diff --git a/code/game/objects/items/devices/PDA/PDA.dm b/code/game/objects/items/devices/PDA/PDA.dm
index 11674566c39..1238436e5b8 100755
--- a/code/game/objects/items/devices/PDA/PDA.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items/devices/PDA/PDA.dm
@@ -894,7 +894,7 @@ var/global/list/obj/item/device/pda/PDAs = list()
 				if(istype(M, /mob/new_player))
 					continue
 				M.show_message("<span class='game say'>PDA Message - <span class='name'>[owner]</span> -> <span class='name'>[P.owner]</span>: <span class='message'>[t]</span></span>")
-
+				investigate_log("<span class='game say'>PDA Message - <span class='name'>[U.key] - [owner]</span> -> <span class='name'>[P.owner]</span>: <span class='message'>[t]</span></span>", "pda")
 		if(!conversations.Find("\ref[P]"))
 			conversations.Add("\ref[P]")
 		if(!P.conversations.Find("\ref[src]"))
diff --git a/code/modules/admin/admin_investigate.dm b/code/modules/admin/admin_investigate.dm
index a0627884385..b5df5e67a17 100644
--- a/code/modules/admin/admin_investigate.dm
+++ b/code/modules/admin/admin_investigate.dm
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 	F << "<small>[time2text(world.timeofday,"hh:mm")] \ref[src] ([x],[y],[z])</small> || [src] [message]<br>"
 
 //ADMINVERBS
-/client/proc/investigate_show( subject in list("hrefs","notes","singulo") )
+/client/proc/investigate_show( subject in list("hrefs","pda","singulo") )
 	set name = "Investigate"
 	set category = "Admin"
 	if(!holder)	return
@@ -48,3 +48,10 @@
 			else
 				src << "<font color='red'>Error: admin_investigate: Href Logging is not on.</font>"
 				return
+
+		if("pda")			//general one-round-only stuff
+			var/F = investigate_subject2file(subject)
+			if(!F)
+				src << "<font color='red'>Error: admin_investigate: [INVESTIGATE_DIR][subject] is an invalid path or cannot be accessed.</font>"
+				return
+			src << browse(F,"window=investigate[subject];size=800x300")
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