diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/lens/investigations/InvestigationsView.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/lens/investigations/InvestigationsView.tsx
index 187e96df238..f7756471dec 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/lens/investigations/InvestigationsView.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/lens/investigations/InvestigationsView.tsx
@@ -282,6 +282,7 @@ export function InvestigationsView({
           results={results}
           agents={Array.isArray(agents.data) ? agents.data : []}
           queue={{
+            api,
             lenses,
             workers: query.data?.workers ?? [],
             onConnect: () => setWorkerSetup(true),
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/lens/investigations/detail/InvestigationDetail.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/lens/investigations/detail/InvestigationDetail.tsx
index 431bc9eefd3..a2f06a5af12 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/lens/investigations/detail/InvestigationDetail.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/lens/investigations/detail/InvestigationDetail.tsx
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { Tabs, TabsList, TabsTrigger, TabsContent } from "@/components/ui/tabs";
 import { RunsTab } from "./RunsTab";
 import { InvestigationProgress } from "../InvestigationProgress";
 import { LiveRun } from "../live/LiveRun";
+import { LiveRunLoader } from "../live/LiveRunLoader";
 import { type QueueContext } from "../useQueueReason";
 import { liveJob } from "../../model/live";
 import { RunNowDialog } from "./RunNowDialog";
@@ -109,7 +110,12 @@ export function InvestigationDetail({
             onCancel={readOnly ? undefined : () => void update((api) => api.cancelRun(lens.id))}
           />
         )}
-        {live && <LiveRun key={live.id} job={live} reviews={live.reviews} name={lens.settings.name} queue={queue} />}
+        {live &&
+          (queue ? (
+            <LiveRunLoader key={live.id} lensId={lens.id} job={live} name={lens.settings.name} queue={queue} />
+          ) : (
+            <LiveRun key={live.id} job={live} reviews={live.reviews} name={lens.settings.name} />
+          ))}
         {runNow && (
           <RunNowDialog
             lens={lens}
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/lens/investigations/live/LiveDrawer.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/lens/investigations/live/LiveDrawer.tsx
index a99a4da1f6f..cff7d1ff934 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/lens/investigations/live/LiveDrawer.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/lens/investigations/live/LiveDrawer.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 "use client";
 
-import { useState } from "react";
+import { useState, type ReactNode } from "react";
 
 import { StatusBadge, type StatusTone } from "@/components/shared/table_cells";
 import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
@@ -38,9 +38,11 @@ export function LiveDrawer({
   groups,
   decided,
   scope,
+  waiting,
   onPick,
   onFollow,
 }: {
+  waiting?: ReactNode;
   open: boolean;
   onClose: () => void;
   name: string;
@@ -86,7 +88,10 @@ export function LiveDrawer({
                 phase={following ? phase : SETTLED}
               />
             ) : (
-              <p className="py-6 text-[12px] text-muted-foreground">Waiting for the first trace review.</p>
+              <div className="flex flex-col gap-1 py-6 text-[12px] text-muted-foreground">
+                <p className="text-[13px] text-foreground">Waiting for the first trace…</p>
+                {waiting}
+              </div>
             )}
           </section>
           <section aria-label="Conclusions so far" className="flex min-h-0 flex-col gap-5 overflow-y-auto px-5 py-4">
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/lens/investigations/live/LiveRun.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/lens/investigations/live/LiveRun.tsx
index 1a4fcf44fe2..d046fbd4069 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/lens/investigations/live/LiveRun.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/lens/investigations/live/LiveRun.tsx
@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ export function LiveRun({
     if (review) pin(review);
     setDrawerOpen(true);
   };
+  const waiting = reason && (
+    <>
+      <QueueReasonText reason={reason} onConnect={queue?.onConnect} />
+      <WorkerTasks reason={reason} queue={queue} />
+    </>
+  );
 
   return (
     <>
@@ -57,14 +63,7 @@ export function LiveRun({
         <LiveStrip
           model={model}
           state={stripState(withReviews, model, reason ? queueReasonText(reason) : undefined)}
-          waiting={
-            reason && (
-              <>
-                <QueueReasonText reason={reason} onConnect={queue?.onConnect} />
-                <WorkerTasks reason={reason} queue={queue} />
-              </>
-            )
-          }
+          waiting={waiting}
           playback={playback}
           reviewed={reviewed}
           selected={job.coverage.selected}
@@ -97,6 +96,7 @@ export function LiveRun({
         groups={conclusions(decided, job.settings.checks)}
         decided={decided.length}
         scope={job.reviewed > reviews.length ? `From the latest ${reviews.length} of ${job.reviewed} reviewed traces` : ""}
+        waiting={waiting}
         onPick={pin}
         onFollow={() => setPinned(null)}
       />
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/lens/investigations/live/LiveRunLoader.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/lens/investigations/live/LiveRunLoader.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2e7e854365a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/lens/investigations/live/LiveRunLoader.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+"use client";
+
+import type { Job } from "../../model/types";
+import type { QueueContext } from "../useQueueReason";
+import { LiveRun } from "./LiveRun";
+import { useJobReviews } from "./useJobReviews";
+
+export function LiveRunLoader({
+  lensId,
+  job,
+  name,
+  queue,
+}: {
+  lensId: string;
+  job: Job;
+  name: string;
+  queue: QueueContext;
+}) {
+  const reviews = useJobReviews(queue.api, lensId, job);
+  return <LiveRun job={job} reviews={reviews} name={name} queue={queue} />;
+}
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/lens/investigations/live/LiveStrip.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/lens/investigations/live/LiveStrip.tsx
index 3a7db401f5a..b493e286084 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/lens/investigations/live/LiveStrip.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/lens/investigations/live/LiveStrip.tsx
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ export function LiveStrip({
         )}
       </div>
       <div className="flex shrink-0 items-center gap-1">
-        <Button variant="outline" size="xs" onClick={() => onOpen()} disabled={!recent.length}>
+        <Button variant="outline" size="xs" onClick={() => onOpen()} disabled={state.kind === "done" && !recent.length}>
           <PanelRight />
           View run
         </Button>
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/lens/investigations/live/useJobReviews.ts b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/lens/investigations/live/useJobReviews.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e6c47f40119
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/lens/investigations/live/useJobReviews.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+"use client";
+
+import { useQuery } from "@tanstack/react-query";
+import { useState } from "react";
+
+import { lensQueries } from "../../api/queries";
+import type { LensApi } from "../../api/service";
+import { appendPage, EMPTY_FEED, type ReviewFeed } from "../../model/live";
+import type { Job, Review } from "../../model/types";
+
+export function useJobReviews(api: LensApi, lensId: string, job: Pick<Job, "id" | "status">): readonly Review[] {
+  const [feed, setFeed] = useState<ReviewFeed>(EMPTY_FEED);
+  const live = job.status === "queued" || job.status === "running";
+  const { data } = useQuery(lensQueries.reviews(api, { lensId, jobId: job.id, after: feed.cursor, live }));
+  const next = data ? appendPage(feed, data) : feed;
+  if (next !== feed) setFeed(next);
+  return next.reviews;
+}
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/lens/investigations/useQueueReason.ts b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/lens/investigations/useQueueReason.ts
index 7337892d671..155f8564e59 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/lens/investigations/useQueueReason.ts
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/lens/investigations/useQueueReason.ts
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@
 
 import { useNow } from "@/hooks/useNow";
 
+import type { LensApi } from "../api/service";
 import { queueReason, type QueueReason } from "../model/status";
 import type { Job, Lens, LensList } from "../model/types";
 
 export interface QueueContext {
+  api: LensApi;
   lenses: readonly Lens[];
   workers: readonly LensList["workers"][number][];
   onConnect: () => void;