diff --git a/src/cli/error.js b/src/cli/error.js
index 34dd9c7..4f00a86 100644
--- a/src/cli/error.js
+++ b/src/cli/error.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Error-handling routines for HackMyResume.
     , FCMD = require('../hackmyapi')
     , PATH = require('path')
     , WRAP = require('word-wrap')
+    , M2C = require('../utils/md2chalk.js')
     , chalk = require('chalk')
     , SyntaxErrorEx = require('../utils/syntax-error-ex');
     require('string.prototype.startswith');
@@ -182,7 +183,7 @@ Error-handling routines for HackMyResume.
             ' column ' + se.col + '.';
         }
         else {
-          msg = formatError( ex.inner.toString() );
+          msg = ex;
         }
         warn = false;
         break;
diff --git a/src/cli/main.js b/src/cli/main.js
index 3c199cf..2a71b00 100644
--- a/src/cli/main.js
+++ b/src/cli/main.js
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ Definition of the `main` function.
     , StringUtils = require('../utils/string.js')
     , _ = require('underscore')
     , OUTPUT = require('./out')
-    , SAFELOADJSON = require('../utils/safe-json-loader')
     , PAD = require('string-padding')
     , Command = require('commander').Command;
 
@@ -93,6 +92,15 @@ Definition of the `main` function.
         execute.call( this, sources, [], this.opts(), logMsg);
       });
 
+    // Create the PEEK command
+    program
+      .command('peek')
+      .arguments('<sources...>')
+      .description('Peek at a resume field or section')
+      .action(function( sources, sectionOrField ) {
+        execute.call( this, sources, [ sources.pop() ], this.opts(), logMsg);
+      });
+
     // Create the BUILD command
     program
       .command('build')
@@ -189,7 +197,8 @@ Definition of the `main` function.
           if( optStr[0] === '{')
             oJSON = eval('(' + optStr + ')'); // jshint ignore:line
           else {
-            oJSON = SAFELOADJSON( optStr );
+            oJSON = safeLoadJSON( optStr );
+            // TODO: Error handling
           }
         }
       }
diff --git a/src/cli/out.js b/src/cli/out.js
index 06d604b..0279230 100644
--- a/src/cli/out.js
+++ b/src/cli/out.js
@@ -189,6 +189,20 @@ Output routines for HackMyResume.
 
           break;
 
+        case HME.beforePeek:
+          if( evt.target )
+            L(M2C('Peeking at **%s** in **%s**...', 'cyan'), evt.target, evt.file);
+          else
+            L(M2C('Peeking at **%s**...', 'cyan'), evt.file);
+          break;
+
+        case HME.afterPeek:
+          if( evt.target )
+            console.dir( evt.target, { depth: null, colors: true } );
+          else
+            L(M2C('The specified key **%s** was not found in **%s**.', 'yellow'), evt.requested, evt.file);
+          break;
+
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/core/event-codes.js b/src/core/event-codes.js
index 0486c6b..a85047a 100644
--- a/src/core/event-codes.js
+++ b/src/core/event-codes.js
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ Event code definitions.
     afterConvert:     16,
     verifyOutputs:    17,
     beforeParse:      18,
-    afterParse:       19
+    afterParse:       19,
+    beforePeek:       20,
+    afterPeek:        21
   };
 
 
diff --git a/src/hackmyapi.js b/src/hackmyapi.js
index 000c023..3cb778f 100644
--- a/src/hackmyapi.js
+++ b/src/hackmyapi.js
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ External API surface for HackMyResume.
       analyze: require('./verbs/analyze'),
       validate: require('./verbs/validate'),
       convert: require('./verbs/convert'),
-      new: require('./verbs/create')
+      new: require('./verbs/create'),
+      peek: require('./verbs/peek')
     },
     alias: {
       generate: require('./verbs/build'),
diff --git a/src/utils/safe-json-loader.js b/src/utils/safe-json-loader.js
index 0744b3c..e393186 100644
--- a/src/utils/safe-json-loader.js
+++ b/src/utils/safe-json-loader.js
@@ -8,16 +8,41 @@ Definition of the SafeJsonLoader class.
 
 (function() {
 
-  var FS = require('fs');
+
+
+  var FS = require('fs')
+    , HMSTATUS = require('../core/status-codes')
+    , SyntaxErrorEx = require('./syntax-error-ex');
+
+
 
   module.exports = function loadSafeJson( file ) {
+
+    var ret = { };
     try {
-      return JSON.parse( FS.readFileSync( file ) );
+
+      ret.raw = FS.readFileSync( file, 'utf8' );
+      ret.json = JSON.parse( ret.raw );
+
     }
-    catch(ex) {
-      loadSafeJson.error = ex;
+    catch( ex ) {
+
+      // If we get here, either FS.readFileSync or JSON.parse failed.
+      // We'll return HMSTATUS.readError or HMSTATUS.parseError.
+      ret.ex = ( ret.raw && ret.raw.trim() ) ?
+        { // JSON.parse failed, likely because of a SyntaxError
+          fluenterror: HMSTATUS.parseError,
+          inner: SyntaxErrorEx.is( ex ) ? new SyntaxErrorEx( ex ) : ex
+        } :
+        { // FS.readFileSync failed, likely because of ENOENT or EACCES
+          fluenterror: HMSTATUS.readError,
+          inner: ex
+        };
+
     }
-    return null;
+
+    return ret;
+
   };
 
 
diff --git a/src/verbs/peek.js b/src/verbs/peek.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f195bbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/verbs/peek.js
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/**
+Implementation of the 'peek' verb for HackMyResume.
+@module peek.js
+@license MIT. See LICENSE.md for details.
+*/
+
+
+
+(function(){
+
+
+
+  var Verb = require('../verbs/verb')
+    , _ = require('underscore')
+    , __ = require('lodash')
+    , safeLoadJSON = require('../utils/safe-json-loader')
+    , HMSTATUS = require('../core/status-codes')
+    , HMEVENT = require('../core/event-codes');
+
+
+
+  var PeekVerb = module.exports = Verb.extend({
+
+    init: function() {
+      this._super('peek');
+    },
+
+    invoke: function() {
+      peek.apply( this, arguments );
+    }
+
+  });
+
+
+
+  /**
+  Peek at a resume, resume section, or resume field.
+  */
+  function peek( src, dst, opts ) {
+
+    if(!src || !src.length) throw {fluenterror: HMSTATUS.resumeNotFound};
+    this.stat( HMEVENT.begin );
+
+    var objPath = (dst && dst[0]) || '';
+
+    _.each( src, function( t ) {
+      this.stat( HMEVENT.beforePeek, { file: t, target: objPath } );
+
+      var obj = safeLoadJSON( t );
+      if( obj.ex ) {
+        this.err( obj.ex.fluenterror, obj.ex );
+      }
+      var targ = objPath ? __.get( obj.json, objPath ) : obj;
+
+      this.stat( HMEVENT.afterPeek, { file: t, requested: objPath, target: targ } );
+    }, this);
+
+    this.stat( HMEVENT.end );
+  }
+
+
+
+}());