diff --git a/code/__DEFINES/cloning_defines.dm b/code/__DEFINES/cloning_defines.dm
index 5b22af2017d..98b6e9a7dc7 100644
--- a/code/__DEFINES/cloning_defines.dm
+++ b/code/__DEFINES/cloning_defines.dm
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #define SCANNER_ABSORBED "absorbed"
 #define SCANNER_NO_SOUL "soulless"
 #define SCANNER_BRAIN_ISSUE "suicide or missing brain"
+#define SCANNER_POD_IN_PROGRESS "cloning in progress"
 #define SCANNER_MISC "miscellanious"
 #define SCANNER_SUCCESSFUL "successful"
 
diff --git a/code/game/machinery/clonescanner.dm b/code/game/machinery/clonescanner.dm
index 4ad65dd355c..d4f347ddb11 100644
--- a/code/game/machinery/clonescanner.dm
+++ b/code/game/machinery/clonescanner.dm
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@
 
 	has_scanned = TRUE
 
+	if(console.selected_pod?.currently_cloning)
+		return SCANNER_POD_IN_PROGRESS
 	if(!scanned.dna || HAS_TRAIT(scanned, TRAIT_GENELESS))
 		return SCANNER_MISC
 	if(HAS_TRAIT(scanned, TRAIT_BADDNA) && scanning_tier < 4)
diff --git a/code/game/machinery/computer/cloning.dm b/code/game/machinery/computer/cloning.dm
index 927ff0da65e..0d3e96cc6c3 100644
--- a/code/game/machinery/computer/cloning.dm
+++ b/code/game/machinery/computer/cloning.dm
@@ -341,6 +341,8 @@
 			feedback = list("text" = "Failed to sequence the patient's brain. Further attempts may succeed.", "color" = "average", "scan_succeeded" = FALSE)
 		if(SCANNER_BRAIN_ISSUE)
 			feedback = list("text" = "The patient's brain is inactive or missing.", "color" = "bad", "scan_succeeded" = FALSE)
+		if(SCANNER_POD_IN_PROGRESS)
+			feedback = list("text" = "The selected pod is currently cloning someone.", "color" = "average", "scan_succeeded" = FALSE)
 		else
 			var/datum/cloning_data/scan = scanner_result