It was when speaking with the Scholar, if I then type 'examine <x>' it would take me to the close up of the object, but would then get me stuck in a loop.
I could then type 'exit' and it would go back to talking with the Scholar, but if I type 'exit' again it will then take me back to examining the object I previously was and would not exit back to the room.
I'm not sure if I should be able to examine my inventory while talking with the Scholar however, so maybe that's where I'm going wrong :)
I'll do some more testing with the hermit too just to check if its a common bug when talking with characters.