What laptop is it?
I can't say that I've ever had an overheating issue over many laptop, but I did buy the daughter a Lenovo (13" i5, don't recollect the model number at the moment) a couple of years ago & it does have an issue. Running hot & overheating seem to be standard features regardless of what's running & what load is placed on it. 5 minutes after booting up the cooling fan is running a full tilt with minimal processes running & the fan will continue to run often at full speed until shutdown.... Don't expect it will see a reasonable service life.
It's not a Lenovo thing as such though, I have others & they don't have an issue.