diff --git a/cfel_cxi.py b/cfel_cxi.py
index 9e196d3cbeaab4bf666dade7360585861a45b0e9..e919457fcd32ac78c71730d343075e9d654aec42 100644
--- a/cfel_cxi.py
+++ b/cfel_cxi.py
@@ -435,6 +435,18 @@ class CXIWriter:
 
         return self._fh
 
+    def are_stacks_initialized(self):
+        """Checks if stacks are initialized.
+        
+        Checks the status of the stacks in the file and returns the status to the user.
+        
+        Returns:
+            
+            status (bool): True if the stacks are initialized, False otherwise
+        """
+
+        return self._initialized
+
     def close_file(self):
         """Closes the file.
         
diff --git a/doc/build/doctrees/cfelpyutils.doctree b/doc/build/doctrees/cfelpyutils.doctree
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diff --git a/doc/build/doctrees/environment.pickle b/doc/build/doctrees/environment.pickle
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diff --git a/doc/build/html/cfelpyutils.html b/doc/build/html/cfelpyutils.html
index fba5fea547f35b2643ff95e7ac1a28fa7239c9be..d539a01d8a5e32c31ac986175c316005936467b0 100644
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+++ b/doc/build/html/cfelpyutils.html
@@ -232,6 +232,23 @@ the write_slice_and_increment.</p>
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+<dl class="method">
+<dt id="cfelpyutils.cfel_cxi.CXIWriter.are_stacks_initialized">
+<code class="descname">are_stacks_initialized</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#cfelpyutils.cfel_cxi.CXIWriter.are_stacks_initialized" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
+<dd><p>Checks if stacks are initialized.</p>
+<p>Checks the status of the stacks in the file and returns the status to the user.</p>
+<table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none">
+<col class="field-name" />
+<col class="field-body" />
+<tbody valign="top">
+<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body">True if the stacks are initialized, False otherwise</td>
+</tr>
+<tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body">status (bool)</td>
+</tr>
+</tbody>
+</table>
+</dd></dl>
+
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 <dt id="cfelpyutils.cfel_cxi.CXIWriter.close_file">
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diff --git a/doc/build/html/genindex.html b/doc/build/html/genindex.html
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       <li><a href="cfelpyutils.html#cfelpyutils.cfel_geom.apply_geometry_from_pixel_maps">apply_geometry_from_pixel_maps() (in module cfelpyutils.cfel_geom)</a>
+</li>
+      <li><a href="cfelpyutils.html#cfelpyutils.cfel_cxi.CXIWriter.are_stacks_initialized">are_stacks_initialized() (cfelpyutils.cfel_cxi.CXIWriter method)</a>
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