diff --git a/scheme/inspector.scm b/scheme/inspector.scm
index fb7bb37..5f8f70a 100644
--- a/scheme/inspector.scm
+++ b/scheme/inspector.scm
@@ -99,9 +99,6 @@
 
 
 
-(define (inspect-value val)
-  (error "not yet"))
-
 (define key-d 100)
 (define key-u 117)
 (define key-return 10)
@@ -136,7 +133,8 @@
     (define (inspect-next-continuation)
       (if (continuation? val)
           (push-val! (continuation-parent val))
-          (set-header-message! header
+          (set-header-message! 
+           header
            "Can't go down from a non-continuation.")))
 
     (define (pop-val!)
@@ -206,4 +204,15 @@
          (debug-message "inspector did not handle message " message))))))
 
 (register-plugin! 
- (make-view-plugin make-inspector exception-continuation?))
+ (make-view-plugin make-inspector 
+                   exception-continuation?))
+
+(define-record-type inspection-object :inspection-object
+  (make-inspection-object val)
+  inspection-object?
+  (val inspection-object-val))
+
+(register-plugin! 
+ (make-view-plugin (lambda (iv buffer)
+                     (make-inspector (inspection-object-val iv) buffer))
+                  inspection-object?))
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scheme/nuit-engine.scm b/scheme/nuit-engine.scm
index 5548d9d..bd9a00d 100644
--- a/scheme/nuit-engine.scm
+++ b/scheme/nuit-engine.scm
@@ -288,8 +288,9 @@
     
 
 (define (eval-command-in-scheme-mode command-line)
-  (with-fatal-error-handler* 
-   display-error-and-continue
+  (with-fatal-and-capturing-error-handler
+   (lambda (condition raw-continuation continuation decline)
+     raw-continuation)
    (lambda ()
      (if (scheme-command-line? command-line)
          (process-scheme-command command-line)
diff --git a/scheme/nuit-packages.scm b/scheme/nuit-packages.scm
index ad74e2d..3f46113 100644
--- a/scheme/nuit-packages.scm
+++ b/scheme/nuit-packages.scm
@@ -432,10 +432,13 @@
 
 ;;; inspector
 
-(define-interface nuit-inspector-interface
-  (export inspect-value))
+(define-interface inspection-objects-interface
+  (export make-inspection-object
+          inspection-object?))
 
-(define-structure nuit-inspector-plugin nuit-inspector-interface
+(define-structures 
+  ((nuit-inspector-plugin (export))
+   (inspection-objects inspection-objects-interface))
   (open scheme
         inspector-internal
         continuations
@@ -514,6 +517,7 @@
         package-commands-internal
         package-mutation
         
+        inspection-objects
         eval-environment)
   (files scheme-commands))
 
diff --git a/scheme/scheme-commands.scm b/scheme/scheme-commands.scm
index d0862ad..58dcdbd 100644
--- a/scheme/scheme-commands.scm
+++ b/scheme/scheme-commands.scm
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 (define (split-scheme-command-line command-line)
   (let ((tokens (string-tokenize command-line)))
-    (values (string->symbol (string-drop (car tokens) 1))
+    (values (string-drop (car tokens) 1)
             (cdr tokens))))
 
 (define (scheme-command-line? command-line)
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
           command-prefix))
 
 (define (eval-scheme-command command args)
-  (case command
-    ((in) 
+  (case (string->symbol command)
+    ((in)
      (set-evaluation-package! (string->symbol (car args)))
      (string-append "moved to package " (car args)))
     ((open)
@@ -24,4 +24,11 @@
     ((user)
      (set-evaluation-package! 'nuit-eval)
      "moved to package nuit-eval")
-    (else (error "unknwon scheme command"))))
+    ((inspect)
+     (if (null? args)
+         ",inspect requires an argument"
+         (make-inspection-object 
+          (eval-string (string-join args)))))
+    ((exit)
+     (exit))
+    (else (error "unknwon scheme command" command))))