From acacc64c9906ce59ad94f688b93d4c631551af63 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gert Mertes <gert.mertes@ecmwf.int>
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2024 11:58:55 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add --validate to inspect subcommand

---
 src/anemoi/inference/commands/inspect.py | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/anemoi/inference/commands/inspect.py b/src/anemoi/inference/commands/inspect.py
index 36b1691..9d2e970 100644
--- a/src/anemoi/inference/commands/inspect.py
+++ b/src/anemoi/inference/commands/inspect.py
@@ -14,17 +14,25 @@
 
 
 class InspectCmd(Command):
+    """Inspect the contents of a checkpoint file."""
 
     need_logging = False
 
     def add_arguments(self, command_parser):
         command_parser.add_argument("path", help="Path to the checkpoint.")
         command_parser.add_argument("--dump", action="store_true", help="Print internal information")
+        command_parser.add_argument(
+            "--validate", action="store_true", help="Validate the current virtual environment against the checkpoint"
+        )
 
     def run(self, args):
 
         c = Checkpoint(args.path)
 
+        if args.validate:
+            c.validate_environment()
+            return
+
         if args.dump:
             c.dump()
             return