diff --git a/cmd/inspect-tx.go b/cmd/inspect-tx.go
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/inspect-tx.go
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	commandspb "code.vegaprotocol.io/protos/vega/commands/v1"
+	"github.com/golang/protobuf/jsonpb"
+	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+var (
+	rawTransaction []byte
+	inspectTxCmd   = &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "inspect-tx",
+		Short: "Inspect a raw Vega transaction",
+		RunE:  runInspectTx,
+	}
+)
+
+func init() {
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(inspectTxCmd)
+	inspectTxCmd.Flags().BytesBase64VarP(&rawTransaction, "tx", "t", []byte(""), "Base64 encoding of the raw Vega to decode")
+	inspectTxCmd.MarkFlagRequired("tx")
+}
+
+func runInspectTx(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	var tx = &commandspb.Transaction{}
+	var input_data = &commandspb.InputData{}
+	jsonMarshaler := jsonpb.Marshaler{
+		Indent: "   ",
+	}
+
+	if err := proto.Unmarshal(rawTransaction, tx); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Couldn't unmarshal transaction: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	if err := proto.Unmarshal(tx.GetInputData(), input_data); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Couldn't unmarshal input_data: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	json, err := jsonMarshaler.MarshalToString(tx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Couldn't serialise transaction: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	json2, err := jsonMarshaler.MarshalToString(input_data)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Couldn't serialise input_data: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	fmt.Println(json)
+	fmt.Println(json2)
+	return nil
+}