diff --git a/ee/clickhouse/queries/experiments/funnel_experiment_result.py b/ee/clickhouse/queries/experiments/funnel_experiment_result.py
index 4044bcfd6ac7a..db462977059a5 100644
--- a/ee/clickhouse/queries/experiments/funnel_experiment_result.py
+++ b/ee/clickhouse/queries/experiments/funnel_experiment_result.py
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ def __init__(
     ):
         breakdown_key = f"$feature/{feature_flag.key}"
         self.variants = [variant["key"] for variant in feature_flag.variants]
+        self.filter = filter
 
         # our filters assume that the given time ranges are in the project timezone.
         # while start and end date are in UTC.
@@ -86,6 +87,9 @@ def __init__(
     def get_results(self):
         funnel_results = self.funnel.run()
         filtered_results = [result for result in funnel_results if result[0]["breakdown_value"][0] in self.variants]
+
+        validate_event_variants(filtered_results, self.variants)
+
         control_variant, test_variants = self.get_variants(filtered_results)
 
         probabilities = self.calculate_results(control_variant, test_variants)
@@ -292,3 +296,27 @@ def calculate_probability_of_winning_for_each(variants: List[Variant]) -> List[P
     total_test_probabilities = sum(probabilities[1:])
 
     return [max(0, 1 - total_test_probabilities), *probabilities[1:]]
+
+
+def validate_event_variants(filtered_results, variants):
+    if not filtered_results or not filtered_results[0]:
+        raise ValidationError("No experiment events have been ingested yet")
+
+    eventsWithOrderZero = []
+    for eventArr in filtered_results:
+        for event in eventArr:
+            if event.get("order") == 0:
+                eventsWithOrderZero.append(event)
+    if len(eventsWithOrderZero) == 0:
+        raise ValidationError("No events for the first funnel step have been ingested yet")
+
+    missing_variants = set(variants)
+    for event in eventsWithOrderZero:
+        event_variant = event.get("breakdown_value")[0]
+        if event_variant in missing_variants:
+            missing_variants.discard(event_variant)
+
+    if not len(missing_variants) == 0:
+        missing_variants_str = ", ".join(missing_variants)
+        message = f"No experiment events have been ingested yet for the following variants: {missing_variants_str}"
+        raise ValidationError(message)
diff --git a/ee/clickhouse/queries/test/test_experiments.py b/ee/clickhouse/queries/test/test_experiments.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..4ab2bdb8cba06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ee/clickhouse/queries/test/test_experiments.py
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+import unittest
+from ee.clickhouse.queries.experiments.funnel_experiment_result import validate_event_variants
+from rest_framework.exceptions import ValidationError
+
+
+class TestExperiments(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_validate_event_variants(self):
+        expected_message = "No experiment events have been ingested yet"
+        with self.assertRaises(ValidationError) as context:
+            validate_event_variants([], ["test", "control"])
+
+        self.assertIn(expected_message, str(context.exception))
+
+    def test_validate_event_variants_2(self):
+        filtered_results = [
+            [
+                {
+                    "action_id": "step-2",
+                    "name": "step-2",
+                    "custom_name": None,
+                    "order": 1,
+                    "people": [],
+                    "count": 3,
+                    "type": "events",
+                    "average_conversion_time": 0.3333333333333333,
+                    "median_conversion_time": 0.0,
+                    "breakdown": ["control"],
+                    "breakdown_value": ["control"],
+                }
+            ]
+        ]
+
+        expected_message = "No events for the first funnel step have been ingested yet"
+        with self.assertRaises(ValidationError) as context:
+            validate_event_variants(filtered_results, ["test", "control"])
+
+        self.assertIn(expected_message, str(context.exception))
+
+    def test_validate_event_variants_3(self):
+        filtered_results = [
+            [
+                {
+                    "action_id": "step-1",
+                    "name": "step-1",
+                    "custom_name": None,
+                    "order": 0,
+                    "people": [],
+                    "count": 3,
+                    "type": "events",
+                    "average_conversion_time": 0.3333333333333333,
+                    "median_conversion_time": 0.0,
+                    "breakdown": ["control"],
+                    "breakdown_value": ["control"],
+                }
+            ]
+        ]
+
+        expected_message = "No experiment events have been ingested yet for the following variants: test"
+        with self.assertRaises(ValidationError) as context:
+            validate_event_variants(filtered_results, ["test", "control"])
+
+        self.assertIn(expected_message, str(context.exception))
diff --git a/frontend/src/scenes/experiments/ExperimentResult.tsx b/frontend/src/scenes/experiments/ExperimentResult.tsx
index 8ba87a58b5f89..64e6ee8e10403 100644
--- a/frontend/src/scenes/experiments/ExperimentResult.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/scenes/experiments/ExperimentResult.tsx
@@ -184,9 +184,13 @@ export function ExperimentResult(): JSX.Element {
                         <div className="no-experiment-results p-4">
                             {!experimentResultsLoading && (
                                 <div className="text-center">
-                                    <b>There are no results for this experiment yet.</b>
+                                    <div className="mb-4">
+                                        <b>There are no results for this experiment yet.</b>
+                                    </div>
+                                    {!!experimentResultCalculationError && (
+                                        <div className="text-sm mb-2">{experimentResultCalculationError}</div>
+                                    )}
                                     <div className="text-sm ">
-                                        {!!experimentResultCalculationError && `${experimentResultCalculationError}. `}{' '}
                                         Wait a bit longer for your users to be exposed to the experiment. Double check
                                         your feature flag implementation if you're still not seeing results.
                                     </div>