diff --git a/utils/general.py b/utils/general.py
index 006e64859f32..1f805c56af29 100755
--- a/utils/general.py
+++ b/utils/general.py
@@ -53,12 +53,12 @@ def get_latest_run(search_dir='.'):
 
 
 def is_docker():
-    # Is environment a Docker container
+    # Is environment a Docker container?
     return Path('/workspace').exists()  # or Path('/.dockerenv').exists()
 
 
 def is_colab():
-    # Is environment a Google Colab instance
+    # Is environment a Google Colab instance?
     try:
         import google.colab
         return True
@@ -66,6 +66,11 @@ def is_colab():
         return False
 
 
+def is_pip():
+    # Is file in a pip package?
+    return 'site-packages' in Path(__file__).absolute().parts
+
+
 def emojis(str=''):
     # Return platform-dependent emoji-safe version of string
     return str.encode().decode('ascii', 'ignore') if platform.system() == 'Windows' else str