diff --git a/src/pickley/cli.py b/src/pickley/cli.py
index e378bc4..23cf0d5 100644
--- a/src/pickley/cli.py
+++ b/src/pickley/cli.py
@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ def _locked_by(self):
                 if not runez.check_pid(pid):
                     return None  # PID is no longer active
 
+            if pid is not None:
+                return "-no args-"  # Holder is alive, but was invoked without CLI args (so there's no 2nd line)
+
     def __enter__(self):
         """Acquire lock"""
         if self.lock_path:
diff --git a/tests/test_describe.py b/tests/test_describe.py
index c3bcc22..7339766 100644
--- a/tests/test_describe.py
+++ b/tests/test_describe.py
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ def test_describe(cli, monkeypatch):
     runez.write(".pk/config.json", '{"bake_time": 300, "pinned": {"cowsay": {"python": "3.999"}}}', logger=None)
     cli.run("-vv describe mgit==1.3.0")
     assert cli.succeeded
-    assert " -vv describe " in cli.logged.stdout
-    assert "pip show mgit" in cli.logged.stdout
+    assert " -vv describe " in cli.logged
+    assert "pip show mgit" in cli.logged
     assert "mgit: version 1.3.0" in cli.logged.stdout
-    assert "Applying bake_time of 5 minutes" in cli.logged.stdout
+    assert "Applying bake_time of 5 minutes" in cli.logged
 
     cli.run("-vv describe cowsay")
     assert cli.failed
diff --git a/tests/test_ops.py b/tests/test_ops.py
index 241c897..722e872 100644
--- a/tests/test_ops.py
+++ b/tests/test_ops.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def test_base(cli, monkeypatch):
 
     cli.run("-n base foo")
     assert cli.failed
-    assert "Can't find 'foo', try:" in cli.logged.stdout
+    assert "Can't find 'foo', try:" in cli.logged
 
     monkeypatch.delenv("PICKLEY_ROOT")
     assert find_base("/foo/.venv/bin/pickley") == CFG.resolved_path("/foo/.venv/dev_mode")
@@ -365,13 +365,16 @@ def test_lock(temp_cfg, monkeypatch):
         with pytest.raises(SystemExit):
             runez.abort("oops")
 
-    with SoftLock("foo", give_up=600) as lock:
-        assert str(lock) == "lock foo"
-        assert os.path.exists(lock_path)
-        with pytest.raises(SoftLockException, match="giving up"):
-            # Try to grab same lock a seconds time, give up after 1 second
-            with SoftLock("foo", give_up=1, invalid=600):
-                raise AssertionError("should not be reached")  # pragma: no cover
+    # Lock holder is reported with the CLI args it was invoked with (if any)
+    for argv, holder in ((["pickley", "install", "foo"], "install foo"), (["pickley"], "-no args-")):
+        monkeypatch.setattr(sys, "argv", argv)
+        with SoftLock("foo", give_up=600) as lock:
+            assert str(lock) == "lock foo"
+            assert os.path.exists(lock_path)
+            with pytest.raises(SoftLockException, match=f"giving up\nIt is being held by: pickley .*{holder}"):
+                # Try to grab same lock a seconds time, give up after 1 second
+                with SoftLock("foo", give_up=1, invalid=600):
+                    raise AssertionError("should not be reached")  # pragma: no cover
 
     assert not os.path.exists(lock_path)  # Check that lock was released