diff --git a/packages/@sanity/cli/src/util/createTelemetryStore.ts b/packages/@sanity/cli/src/util/createTelemetryStore.ts
index 96dfb30368f..393fd878c23 100644
--- a/packages/@sanity/cli/src/util/createTelemetryStore.ts
+++ b/packages/@sanity/cli/src/util/createTelemetryStore.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import {appendFile} from 'fs/promises'
 import {SanityClient} from '@sanity/client'
 import {ConsentStatus, createBatchedStore, createSessionId, TelemetryEvent} from '@sanity/telemetry'
 import {debug as baseDebug} from '../debug'
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ import {createExpiringConfig} from './createExpiringConfig'
 const debug = baseDebug.extend('telemetry')
 
 const FIVE_MINUTES = 1000 * 60 * 5
+const LOG_FILE_NAME = 'telemetry-events.ndjson'
 
 export const TELEMETRY_CONSENT_CONFIG_KEY = 'telemetryConsent'
 
@@ -47,6 +49,7 @@ function getCachedClient(token: string) {
 
 interface Env {
   DO_NOT_TRACK?: string
+  SANITY_TELEMETRY_INSPECT?: string
 }
 
 interface Options {
@@ -132,7 +135,6 @@ export function resolveConsent({env}: Options): Promise<ConsentInformation> {
       }
     })
 }
-
 export function createTelemetryStore<UserProperties>({env}: {env: Env}) {
   debug('Initializing telemetry')
 
@@ -145,6 +147,12 @@ export function createTelemetryStore<UserProperties>({env}: {env: Env}) {
       debug('No user token found. Something is not quite right')
       return Promise.reject(new Error('User is not logged in'))
     }
+    const inspectEvents = isTrueish(env.SANITY_TELEMETRY_INSPECT)
+    if (inspectEvents) {
+      // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+      console.info(`SANITY_TELEMETRY_INSPECT is set, appending events to "${LOG_FILE_NAME}"`)
+      await appendFile(LOG_FILE_NAME, `${batch.map((entry) => JSON.stringify(entry)).join('\n')}\n`)
+    }
     const client = getCachedClient(token)
     debug('Submitting %s telemetry events', batch.length)
     try {