index in the return list for [/proc/check_admin_pings] that contains the message modified with underlines for the spotted names
 #define ADMINSAY_PING_UNDERLINE_NAME_INDEX "!underlined_names"
+/// for asay datum refs, this is the index in the return list for [/proc/check_memory_refs] that contains the message modified with underlines for the linked datums
+#define ADMINSAY_LINK_DATUM_REF "!datum_ref"
 
 /// When passed in as the duration for ban_panel, will make the ban default to permanent
 #define BAN_PANEL_PERMANENT "permanent"
diff --git a/code/__DEFINES/vv.dm b/code/__DEFINES/vv.dm
index 0334870cf1a..5f9322eb00c 100644
--- a/code/__DEFINES/vv.dm
+++ b/code/__DEFINES/vv.dm
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #define VV_WEAKREF "Weak Reference Datum"
 
 #define VV_MSG_MARKED "<br><font size='1' color='red'><b>Marked Object</b></font>"
+#define VV_MSG_TAGGED(num) "<br><font size='1' color='red'><b>Tagged Datum #[num]</b></font>"
 #define VV_MSG_EDITED "<br><font size='1' color='red'><b>Var Edited</b></font>"
 #define VV_MSG_DELETED "<br><font size='1' color='red'><b>Deleted</b></font>"
 
diff --git a/code/_globalvars/regexes.dm b/code/_globalvars/regexes.dm
index 7e571576213..1902fed0d20 100644
--- a/code/_globalvars/regexes.dm
+++ b/code/_globalvars/regexes.dm
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ GLOBAL_DATUM_INIT(is_email, /regex, regex("\[a-z0-9_-]+@\[a-z0-9_-]+.\[a-z0-9_-]
 GLOBAL_DATUM_INIT(is_alphanumeric, /regex, regex("\[a-z0-9]+", "i"))
 GLOBAL_DATUM_INIT(is_punctuation, /regex, regex("\[.!?]+", "i"))
 GLOBAL_DATUM_INIT(is_color, /regex, regex("^#\[0-9a-fA-F]{6}$"))
+GLOBAL_DATUM_INIT(is_memref, /regex, regex("0x\[0-9a-fA-F\]{7,8}"))
 
 //finds text strings recognized as links on discord. Mainly used to stop embedding.
 GLOBAL_DATUM_INIT(has_discord_embeddable_links, /regex, regex("(https?://\[^\\s|<\]{2,})"))
diff --git a/code/modules/admin/verbs/adminhelp.dm b/code/modules/admin/verbs/adminhelp.dm
index 831dec49793..36349f1a9ed 100644
--- a/code/modules/admin/verbs/adminhelp.dm
+++ b/code/modules/admin/verbs/adminhelp.dm
@@ -967,3 +967,36 @@ GLOBAL_DATUM_INIT(admin_help_ui_handler, /datum/admin_help_ui_handler, new)
 	if(length(admins_to_ping))
 		admins_to_ping[ADMINSAY_PING_UNDERLINE_NAME_INDEX] = jointext(msglist, " ") // without tuples, we must make do!
 		return admins_to_ping
+
+/**
+ * Checks a given message to see if any of the words contain a memory ref for a datum. Said ref should not have brackets around it
+ *
+ * Returns nothing if no refs are found, otherwise returns an associative list with ckey -> client
+ * Also modifies msg to underline and linkify the [ref] so other admins can click on the address to open the VV entry for said datum
+ *
+ * Arguments:
+ * * msg - the message being scanned
+ */
+/proc/check_memory_refs(msg)
+	if(!findtext(msg, GLOB.is_memref))
+		return
+
+	//explode the input msg into a list
+	var/list/msglist = splittext(msg, " ")
+	var/list/datums_to_ref = list()
+
+	var/i = 0
+	for(var/word in msglist)
+		i++
+		if(!length(word))
+			continue
+		var/word_with_brackets = "\[[word]\]" // the actual memory address lookups need the bracket wraps
+		var/datum/check_datum = locate(word_with_brackets)
+		if(!istype(check_datum))
+			continue
+		msglist[i] = "<u><a href='?_src_=vars;[HrefToken(TRUE)];Vars=[word_with_brackets]'>[word_with_brackets]</A></u>"
+		datums_to_ref[word] = word
+
+	if(length(datums_to_ref))
+		datums_to_ref[ADMINSAY_LINK_DATUM_REF] = jointext(msglist, " ") // without tuples, we must make do!
+		return datums_to_ref
diff --git a/code/modules/admin/verbs/adminsay.dm b/code/modules/admin/verbs/adminsay.dm
index eed7a7c1101..f39358b2f34 100644
--- a/code/modules/admin/verbs/adminsay.dm
+++ b/code/modules/admin/verbs/adminsay.dm
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@
 		window_flash(iter_admin_client)
 		SEND_SOUND(iter_admin_client.mob, sound('sound/misc/asay_ping.ogg'))
 
+
+	var/list/linked_datums = check_memory_refs(msg)
+	if(length(linked_datums) && linked_datums[ADMINSAY_LINK_DATUM_REF])
+		msg = linked_datums[ADMINSAY_LINK_DATUM_REF]
+		linked_datums -= ADMINSAY_LINK_DATUM_REF
+
 	mob.log_talk(msg, LOG_ASAY)
 	msg = keywords_lookup(msg)
 	var/asay_color = prefs.read_preference(/datum/preference/color/asay_color)
diff --git a/code/modules/admin/view_variables/view_variables.dm b/code/modules/admin/view_variables/view_variables.dm
index 8e056d97b26..459316f18aa 100644
--- a/code/modules/admin/view_variables/view_variables.dm
+++ b/code/modules/admin/view_variables/view_variables.dm
@@ -42,9 +42,15 @@
 		sprite_text = no_icon? "\[NO ICON\]" : "<img src='vv[hash].png'></td><td>"
 	var/list/header = islist(D)? list("<b>/list</b>") : D.vv_get_header()
 
+	var/ref_line = copytext(refid, 2, -1) // get rid of the brackets
+
 	var/marked_line
 	if(holder && holder.marked_datum && holder.marked_datum == D)
 		marked_line = VV_MSG_MARKED
+	var/tagged_line
+	if(holder && LAZYFIND(holder.tagged_datums, D))
+		var/tag_index = LAZYFIND(holder.tagged_datums, D)
+		tagged_line = VV_MSG_TAGGED(tag_index)
 	var/varedited_line
 	if(!islist && (D.datum_flags & DF_VAR_EDITED))
 		varedited_line = VV_MSG_EDITED
@@ -211,7 +217,9 @@
 						</table>
 						<div align='center'>
 							<b><font size='1'>[formatted_type]</font></b>
+							<br><b><font size='1'>[ref_line]</font></b>
 							<span id='marked'>[marked_line]</span>
+							<span id='tagged'>[tagged_line]</span>
 							<span id='varedited'>[varedited_line]</span>
 							<span id='deleted'>[deleted_line]</span>
 						</div>