diff --git a/code/game/objects/items.dm b/code/game/objects/items.dm
index 171c618f7a..7fac6fb7e3 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/items.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items.dm
@@ -592,16 +592,14 @@
 			A.blood_overlay = I
 
 /obj/item/proc/showoff(mob/user)
-	user.custom_emote(message = "[user] holds up [src]")
-
-/obj/item/weapon/grab/showoff(mob/user)
-	user.custom_emote(message = "[user] nods at [affecting]")
+	for (var/mob/M in view(user))
+		M.show_message("[user] holds up [src]. <a HREF=?src=\ref[M];lookitem=\ref[src]>Take a closer look.</a>",1)
 
 /mob/living/carbon/verb/showoff()
-	set name = "Show item"
+	set name = "Show Held Item"
 	set category = "Object"
 
 	var/obj/item/I = get_active_hand()
-	if(I && I.abstract)
+	if(I && !I.abstract)
 		I.showoff(src)
 
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human.dm
index 74cab64505..7c760a5f47 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human.dm
@@ -776,6 +776,14 @@
 								if(istype(usr,/mob/living/silicon/robot))
 									var/mob/living/silicon/robot/U = usr
 									R.fields[text("com_[counter]")] = text("Made by [U.name] ([U.modtype] [U.braintype]) on [time2text(world.realtime, "DDD MMM DD hh:mm:ss")], [game_year]<BR>[t1]")
+
+	if (href_list["lookitem"])
+		var/obj/item/I = locate(href_list["lookitem"])
+		I.examine()
+
+	if (href_list["lookmob"])
+		var/mob/M = locate(href_list["lookmob"])
+		M.examine()
 	..()
 	return