diff --git a/lib/init-action.js b/lib/init-action.js
index a3c7ab96bb..3c50d8fd4d 100644
--- a/lib/init-action.js
+++ b/lib/init-action.js
@@ -110659,17 +110659,22 @@ async function run(startedAt) {
   let dependencyCachingStatus;
   try {
     if (config.overlayDatabaseMode === "overlay" /* Overlay */ && config.useOverlayDatabaseCaching) {
-      overlayBaseDatabaseStats = await downloadOverlayBaseDatabaseFromCache(
-        codeql,
-        config,
-        logger
+      await withGroupAsync(
+        "Checking cache for overlay-base database",
+        async () => {
+          overlayBaseDatabaseStats = await downloadOverlayBaseDatabaseFromCache(
+            codeql,
+            config,
+            logger
+          );
+          if (!overlayBaseDatabaseStats) {
+            config.overlayDatabaseMode = "none" /* None */;
+            logger.info(
+              `No overlay-base database found in cache, reverting overlay database mode to ${"none" /* None */}.`
+            );
+          }
+        }
       );
-      if (!overlayBaseDatabaseStats) {
-        config.overlayDatabaseMode = "none" /* None */;
-        logger.info(
-          `No overlay-base database found in cache, reverting overlay database mode to ${"none" /* None */}.`
-        );
-      }
     }
     if (config.overlayDatabaseMode !== "overlay" /* Overlay */) {
       cleanupDatabaseClusterDirectory(config, logger);
diff --git a/src/init-action.ts b/src/init-action.ts
index 37a9df9c83..859dcefa2c 100644
--- a/src/init-action.ts
+++ b/src/init-action.ts
@@ -465,18 +465,23 @@ async function run(startedAt: Date) {
       // necessary preparations. So, in that mode, we would assume that
       // everything is in order and let the analysis fail if that turns out not
       // to be the case.
-      overlayBaseDatabaseStats = await downloadOverlayBaseDatabaseFromCache(
-        codeql,
-        config,
-        logger,
+      await withGroupAsync(
+        "Checking cache for overlay-base database",
+        async () => {
+          overlayBaseDatabaseStats = await downloadOverlayBaseDatabaseFromCache(
+            codeql,
+            config,
+            logger,
+          );
+          if (!overlayBaseDatabaseStats) {
+            config.overlayDatabaseMode = OverlayDatabaseMode.None;
+            logger.info(
+              "No overlay-base database found in cache, " +
+                `reverting overlay database mode to ${OverlayDatabaseMode.None}.`,
+            );
+          }
+        },
       );
-      if (!overlayBaseDatabaseStats) {
-        config.overlayDatabaseMode = OverlayDatabaseMode.None;
-        logger.info(
-          "No overlay-base database found in cache, " +
-            `reverting overlay database mode to ${OverlayDatabaseMode.None}.`,
-        );
-      }
     }
 
     if (config.overlayDatabaseMode !== OverlayDatabaseMode.Overlay) {