diff --git a/csharp/extractor/Semmle.Extraction.CSharp.DependencyFetching/FileContent.cs b/csharp/extractor/Semmle.Extraction.CSharp.DependencyFetching/FileContent.cs
index f5199de1c13a..849e22b27741 100644
--- a/csharp/extractor/Semmle.Extraction.CSharp.DependencyFetching/FileContent.cs
+++ b/csharp/extractor/Semmle.Extraction.CSharp.DependencyFetching/FileContent.cs
@@ -240,6 +240,14 @@ private void DoInitialize()
                     logger.LogDebug($"Failed to read file {file}, exception: {ex}");
                 }
             }
+
+            logger.LogInfo("Finished reading project files.");
+            logger.LogInfo($"Legacy project structure usage detected: {isLegacyProjectStructureUsed}");
+            logger.LogInfo($"ASP.NET usage detected: {useAspNetCoreDlls}");
+            logger.LogInfo($"New project structure usage detected: {isNewProjectStructureUsed}");
+            logger.LogInfo($"Windows Forms usage detected: {useWindowsForms}");
+            logger.LogInfo($"WPF usage detected: {useWpf}");
+            logger.LogInfo($"Implicit usings enabled: {useImplicitUsings}");
         }
 
         [GeneratedRegex("(?<!<!--.*)<PackageReference.*\\sInclude=\"(.*?)\".*/?>", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase | RegexOptions.Compiled | RegexOptions.Singleline)]
diff --git a/csharp/extractor/Semmle.Extraction.CSharp.DependencyFetching/NugetPackageRestorer.cs b/csharp/extractor/Semmle.Extraction.CSharp.DependencyFetching/NugetPackageRestorer.cs
index fee72034781f..3d4972b5637b 100644
--- a/csharp/extractor/Semmle.Extraction.CSharp.DependencyFetching/NugetPackageRestorer.cs
+++ b/csharp/extractor/Semmle.Extraction.CSharp.DependencyFetching/NugetPackageRestorer.cs
@@ -148,10 +148,9 @@ public HashSet<AssemblyLookupLocation> Restore()
                     .Where(path => IsPathInSubfolder(path, legacyPackageDirectory.DirInfo.FullName, "tools"))
                     .ToList();
 
-                if (nugetPackageDllPaths.Count > 0)
-                {
-                    logger.LogInfo($"Restored {nugetPackageDllPaths.Count} NuGet DLLs.");
-                }
+
+                logger.LogInfo($"Restored {nugetPackageDllPaths.Count} NuGet DLLs from packages.config files using the NuGet CLI.");
+
                 if (excludedPaths.Count > 0)
                 {
                     logger.LogInfo($"Excluding {excludedPaths.Count} NuGet DLLs.");
@@ -163,6 +162,13 @@ public HashSet<AssemblyLookupLocation> Restore()
                 }
 
                 nugetPackageDllPaths.ExceptWith(excludedPaths);
+
+                logger.LogInfo($"Using {nugetPackageDllPaths.Count} DLLs as dependency candidates from NuGet packages restored via the NuGet CLI based on packages.config files.");
+                foreach (var path in nugetPackageDllPaths)
+                {
+                    logger.LogDebug($"Using NuGet DLL as dependency candidate: {path}");
+                }
+
                 assemblyLookupLocations.UnionWith(nugetPackageDllPaths.Select(p => new AssemblyLookupLocation(p)));
             }
             catch (Exception exc)