diff --git a/analyzers/cppcheck/problemmodel.h b/analyzers/cppcheck/problemmodel.h
--- a/analyzers/cppcheck/problemmodel.h
+++ b/analyzers/cppcheck/problemmodel.h
@@ -52,13 +52,16 @@
     void forceFullUpdate() override;
 
 private:
+    KDevelop::DocumentRange projectLocation() const;
     void fixProblemFinalLocation(KDevelop::IProblem::Ptr problem);
+
     using KDevelop::ProblemModel::setProblems;
 
     Plugin* m_plugin;
 
     KDevelop::IProject* m_project;
     QString m_path;
+    QString m_prettyPath;
 
     QVector<KDevelop::IProblem::Ptr> m_problems;
 };
diff --git a/analyzers/cppcheck/problemmodel.cpp b/analyzers/cppcheck/problemmodel.cpp
--- a/analyzers/cppcheck/problemmodel.cpp
+++ b/analyzers/cppcheck/problemmodel.cpp
@@ -60,18 +60,24 @@
     return m_project;
 }
 
+KDevelop::DocumentRange ProblemModel::projectLocation() const
+{
+    Q_ASSERT(m_project);
+
+    KDevelop::DocumentRange location;
+    location.document = KDevelop::IndexedString(m_project->path().toLocalFile());
+
+    return location;
+}
+
 void ProblemModel::fixProblemFinalLocation(KDevelop::IProblem::Ptr problem)
 {
     // Fix problems with incorrect range, which produced by cppcheck's errors
     // without <location> element. In this case location automatically gets "/".
     // To avoid this we set project's root path as problem location.
 
-    Q_ASSERT(m_project);
-
-    auto range = problem->finalLocation();
-    if (range.document.isEmpty()) {
-        range.document = KDevelop::IndexedString(m_project->path().toLocalFile());
-        problem->setFinalLocation(range);
+    if (problem->finalLocation().document.isEmpty()) {
+        problem->setFinalLocation(projectLocation());
     }
 
     for (auto diagnostic : problem->diagnostics()) {
@@ -85,6 +91,7 @@
 
     if (m_problems.isEmpty()) {
         maxLength = 0;
+        clearProblems(); // Remove starting notification
     }
 
     for (auto problem : problems) {
@@ -103,7 +110,13 @@
 
 void ProblemModel::setProblems()
 {
-    setProblems(m_problems);
+    if (m_problems.isEmpty()) {
+        setPlaceHolderText(i18n("Analysis of (%1) completed, no problems detected.", m_prettyPath),
+                           QString(),
+                           projectLocation());
+    } else {
+        setProblems(m_problems);
+    }
 }
 
 void ProblemModel::reset()
@@ -115,13 +128,17 @@
 {
     m_project = project;
     m_path = path;
+    m_prettyPath = prettyPathName(m_path);
 
     clearProblems();
     m_problems.clear();
 
     QString tooltip = i18nc("@info:tooltip", "Re-Run Last Cppcheck Analysis");
     if (m_project) {
-        tooltip += QString(" (%1)").arg(prettyPathName(m_path));
+        tooltip += QString(" (%1)").arg(m_prettyPath);
+        setPlaceHolderText(i18n("Analysis of (%1) started, expect problems to come...", m_prettyPath),
+                           QString(),
+                           projectLocation());
     }
     setFullUpdateTooltip(tooltip);
 }