diff --git a/code/modules/admin/view_variables/reference_tracking.dm b/code/modules/admin/view_variables/reference_tracking.dm
index a5b2af68c77..9cb661d2fee 100644
--- a/code/modules/admin/view_variables/reference_tracking.dm
+++ b/code/modules/admin/view_variables/reference_tracking.dm
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@
 			return
 
 		datum_container.last_find_references = search_time
+		var/container_print = datum_container.ref_search_details()
 		var/list/vars_list = datum_container.vars
 
 		for(var/varname in vars_list)
@@ -108,11 +109,11 @@
 					found_refs[varname] = TRUE
 					continue //End early, don't want these logging
 				#endif
-				log_reftracker("Found [type] [text_ref(src)] in [datum_container.type]'s [text_ref(datum_container)] [varname] var. [container_name]")
+				log_reftracker("Found [type] [text_ref(src)] in [datum_container.type]'s [container_print] [varname] var. [container_name]")
 				continue
 
 			if(islist(variable))
-				DoSearchVar(variable, "[container_name] [text_ref(datum_container)] -> [varname] (list)", recursive_limit - 1, search_time)
+				DoSearchVar(variable, "[container_name] [container_print] -> [varname] (list)", recursive_limit - 1, search_time)
 
 	else if(islist(potential_container))
 		var/normal = IS_NORMAL_LIST(potential_container)
@@ -159,3 +160,13 @@
 	qdel(src, force)
 
 #endif
+
+// Kept outside the ifdef so overrides are easy to implement
+
+/// Return info about us for reference searching purposes
+/// Will be logged as a representation of this datum if it's a part of a search chain
+/datum/proc/ref_search_details()
+	return text_ref(src)
+
+/datum/callback/ref_search_details()
+	return "[text_ref(src)] (obj: [object] proc: [delegate] args: [json_encode(arguments)] user: [user?.resolve() || "null"])"