diff --git a/packages/grafana-runtime/src/config.ts b/packages/grafana-runtime/src/config.ts
index bee1674a8ca..d62895b2088 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-runtime/src/config.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-runtime/src/config.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ export interface BuildInfo {
 
 interface FeatureToggles {
   transformations: boolean;
+  inspect: boolean;
   expressions: boolean;
 }
 export class GrafanaBootConfig {
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ export class GrafanaBootConfig {
   pluginsToPreload: string[] = [];
   featureToggles: FeatureToggles = {
     transformations: false,
+    inspect: false,
     expressions: false,
   };
 
diff --git a/public/app/core/services/keybindingSrv.ts b/public/app/core/services/keybindingSrv.ts
index 01e8329625d..5c144ab02e2 100644
--- a/public/app/core/services/keybindingSrv.ts
+++ b/public/app/core/services/keybindingSrv.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import 'mousetrap-global-bind';
 import { ContextSrv } from './context_srv';
 import { ILocationService, ITimeoutService, IRootScopeService } from 'angular';
 import { GrafanaRootScope } from 'app/routes/GrafanaCtrl';
+import { getLocationSrv } from '@grafana/runtime';
 
 export class KeybindingSrv {
   helpModal: boolean;
@@ -264,6 +265,13 @@ export class KeybindingSrv {
       }
     });
 
+    // inspect panel
+    this.bind('p i', () => {
+      if (dashboard.meta.focusPanelId) {
+        getLocationSrv().update({ partial: true, query: { inspect: dashboard.meta.focusPanelId } });
+      }
+    });
+
     // toggle panel legend
     this.bind('p l', () => {
       if (dashboard.meta.focusPanelId) {
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/components/Inspector/PanelInspector.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard/components/Inspector/PanelInspector.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..23549b76c3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/components/Inspector/PanelInspector.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+// Libraries
+import React, { PureComponent } from 'react';
+
+import { DashboardModel, PanelModel } from 'app/features/dashboard/state';
+import { JSONFormatter, Modal } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { css } from 'emotion';
+import { getLocationSrv } from '@grafana/runtime';
+
+interface Props {
+  dashboard: DashboardModel;
+  panel: PanelModel;
+}
+
+interface State {}
+
+export class PanelInspector extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
+  constructor(props: Props) {
+    super(props);
+  }
+
+  onDismiss = () => {
+    getLocationSrv().update({
+      query: { inspect: null },
+      partial: true,
+    });
+  };
+
+  render() {
+    const { panel } = this.props;
+    if (!panel) {
+      this.onDismiss(); // Try to close the component
+      return null;
+    }
+    const bodyStyle = css`
+      max-height: 70vh;
+      overflow-y: scroll;
+    `;
+
+    // TODO? should we get the result with an observable once?
+    const data = (panel.getQueryRunner() as any).lastResult;
+    return (
+      <Modal
+        title={
+          <div className="modal-header-title">
+            <i className="fa fa-info-circle" />
+            <span className="p-l-1">{panel.title ? panel.title : 'Panel'}</span>
+          </div>
+        }
+        onDismiss={this.onDismiss}
+        isOpen={true}
+      >
+        <div className={bodyStyle}>
+          <JSONFormatter json={data} open={2} />
+        </div>
+      </Modal>
+    );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/containers/DashboardPage.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard/containers/DashboardPage.tsx
index b498e8d1747..e8df2ab25de 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/containers/DashboardPage.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/containers/DashboardPage.tsx
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import {
   AppNotificationSeverity,
 } from 'app/types';
 import { DashboardModel, PanelModel } from 'app/features/dashboard/state';
+import { PanelInspector } from '../components/Inspector/PanelInspector';
 export interface Props {
   urlUid?: string;
   urlSlug?: string;
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ export interface Props {
   editview?: string;
   urlPanelId?: string;
   urlFolderId?: string;
+  inspectPanelId?: string;
   $scope: any;
   $injector: any;
   routeInfo: DashboardRouteInfo;
@@ -250,7 +252,7 @@ export class DashboardPage extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
   }
 
   render() {
-    const { dashboard, editview, $injector, isInitSlow, initError } = this.props;
+    const { dashboard, editview, $injector, isInitSlow, initError, inspectPanelId } = this.props;
     const { isSettingsOpening, isEditing, isFullscreen, scrollTop, updateScrollTop } = this.state;
 
     if (!dashboard) {
@@ -270,6 +272,9 @@ export class DashboardPage extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
       'dashboard-container--has-submenu': dashboard.meta.submenuEnabled,
     });
 
+    // Find the panel to inspect
+    const inspectPanel = inspectPanelId ? dashboard.getPanelById(parseInt(inspectPanelId, 10)) : null;
+
     // Only trigger render when the scroll has moved by 25
     const approximateScrollTop = Math.round(scrollTop / 25) * 25;
 
@@ -306,6 +311,8 @@ export class DashboardPage extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
             </div>
           </CustomScrollbar>
         </div>
+
+        {inspectPanel && <PanelInspector dashboard={dashboard} panel={inspectPanel} />}
       </div>
     );
   }
@@ -320,6 +327,7 @@ export const mapStateToProps = (state: StoreState) => ({
   urlFolderId: state.location.query.folderId,
   urlFullscreen: !!state.location.query.fullscreen,
   urlEdit: !!state.location.query.edit,
+  inspectPanelId: state.location.query.inspect,
   initPhase: state.dashboard.initPhase,
   isInitSlow: state.dashboard.isInitSlow,
   initError: state.dashboard.initError,
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/utils/getPanelMenu.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard/utils/getPanelMenu.ts
index ce12700f92d..53e0ea72a57 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/utils/getPanelMenu.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/utils/getPanelMenu.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 import { updateLocation } from 'app/core/actions';
 import { store } from 'app/store/store';
+import config from 'app/core/config';
 
 import { removePanel, duplicatePanel, copyPanel, editPanelJson, sharePanel } from 'app/features/dashboard/utils/panel';
 import { PanelModel } from 'app/features/dashboard/state/PanelModel';
 import { DashboardModel } from 'app/features/dashboard/state/DashboardModel';
+import { getLocationSrv } from '@grafana/runtime';
 import { PanelMenuItem } from '@grafana/data';
 
 export const getPanelMenu = (dashboard: DashboardModel, panel: PanelModel) => {
@@ -37,6 +39,15 @@ export const getPanelMenu = (dashboard: DashboardModel, panel: PanelModel) => {
     sharePanel(dashboard, panel);
   };
 
+  const onInspectPanel = () => {
+    getLocationSrv().update({
+      partial: true,
+      query: {
+        inspect: panel.id,
+      },
+    });
+  };
+
   const onDuplicatePanel = () => {
     duplicatePanel(dashboard, panel);
   };
@@ -78,6 +89,15 @@ export const getPanelMenu = (dashboard: DashboardModel, panel: PanelModel) => {
     shortcut: 'p s',
   });
 
+  if (config.featureToggles.inspect) {
+    menu.push({
+      text: 'Inspect',
+      iconClassName: 'fa fa-fw fa-info-circle',
+      onClick: onInspectPanel,
+      shortcut: 'p i',
+    });
+  }
+
   const subMenu: PanelMenuItem[] = [];
 
   if (!panel.fullscreen && dashboard.meta.canEdit) {
diff --git a/public/app/features/panel/panel_ctrl.ts b/public/app/features/panel/panel_ctrl.ts
index 4499805e08d..f4c3bdd6879 100644
--- a/public/app/features/panel/panel_ctrl.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/panel/panel_ctrl.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import { auto } from 'angular';
 import { TemplateSrv } from '../templating/template_srv';
 import { getPanelLinksSupplier } from './panellinks/linkSuppliers';
 import { renderMarkdown, AppEvent, PanelEvents, PanelPluginMeta } from '@grafana/data';
+import { getLocationSrv } from '@grafana/runtime';
 
 export class PanelCtrl {
   panel: any;
@@ -145,6 +146,15 @@ export class PanelCtrl {
       shortcut: 'p s',
     });
 
+    if (config.featureToggles.inspect) {
+      menu.push({
+        text: 'Inspect',
+        icon: 'fa fa-fw fa-info-circle',
+        click: 'ctrl.inspectPanel();',
+        shortcut: 'p i',
+      });
+    }
+
     // Additional items from sub-class
     menu.push(...(await this.getAdditionalMenuItems()));
 
@@ -234,6 +244,15 @@ export class PanelCtrl {
     sharePanelUtil(this.dashboard, this.panel);
   }
 
+  inspectPanel() {
+    getLocationSrv().update({
+      query: {
+        inspect: this.panel.id,
+      },
+      partial: true,
+    });
+  }
+
   getInfoMode() {
     if (this.error) {
       return 'error';