diff --git a/code/game/machinery/doors/windowdoor.dm b/code/game/machinery/doors/windowdoor.dm
index d31db259d6c..4346272b2a3 100644
--- a/code/game/machinery/doors/windowdoor.dm
+++ b/code/game/machinery/doors/windowdoor.dm
@@ -277,9 +277,13 @@
 		playsound(src, SFX_SPARKS, 75, TRUE, SHORT_RANGE_SOUND_EXTRARANGE)
 		sleep(0.6 SECONDS)
 		operating = FALSE
-		desc += "<BR>[span_warning("Its access panel is smoking slightly.")]"
 		open(2)
 
+/obj/machinery/door/window/examine(mob/user)
+	. = ..()
+	if(obj_flags & EMAGGED)
+		. += span_warning("Its access panel is smoking slightly.")
+
 /obj/machinery/door/window/screwdriver_act(mob/living/user, obj/item/tool)
 	. = ..()
 	if(flags_1 & NODECONSTRUCT_1)
diff --git a/code/game/objects/items/devices/radio/encryptionkey.dm b/code/game/objects/items/devices/radio/encryptionkey.dm
index 4b50ee9d8e0..1ad33aa3c73 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/items/devices/radio/encryptionkey.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items/devices/radio/encryptionkey.dm
@@ -16,11 +16,6 @@
 	greyscale_config = /datum/greyscale_config/encryptionkey_basic
 	greyscale_colors = "#820a16#3758c4"
 
-/obj/item/encryptionkey/Initialize(mapload)
-	. = ..()
-	if(!channels.len && !translate_binary && !translated_language)
-		desc += " Has no special codes in it. You should probably tell a coder!"
-
 /obj/item/encryptionkey/examine(mob/user)
 	. = ..()
 	if(LAZYLEN(channels) || translate_binary)
@@ -32,6 +27,8 @@
 			examine_text_list += "[GLOB.channel_tokens[MODE_BINARY]] - [MODE_BINARY]"
 
 		. += span_notice("It can access the following channels; [jointext(examine_text_list, ", ")].")
+	else
+		. += span_warning("Has no special codes in it. You should probably tell a coder!")
 
 /obj/item/encryptionkey/syndicate
 	name = "syndicate encryption key"
diff --git a/code/game/objects/items/storage/book.dm b/code/game/objects/items/storage/book.dm
index 5e506a33bc3..172fdc9e85d 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/items/storage/book.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items/storage/book.dm
@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(bibleitemstates, list("bible", "koran", "scrapbook", "burning",
 	attack_verb_continuous = list("attacks", "burns", "blesses", "damns", "scorches")
 	attack_verb_simple = list("attack", "burn", "bless", "damn", "scorch")
 	var/uses = 1
+	var/ownername
 
 /obj/item/storage/book/bible/syndicate/attack_self(mob/living/carbon/human/H)
 	if (uses)
@@ -270,8 +271,12 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(bibleitemstates, list("bible", "koran", "scrapbook", "burning",
 		playsound(src.loc, 'sound/effects/snap.ogg', 50, TRUE)
 		H.apply_damage(5, BRUTE, pick(BODY_ZONE_L_ARM, BODY_ZONE_R_ARM))
 		to_chat(H, span_notice("Your name appears on the inside cover, in blood."))
-		var/ownername = H.real_name
-		desc += span_warning("The name [ownername] is written in blood inside the cover.")
+		ownername = H.real_name
+
+/obj/item/storage/book/bible/syndicate/examine(mob/user)
+	. = ..()
+	if(ownername)
+		. += span_warning("The name [ownername] is written in blood inside the cover.")
 
 /obj/item/storage/book/bible/syndicate/attack(mob/living/M, mob/living/carbon/human/user, heal_mode = TRUE)
 	if (!user.combat_mode)
diff --git a/code/game/objects/items/storage/lockbox.dm b/code/game/objects/items/storage/lockbox.dm
index 72a6e33a824..56e2fb398cd 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/items/storage/lockbox.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items/storage/lockbox.dm
@@ -53,12 +53,16 @@
 	if(!broken)
 		broken = TRUE
 		atom_storage.locked = FALSE
-		desc += "It appears to be broken."
 		icon_state = src.icon_broken
 		if(user)
 			visible_message(span_warning("\The [src] is broken by [user] with an electromagnetic card!"))
 			return
 
+/obj/item/storage/lockbox/examine(mob/user)
+	. = ..()
+	if(broken)
+		. += span_notice("It appears to be broken.")
+
 /obj/item/storage/lockbox/Entered(atom/movable/arrived, atom/old_loc, list/atom/old_locs)
 	. = ..()
 	open = TRUE
diff --git a/code/modules/antagonists/traitor/objectives/eyesnatching.dm b/code/modules/antagonists/traitor/objectives/eyesnatching.dm
index d485983b603..bd23aa84fc4 100644
--- a/code/modules/antagonists/traitor/objectives/eyesnatching.dm
+++ b/code/modules/antagonists/traitor/objectives/eyesnatching.dm
@@ -217,9 +217,13 @@
 	if(prob(20))
 		victim.emote("cry")
 	used = TRUE
-	desc += " It has been used up."
 	update_appearance(UPDATE_ICON)
 
+/obj/item/eyesnatcher/examine(mob/user)
+	. = ..()
+	if(used)
+		. += span_notice("It has been used up.")
+
 /obj/item/eyesnatcher/proc/eyeballs_exist(obj/item/organ/internal/eyes/eyeballies, obj/item/bodypart/head/head, mob/living/carbon/human/victim)
 	if(!eyeballies || QDELETED(eyeballies))
 		return FALSE