diff --git a/assert_helpers.h b/assert_helpers.h
index 212006e..cb46fa0 100644
--- a/assert_helpers.h
+++ b/assert_helpers.h
@@ -236,4 +236,24 @@ static inline void assert_in2(char c, const char *str, const char *file, int lin
 #define assert_in(c, s)
 #endif
 
+#ifndef NDEBUG
+#define assert_range(b, e, v) assert_range_helper(b, e, v, __FILE__, __LINE__)
+template<typename T>
+inline static void assert_range_helper(const T& begin,
+                                       const T& end,
+                                       const T& val,
+                                       const char *file,
+                                       int line)
+{
+	if(val < begin || val > end) {
+		std::cout << "assert_range: (" << val << ") not in  ["
+		          << begin << ", " << end << "]" << std::endl;
+		std::cout << file << ":" << line << std::endl;
+		assert(0);
+	}
+}
+#else
+#define assert_range(b, e, v)
+#endif
+
 #endif /*ASSERT_HELPERS_H_*/
diff --git a/bowtie_inspect.cpp b/bowtie_inspect.cpp
index c505117..de0f6ce 100644
--- a/bowtie_inspect.cpp
+++ b/bowtie_inspect.cpp
@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@
 #include <stdexcept>
 #include <seqan/find.h>
 
+#include "assert_helpers.h"
 #include "endian_swap.h"
 #include "ebwt.h"
+#include "reference.h"
 
 using namespace std;
 using namespace seqan;
@@ -19,7 +21,7 @@ static int across       = 60; // number of characters across in FASTA output
 static bool extra       = false; // print extra summary info
 static bool refFromEbwt = false; // true -> when printing reference, decode it from Ebwt instead of reading it from BitPairReference
 
-static const char *short_options = "vhnsa:";
+static const char *short_options = "vhnsea:";
 
 enum {
 	ARG_VERSION = 256,
@@ -97,6 +99,7 @@ static void parseOptions(int argc, char **argv) {
 			case 'v': verbose = true; break;
 			case ARG_VERSION: showVersion = true; break;
 			case ARG_EXTRA: extra = true; break;
+			case 'e': refFromEbwt = true; break;
 			case 'n': names_only = true; break;
 			case 's': summarize_only = true; break;
 			case 'a': across = parseInt(-1, "-a/--across arg must be at least 1"); break;
@@ -132,6 +135,69 @@ void print_fasta_record(ostream& fout,
 	}
 }
 
+/**
+ * Given output stream, BitPairReference, reference index, name and
+ * length, print the whole nucleotide reference with the appropriate
+ * number of columns.
+ */
+void print_ref_sequence(
+	ostream& fout,
+	BitPairReference& ref,
+	const string& name,
+	size_t refi,
+	size_t len)
+{
+	size_t incr = across * 1000;
+	uint32_t *buf = new uint32_t[(incr + 128)/4];
+	fout << ">" << name << "\n";
+	for(size_t i = 0; i < len; i += incr) {
+		size_t amt = min(incr, len-i);
+		assert_leq(amt, incr);
+		int off = ref.getStretch(buf, refi, i, amt);
+		uint8_t *cb = ((uint8_t*)buf) + off;
+		for(size_t j = 0; j < amt; j++) {
+			if(j > 0 && (j % across) == 0) fout << "\n";
+			assert_range(0, 4, (int)cb[j]);
+			fout << "ACGTN"[(int)cb[j]];
+		}
+		fout << "\n";
+	}
+	delete buf;
+}
+
+/**
+ * 
+ */
+void print_ref_sequences(
+	ostream& fout,
+	bool color,
+	const vector<string>& refnames,
+	const uint32_t* plen,
+	const string& adjustedEbwtFileBase)
+{
+	BitPairReference ref(
+		adjustedEbwtFileBase, // input basename
+		color,                // true -> expect colorspace reference
+		false,                // sanity-check reference
+		NULL,                 // infiles
+		NULL,                 // originals
+		false,                // infiles are sequences
+		false,                // memory-map
+		false,                // use shared memory
+		false,                // sweep mm-mapped ref
+		verbose,              // be talkative
+		verbose);             // be talkative at startup
+	assert_eq(ref.numRefs(), refnames.size());
+	for(size_t i = 0; i < ref.numRefs(); i++) {
+		print_ref_sequence(
+			fout,
+			ref,
+			refnames[i],
+			i,
+			plen[i]);
+	}
+}
+
 template<typename TStr>
 void print_index_sequences(ostream& fout, Ebwt<TStr>& ebwt)
 {
@@ -280,8 +346,19 @@ static void driver(
 			false,                // pass up memory exceptions?
 			false);               // sanity check?
 		// Load whole index into memory
-		ebwt.loadIntoMemory(-1, true, false);
-		print_index_sequences(cout, ebwt);
+		if(refFromEbwt) {
+			ebwt.loadIntoMemory(-1, true, false);
+			print_index_sequences(cout, ebwt);
+		} else {
+			vector<string> refnames;
+			readEbwtRefnames(adjustedEbwtFileBase, refnames);
+			print_ref_sequences(
+				cout,
+				readEbwtColor(ebwtFileBase),
+				refnames,
+				ebwt.plen(),
+				adjustedEbwtFileBase);
+		}
 		// Evict any loaded indexes from memory
 		if(ebwt.isInMemory()) {
 			ebwt.evictFromMemory();
diff --git a/ebwt.h b/ebwt.h
index db820f5..c3f9eeb 100644
--- a/ebwt.h
+++ b/ebwt.h
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ if(this->verbose()) { \
  * Flags describing type of Ebwt.
  */
 enum EBWT_FLAGS {
-	EBWT_COLOR = 2 // true -> Ebwt is colorspace
+	EBWT_COLOR = 2, // true -> Ebwt is colorspace
+	EBWT_ENTIRE_REV = 4 // true -> Ebwt is concatenated then reversed
 };
 
 /**
@@ -3524,11 +3525,9 @@ readEbwtRefnames(const string& instr, vector<string>& refnames) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Read just enough of the Ebwt's header to determine whether it's
- * colorspace.
+ * Read just enough of the Ebwt's header to get its flags
  */
-static inline bool
-readEbwtColor(const string& instr) {
+static inline int32_t readFlags(const string& instr) {
 	ifstream in;
 	// Initialize our primary and secondary input-stream fields
 	in.open((instr + ".1.ebwt").c_str(), ios_base::in | ios::binary);
@@ -3550,12 +3549,35 @@ readEbwtColor(const string& instr) {
 	readI32(in, switchEndian);
 	readI32(in, switchEndian);
 	int32_t flags = readI32(in, switchEndian);
+	return flags;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Read just enough of the Ebwt's header to determine whether it's
+ * colorspace.
+ */
+static inline bool
+readEbwtColor(const string& instr) {
+	int32_t flags = readFlags(instr);
 	if(flags < 0 && (((-flags) & EBWT_COLOR) != 0)) {
 		return true;
 	} else {
 		return false;
 	}
+}
 
+/**
+ * Read just enough of the Ebwt's header to determine whether it's
+ * entirely reversed.
+ */
+static inline bool
+readEntireReverse(const string& instr) {
+	int32_t flags = readFlags(instr);
+	if(flags < 0 && (((-flags) & EBWT_ENTIRE_REV) != 0)) {
+		return true;
+	} else {
+		return false;
+	}
 }
 
 /**