Savannah Guthrie made a heartbreaking remark about her missing mother on the “Today” show Thursday, appearing to refer to Nancy Guthrie in the past tense more than seven months after the 84-year-old mysteriously vanished.

The emotional moment came as Savannah and her fellow “Today” hosts announced plans to broadcast live from County Kerry, Ireland.

While talking about her family’s Irish roots, Savannah began, “My mother’s family w—” before correcting herself.

“My mother was Irish, her grandmother,” Savannah said. “They were from Galway.”

The brief comment appeared to catch the rest of the panel off guard, with the usually animated group growing noticeably quieter.

Savannah kept smiling and quickly moved the conversation along, turning to Carson Daly and asking, “You have some Irish, right?”

Despite the painful wording, a source told the New York Post that Savannah’s use of the past tense was not meant to suggest that her family has been told Nancy is dead.

Nancy Guthrie has been missing since she was apparently abducted from her home in the Tucson, Arizona, area during the early morning hours of Feb. 1.

Investigators discovered blood matching Nancy’s DNA inside the home, while recovered surveillance footage showed an armed, masked man near her front door around the time she disappeared.

The FBI has described Nancy as a vulnerable adult who has difficulty walking, has a pacemaker and requires daily heart medication. Federal investigators are offering up to $100,000 for information leading to her location or the arrest and conviction of whoever was involved.

The Pima County Sheriff’s Department stressed Thursday that the case remains “active and ongoing,” with investigators continuing to work alongside the FBI.

Authorities said DNA and video evidence are still being analyzed at laboratories around the country, while new technology is being used in hopes of squeezing more information from the evidence already collected.

Tips are also continuing to pour in and are being reviewed by investigators.

Savannah has largely kept her anguish private in recent months, but she issued an emotional message to whoever took her mother in August.

“Every day, we wake up and try to be strong and go on — because that’s what our joyful and resilient Mom taught us to do,” she wrote.

“But make no mistake — our hearts are in ruins.”

The Guthrie family has offered a $1 million reward for information that could help bring Nancy home.

For Savannah, Thursday’s tiny verbal slip served as another painful reminder of the uncertainty her family has lived with for more than seven months — still waiting for answers about what happened to their mother.