@article{hopskipandoverthinkdiagnosingwhyreasonin, title = {Hop, Skip, and Overthink: Diagnosing Why Reasoning Models Fumble during Multi-Hop Analysis}, author = {Anushka Yadav and Isha Nalawade and Srujana Pillarichety and Yashwanth Babu and Reshmi Ghosh and Samyadeep Basu and Wenlong Zhao and Ali Nasaeh and Sriram Balasubramanian and Soundararajan Srinivasan}, year = {2025}, eprint = {2508.04699}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.04699}, }