diff --git a/src/GitVersionExe/Runner.cs b/src/GitVersionExe/Runner.cs
index ac0618157d..6be3e7ff18 100644
--- a/src/GitVersionExe/Runner.cs
+++ b/src/GitVersionExe/Runner.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace GitVersion
 {
+    using System.Linq;
     using GitVersion.Helpers;
     using GitVersion.Options;
 
@@ -18,7 +19,33 @@ class InspectRunner
     {
         public static void Run(InspectOptions opts)
         {
-            throw new NotImplementedException(opts.GetType().Name);
+            var inputVariables = new InputVariables()
+                {
+                    TargetPath = opts.Path,
+                };
+
+            var fs = new FileSystem();
+            var allVariables = SpecifiedArgumentRunner.GetVariables(fs, inputVariables);
+
+            // TODO: allow more variables
+            var showVariable = opts.Variables.First();
+
+            switch (showVariable)
+            {
+                case null:
+                    // TODO: allow more output formatters
+                    Console.WriteLine(JsonOutputFormatter.ToJson(allVariables));
+                    break;
+
+                default:
+                    string part;
+                    if (!allVariables.TryGetValue(showVariable, out part))
+                    {
+                        throw new WarningException(string.Format("'{0}' variable does not exist", showVariable));
+                    }
+                    Console.WriteLine(part);
+                    break;
+            }
         }
     }
     
diff --git a/src/GitVersionExe/SpecifiedArgumentRunner.cs b/src/GitVersionExe/SpecifiedArgumentRunner.cs
index 60de196ac9..05d3d3eee1 100644
--- a/src/GitVersionExe/SpecifiedArgumentRunner.cs
+++ b/src/GitVersionExe/SpecifiedArgumentRunner.cs
@@ -62,25 +62,6 @@ public static void Run(Arguments arguments, IFileSystem fileSystem)
 
             var variables = GetVariables(fileSystem, targetUrl, dynamicRepositoryLocation, authentication, targetBranch, noFetch, targetPath, commitId);
 
-            if (arguments.Output == OutputType.Json)
-            {
-                switch (arguments.ShowVariable)
-                {
-                    case null:
-                        Console.WriteLine(JsonOutputFormatter.ToJson(variables));
-                        break;
-
-                    default:
-                        string part;
-                        if (!variables.TryGetValue(arguments.ShowVariable, out part))
-                        {
-                            throw new WarningException(string.Format("'{0}' variable does not exist", arguments.ShowVariable));
-                        }
-                        Console.WriteLine(part);
-                        break;
-                }
-            }
-
             using (var assemblyInfoUpdate = new AssemblyInfoFileUpdate(arguments, targetPath, variables, fileSystem))
             {
                 var execRun = RunExecCommandIfNeeded(arguments, targetPath, variables);