diff --git a/.changelog/1448.changed.txt b/.changelog/1448.changed.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d71dbd6cef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/1448.changed.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+chore(k8sprocessor): Improve logging of missing data events
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkg/processor/k8sprocessor/kube/client.go b/pkg/processor/k8sprocessor/kube/client.go
index 2ab729aa6c..6f747274fd 100644
--- a/pkg/processor/k8sprocessor/kube/client.go
+++ b/pkg/processor/k8sprocessor/kube/client.go
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache"
 
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/k8sconfig"
+
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/processor/k8sprocessor/observability"
 )
 
@@ -321,6 +322,9 @@ func (c *WatchClient) extractPodAttributes(pod *api_v1.Pod) map[string]string {
 	}
 
 	if c.Rules.NodeName {
+		if len(pod.Spec.NodeName) == 0 {
+			c.logger.Warn("missing Node name for Pod, cache may be out of sync", zap.String("pod", pod.Name))
+		}
 		tags[c.Rules.Tags.NodeName] = pod.Spec.NodeName
 	}
 
@@ -340,6 +344,9 @@ func (c *WatchClient) extractPodAttributes(pod *api_v1.Pod) map[string]string {
 	if len(pod.Status.ContainerStatuses) > 0 {
 		cs := pod.Status.ContainerStatuses[0]
 		if c.Rules.ContainerID {
+			if len(cs.ContainerID) == 0 {
+				c.logger.Warn("missing container ID for Pod, cache may be out of sync", zap.String("pod", pod.Name), zap.String("container_name", cs.Name))
+			}
 			tags[c.Rules.Tags.ContainerID] = cs.ContainerID
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/processor/k8sprocessor/kube/owner.go b/pkg/processor/k8sprocessor/kube/owner.go
index 4ad4a2bcb2..4c63347520 100644
--- a/pkg/processor/k8sprocessor/kube/owner.go
+++ b/pkg/processor/k8sprocessor/kube/owner.go
@@ -612,6 +612,22 @@ func (op *OwnerCache) GetOwners(pod *Pod) []*ObjectOwner {
 					visited[ownerUID] = true
 				}
 			}
+		} else {
+			// try to find the owner
+			var ownerReference meta_v1.OwnerReference
+			for _, or := range *pod.OwnerReferences {
+				if or.UID == uid {
+					ownerReference = or
+				}
+			}
+			// ownerReference may be empty
+			op.logger.Warn(
+				"missing owner data for Pod, cache may be out of sync",
+				zap.String("pod", pod.Name),
+				zap.String("owner_id", string(uid)),
+				zap.String("owner_kind", ownerReference.Kind),
+				zap.String("owner_name", ownerReference.Name),
+			)
 		}
 		op.ownersMutex.RUnlock()
 	}