diff --git a/source/build/include/buildtypes.h b/source/build/include/buildtypes.h
index d526315a0..1432efd83 100644
--- a/source/build/include/buildtypes.h
+++ b/source/build/include/buildtypes.h
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ enum
 
     // Raze extensions, using the higher bits to avoid conflitcs with the reserved and undocumented bits above.
     CSTAT_SPRITE_MDLROTATE = 1u<<16u,   // Only for tsprites: rotate if this is a model or voxel.
+    CSTAT_SPRITE_NOFIND = 1u<<17u,      // Invisible to neartag and hitscan
 
 };
 enum
diff --git a/source/build/src/clip.cpp b/source/build/src/clip.cpp
index f8f2fa38e..bedbf0eab 100644
--- a/source/build/src/clip.cpp
+++ b/source/build/src/clip.cpp
@@ -1428,6 +1428,10 @@ int32_t hitscan(const vec3_t *sv, int16_t sectnum, int32_t vx, int32_t vy, int32
         {
             auto const spr = (uspriteptr_t)&sprite[z];
             uint32_t const cstat = spr->cstat;
+
+            if (cstat & CSTAT_SPRITE_NOFIND)
+                continue;
+
 #ifdef USE_OPENGL
             if (!hitallsprites)
 #endif
diff --git a/source/build/src/engine.cpp b/source/build/src/engine.cpp
index 52648e5d6..f8b3f014d 100644
--- a/source/build/src/engine.cpp
+++ b/source/build/src/engine.cpp
@@ -2360,6 +2360,8 @@ void neartag(int32_t xs, int32_t ys, int32_t zs, int16_t sectnum, int16_t ange,
         {
             auto const spr = (uspriteptr_t)&sprite[z];
 
+            if (spr->cstat & CSTAT_SPRITE_NOFIND)
+                continue;
             if (blacklist_sprite_func && blacklist_sprite_func(z))
                 continue;
 
diff --git a/source/games/duke/src/actors.cpp b/source/games/duke/src/actors.cpp
index e2ab87b15..d24915c25 100644
--- a/source/games/duke/src/actors.cpp
+++ b/source/games/duke/src/actors.cpp
@@ -1014,7 +1014,7 @@ void movemasterswitch(DDukeActor *actor, int spectype1, int spectype2)
 			// This originally depended on undefined behavior as the deleted sprite was still used for the sound
 			// with no checking if it got reused in the mean time.
 			spri->picnum = 0;	// give it a picnum without any behavior attached, just in case
-			spri->cstat |= CSTAT_SPRITE_INVISIBLE;
+			spri->cstat |= CSTAT_SPRITE_INVISIBLE|CSTAT_SPRITE_NOFIND;
 			changespritestat(actor->GetIndex(), STAT_REMOVED);
 		}
 	}