diff --git a/pkg/api/kubegraph/analysis/podspec.go b/pkg/api/kubegraph/analysis/podspec.go
index 3981f589596f..e6f77ee0efc6 100644
--- a/pkg/api/kubegraph/analysis/podspec.go
+++ b/pkg/api/kubegraph/analysis/podspec.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	osgraph "github.com/openshift/origin/pkg/api/graph"
 	kubeedges "github.com/openshift/origin/pkg/api/kubegraph"
 	kubegraph "github.com/openshift/origin/pkg/api/kubegraph/nodes"
+	deploygraph "github.com/openshift/origin/pkg/deploy/graph"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/sets"
 )
 
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ func FindMissingLivenessProbes(g osgraph.Graph, f osgraph.Namer, setProbeCommand
 
 	for _, uncastPodSpecNode := range g.NodesByKind(kubegraph.PodSpecNodeKind) {
 		podSpecNode := uncastPodSpecNode.(*kubegraph.PodSpecNode)
-		podsWithoutLivenessProbes := CheckForLivenessProbes(g, podSpecNode)
+		podsWithoutLivenessProbes := CheckForLivenessProbes(podSpecNode)
 
 		topLevelNode := osgraph.GetTopLevelContainerNode(g, podSpecNode)
 		topLevelString := f.ResourceName(topLevelNode)
@@ -118,7 +119,9 @@ func FindMissingLivenessProbes(g osgraph.Graph, f osgraph.Namer, setProbeCommand
 	return markers
 }
 
-func CheckForLivenessProbes(g osgraph.Graph, podSpecNode *kubegraph.PodSpecNode) []*kubegraph.PodSpecNode {
+// CheckForLivenessProbes iterates through all of the containers in a podSpecNode until it finds one
+// with a liveness probe set. The list of nodes whose containers have no liveness probe set is returned.
+func CheckForLivenessProbes(podSpecNode *kubegraph.PodSpecNode) []*kubegraph.PodSpecNode {
 	noLivenessProbes := []*kubegraph.PodSpecNode{}
 
 	hasLivenessProbe := false
@@ -184,17 +187,35 @@ func CheckMissingMountedSecrets(g osgraph.Graph, podSpecNode *kubegraph.PodSpecN
 	return missingSecrets
 }
 
+// findNodesManagedByController returns a list of nodes that have "controllerRef" edge kinds directed at them
 func findNodesManagedByController(g osgraph.Graph) []graph.Node {
-	nodeFilter := osgraph.NodesOfKind()
-	edgeFilter := osgraph.EdgesOfKind(kubeedges.ManagedByControllerEdgeKind)
-
-	subGraph := g.Subgraph(nodeFilter, edgeFilter)
 	managedNodes := []graph.Node{}
 
-	// ignore all nodes "controlled" by another node
-	for _, edge := range subGraph.Edges() {
-		managedNodes = append(managedNodes, edge.To())
+	// find and append nodes of ManagedByController and
+	// Deployment edge kinds, ignoring top-level nodes.
+	for _, node := range g.NodesByKind(kubegraph.PodSpecNodeKind) {
+		topLevelNode := osgraph.GetTopLevelContainerNode(g, node)
+		managedNodes = append(managedNodes, findManagedNodes(g, topLevelNode, g.To(topLevelNode), false)...)
+	}
+	return managedNodes
+}
+
+// findManagedNodes traverses up from a podSpecNode until it finds parents with no "controllerRef" edge kinds
+func findManagedNodes(g osgraph.Graph, node graph.Node, parents []graph.Node, previousEdgeValid bool) []graph.Node {
+	managedNodes := []graph.Node{}
+	for _, parent := range parents {
+		edge := g.Edge(parent, node)
+		kinds := g.EdgeKinds(edge)
+
+		validEdge := kinds.HasAny(kubeedges.ManagedByControllerEdgeKind, deploygraph.DeploymentEdgeKind)
+		if validEdge && !isNodeInList(node, managedNodes) {
+			managedNodes = append(managedNodes, node)
+			managedNodes = append(managedNodes, findManagedNodes(g, parent, g.To(parent), validEdge)...)
+		} else if previousEdgeValid {
+			return managedNodes
+		}
 	}
+
 	return managedNodes
 }