diff --git a/crates/engine/src/commands/animation.rs b/crates/engine/src/commands/animation.rs
index c700123d..199cd743 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/commands/animation.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/commands/animation.rs
@@ -361,11 +361,11 @@ fn reveal(s: &mut Session, p: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
         let anchor = [w as f64 / 2.0, h as f64 / 2.0];
         let center = [comp.width as f64 / 2.0, comp.height as f64 / 2.0];
         // Properties at the top of the layer's tree (Time Remap): enabled time remapping is a
-        // modification in itself.
+        // modification in itself, so it reveals even with no keys left on it (#990).
         for pr in l.props.props() {
             let hit = match kind.as_str() {
-                "keyframes" => pr.is_animated(),
-                "animation" => pr.is_animated() || pr.has_expression(),
+                "keyframes" => pr.is_animated() || pr.match_id == "timeRemap",
+                "animation" => pr.is_animated() || pr.has_expression() || pr.match_id == "timeRemap",
                 _ => pr.match_id == "timeRemap" || modified(pr, "", anchor, center),
             };
             if hit {
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/tests_timeline.rs b/crates/engine/src/tests_timeline.rs
index 009af9e5..9014faeb 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/tests_timeline.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/tests_timeline.rs
@@ -750,6 +750,31 @@ fn reveal_shortcuts_take_in_time_remap() {
     }
 }
 
+/// U (and the animation reveal) still show Time Remap after its keys are gone: enabling
+/// remapping is itself the modification, so a keyless remap must not vanish from U (#990).
+#[test]
+fn reveal_shortcuts_take_in_keyless_time_remap() {
+    let (mut s, l) = precomp_setup();
+    let revealed = |s: &mut Session, kind: &str| -> Vec<u64> {
+        let r = s.execute("anim.reveal", json!({"kind": kind})).unwrap();
+        r["props"].as_array().unwrap().iter().filter(|p| p["layer"] == l).filter_map(|p| p["prop"].as_u64()).collect()
+    };
+    s.execute("layer.enableTimeRemap", json!({})).unwrap();
+    let uid = prop(&s, l, "timeRemap").uid;
+    assert_eq!(prop(&s, l, "timeRemap").keys.len(), 2);
+    // Delete both keys one at a time; remapping stays enabled.
+    for _ in 0..2 {
+        let t = prop(&s, l, "timeRemap").keys[0].time.seconds();
+        s.execute("keys.select", json!({"keys": [{"layer": l, "prop": uid, "time": t}]})).unwrap();
+        s.execute("edit.clear", json!({})).unwrap();
+    }
+    let tr = prop(&s, l, "timeRemap");
+    assert!(tr.keys.is_empty(), "remapping is still enabled, with no keys");
+    for kind in ["keyframes", "animation", "modified"] {
+        assert_eq!(revealed(&mut s, kind), vec![uid], "{kind}");
+    }
+}
+
 /// UU on a layer nothing was changed on shows nothing, whatever its kind: cameras, lights, text
 /// and nulls have their own Transform defaults, and Separate Dimensions keeps the comp centre.
 #[test]
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/timeline.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/timeline.rs
index 72f10429..daf50d60 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/timeline.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/timeline.rs
@@ -4050,6 +4050,32 @@ mod tests {
         }
     }
 
+    /// U shows Time Remap while remapping is enabled even after its keys are deleted (#990):
+    /// enabling remapping is itself the modification.
+    #[test]
+    fn u_reveals_keyless_time_remap() {
+        let mut s = effectcraft_engine::Session::default();
+        let inner = s.execute("comp.new", json!({"name": "Inner", "width": 32, "height": 32, "duration": 2})).unwrap()["comp"].as_u64().unwrap();
+        s.execute("comp.new", json!({"name": "Main", "width": 64, "height": 64, "duration": 4})).unwrap();
+        let nested = s.execute("layer.addItem", json!({"item": inner})).unwrap()["layer"].as_u64().unwrap();
+        let mut app = EffectcraftApp::new(s);
+        let ctx = egui::Context::default();
+        crate::menus::invoke(&mut app, &ctx, "layer.enableTimeRemap", json!({"layers": [nested]})).unwrap();
+        let uid = app.session.active_comp().unwrap().layer(LayerId(nested)).unwrap().props.prop("timeRemap").unwrap().uid;
+        for _ in 0..2 {
+            let t = app.session.active_comp().unwrap().layer(LayerId(nested)).unwrap().props.prop("timeRemap").unwrap().keys[0].time.seconds();
+            app.session.execute("keys.select", json!({"keys": [{"layer": nested, "prop": uid, "time": t}]})).unwrap();
+            app.session.execute("edit.clear", json!({})).unwrap();
+        }
+        assert!(app.session.active_comp().unwrap().layer(LayerId(nested)).unwrap().props.prop("timeRemap").unwrap().keys.is_empty());
+        app.session.execute("layer.select", json!({"layers": [nested]})).unwrap();
+        crate::menus::invoke(&mut app, &ctx, "anim.reveal", json!({"kind": "keyframes"})).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(app.ui.timeline.layer_reveal.get(&nested), Some(&vec!["props".to_string()]));
+        let rows = labels(&app);
+        let at = rows.iter().position(|r| r == "Inner").unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(rows[at + 1].trim(), "Time Remap", "{rows:?}");
+    }
+
     /// Enabling time remapping twirls the layer open on Time Remap (#157); disabling it reveals
     /// nothing.
     #[test]