diff --git a/src/anemoi/inference/commands/inspect.py b/src/anemoi/inference/commands/inspect.py
index 5ef6ea36..3925aa1d 100644
--- a/src/anemoi/inference/commands/inspect.py
+++ b/src/anemoi/inference/commands/inspect.py
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 from collections.abc import Callable
 from typing import Any
 
+import rich
+
 from ..checkpoint import Checkpoint
 from . import Command
 
@@ -31,6 +33,9 @@ def add_arguments(self, command_parser: ArgumentParser) -> None:
             The argument parser to which the arguments will be added.
         """
         command_parser.add_argument("path", help="Path to the checkpoint.")
+        command_parser.add_argument(
+            "--origins", action="store_true", help="Print the origins of the variables in the checkpoint."
+        )
         command_parser.add_argument(
             "--validate", action="store_true", help="Validate the current virtual environment against the checkpoint"
         )
@@ -56,6 +61,10 @@ def run(self, args: Namespace) -> None:
             c.validate_environment()
             return
 
+        if args.origins:
+            self.origins(c, args)
+            return
+
         def _(f: Callable[[], Any]) -> Any:
             """Wrapper function to handle exceptions.
 
@@ -90,5 +99,19 @@ def _(f: Callable[[], Any]) -> Any:
                 print("  ", json.dumps(value, indent=4, default=str))
                 print()
 
+    def origins(self, c: Checkpoint, args: Namespace) -> None:
+        from anemoi.datasets import open_dataset
+        from anemoi.transform.origins import make_origins
+
+        open_dataset_args, open_dataset_kwargs = c.open_dataset_args_kwargs(use_original_paths=False)
+        ds = open_dataset(*open_dataset_args, **open_dataset_kwargs)
+        result = {}
+        for p in ds.components():
+            o = make_origins(p.origins(compressed=True), p.dataset_name)
+            result.update(o)
+
+        print("Origins:")
+        rich.print(result)
+
 
 command = InspectCmd