diff --git a/broker/commands.py b/broker/commands.py
index 15330b7..a28bfed 100644
--- a/broker/commands.py
+++ b/broker/commands.py
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 """Defines the CLI commands for Broker."""
+
 from functools import wraps
 import signal
 import sys
 
 import click
 from logzero import logger
+from rich.console import Console
+from rich.table import Table
 
 from broker import exceptions, helpers, settings
 from broker.broker import Broker
@@ -267,13 +270,14 @@ def checkin(vm, background, all_, sequential, filter):
 
 @loggedcli()
 @click.option("--details", is_flag=True, help="Display all host details")
+@click.option("--curated", is_flag=True, help="Display curated host details")
 @click.option(
     "--sync",
     type=str,
     help="Class-style name of a supported broker provider. (AnsibleTower)",
 )
 @click.option("--filter", type=str, help="Display only what matches the specified filter")
-def inventory(details, sync, filter):
+def inventory(details, curated, sync, filter):
     """Get a list of all VMs you've checked out showing hostname and local id.
 
     hostname pulled from list of dictionaries.
@@ -282,9 +286,25 @@ def inventory(details, sync, filter):
         Broker.sync_inventory(provider=sync)
     logger.info("Pulling local inventory")
     inventory = helpers.load_inventory(filter=filter)
-    emit_data = []
+    helpers.emit({"inventory": inventory})
+    if curated:
+        console = Console()
+        table = Table(title="Host Inventory")
+
+        table.add_column("Id", justify="left", style="cyan", no_wrap=True)
+        table.add_column("Host", justify="left", style="magenta")
+        table.add_column("Provider", justify="left", style="green")
+        table.add_column("Action", justify="left", style="yellow")
+        table.add_column("OS", justify="left", style="blue")
+
+        for host in helpers.get_host_inventory_fields(inventory, PROVIDERS):
+            table.add_row(
+                str(host["id"]), host["host"], host["provider"], host["action"], host["os"]
+            )
+
+        console.print(table)
+        return
     for num, host in enumerate(inventory):
-        emit_data.append(host)
         if (display_name := host.get("hostname")) is None:
             display_name = host.get("name")
         # if we're filtering, then don't show an index.
@@ -294,7 +314,6 @@ def inventory(details, sync, filter):
             logger.info(f"{index}{display_name}:\n{helpers.yaml_format(host)}")
         else:
             logger.info(f"{index}{display_name}")
-    helpers.emit({"inventory": emit_data})
 
 
 @loggedcli()
diff --git a/broker/helpers.py b/broker/helpers.py
index 44a30b4..b655660 100644
--- a/broker/helpers.py
+++ b/broker/helpers.py
@@ -268,6 +268,48 @@ def yaml_format(in_struct):
     return yaml.dump(in_struct, default_flow_style=False, sort_keys=False)
 
 
+def get_checkout_options(provider_cls):
+    """Return the checkout options for a provider."""
+    options = []
+    # iterate through the _checkout_options list
+    for option in provider_cls._checkout_options:
+        # now we need to dig into the baked-in attributes of the click decorator
+        for param in option.__closure__:
+            if isinstance(param.cell_contents, tuple):
+                for opt in param.cell_contents:
+                    if opt.startswith("--"):
+                        options.append(opt[2:].replace("-", "_"))  # noqa: PERF401
+    return options
+
+
+def get_host_inventory_fields(inv_dict, providers):
+    """Get a more focused set of fields from the host inventory."""
+    curated_hosts = []
+    for num, host in enumerate(inv_dict):
+        match host:
+            case {
+                "name": name,
+                "hostname": hostname,
+                "_broker_provider": provider,
+            }:
+                os_name = host.get("os_distribution", "Unknown")
+                os_version = host.get("os_distribution_version", "")
+                checkout_opts = get_checkout_options(providers[provider])
+                for opt in checkout_opts:
+                    if action := host["_broker_args"].get(opt):
+                        curated_hosts.append(
+                            {
+                                "id": num,
+                                "host": hostname or name,
+                                "provider": provider,
+                                "os": f"{os_name} {os_version}",
+                                "action": action,
+                            }
+                        )
+                        break
+    return curated_hosts
+
+
 def kwargs_from_click_ctx(ctx):
     """Convert a Click context object to a dictionary of keyword arguments."""
     # if users use `=` to note arg=value assignment, then we need to split it
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 420dff0..cfc0fec 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "logzero",
     "packaging",
     "pyyaml",
+    "rich",
     "setuptools",
     "ssh2-python312",
 ]