diff --git a/command/inspect/inspector.go b/command/inspect/inspector.go
index 1e53671f84..a899da065b 100644
--- a/command/inspect/inspector.go
+++ b/command/inspect/inspector.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"strings"
 	"text/template"
 
 	"github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
@@ -60,17 +61,16 @@ func Inspect(out io.Writer, references []string, tmplStr string, getRef GetRefFu
 		return cli.StatusError{StatusCode: 64, Status: err.Error()}
 	}
 
-	var inspectErr error
+	var inspectErrs []string
 	for _, ref := range references {
 		element, raw, err := getRef(ref)
 		if err != nil {
-			inspectErr = err
-			break
+			inspectErrs = append(inspectErrs, err.Error())
+			continue
 		}
 
 		if err := inspector.Inspect(element, raw); err != nil {
-			inspectErr = err
-			break
+			inspectErrs = append(inspectErrs, err.Error())
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -78,8 +78,11 @@ func Inspect(out io.Writer, references []string, tmplStr string, getRef GetRefFu
 		logrus.Errorf("%s\n", err)
 	}
 
-	if inspectErr != nil {
-		return cli.StatusError{StatusCode: 1, Status: inspectErr.Error()}
+	if len(inspectErrs) != 0 {
+		return cli.StatusError{
+			StatusCode: 1,
+			Status:     strings.Join(inspectErrs, "\n"),
+		}
 	}
 	return nil
 }