Performing the following (note the range of 10,000):

`importmulti '[{"desc": "sh(wpkh([aeee1e6a/49h/1h/0h]tpubDC5bVdaveQYxGFztMShFAjU637kKjrs9FD8ne1oHR7z8tLeQJExsaxWRVeSpcCcYMdp5ecf2LQhuVaeYFZ7YEpvWTJr4nDGUJrmuvLuTSsp/1/*))", "keypool": true, "timestamp": "now", "watchonly": true, "internal": true, "range": {"end": 1000}}]' '{"rescan": false}'`

takes many minutes. @achow101 reports a similar import taking 6 minutes on his machine.
{
    if (nIndex != -1) {
        pwallet->ReturnKey(nIndex, fInternal, vchPubKey);
    }
    nIndex = -1;
    vchPubKey = CPubKey();
}
void CWallet::MarkReserveKeysAsUsed(int64_t keypool_id)
{
    AssertLockHeld(cs_wallet);
    bool internal = setInternalKeyPool.count(keypool_id);
    if (!internal) assert(setExternalKeyPool.count(keypool_id) || set_pre_split_keypool.count(keypool_id));
    std::set<int64_t> *setKeyPool = internal ? &setInternalKeyPool : (set_pre_split_keypool.empty() ? &setExternalKeyPool : &set_pre_split_keypool);
    auto it = setKeyPool->begin();
    WalletBatch batch(*database);
    while (it != std::end(*setKeyPool)) {
        const int64_t& index = *(it);
        if (index > keypool_id) break; 
        CKeyPool keypool;
        if (batch.ReadPool(index, keypool)) { 
            m_pool_key_to_index.erase(keypool.vchPubKey.GetID());
        }
        LearnAllRelatedScripts(keypool.vchPubKey);
        batch.ErasePool(index);
        WalletLogPrintf("keypool index %d removed\n", index);
        it = setKeyPool->erase(it);
    }
}
void CWallet::LockCoin(const COutPoint& output)