This handicap coupled with no available party formation (i'm not sure if this is an accurate complaint... i saw in an old review that formations were possible (something about dots above the character's head?) but perhaps it's been phased out of the enhanced version) makes scouting a bit of a chore.
For some reason, its not there (or extremely well hidden) when using a controller. It is still in the game when using mouse/keyboard input which sadly doesn't work in local coop.