diff --git a/src/main/java/org/isatools/isacreator/gui/DataEntryEnvironment.java b/src/main/java/org/isatools/isacreator/gui/DataEntryEnvironment.java
index 1766df1e..7c9ad335 100755
--- a/src/main/java/org/isatools/isacreator/gui/DataEntryEnvironment.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/isatools/isacreator/gui/DataEntryEnvironment.java
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ The ISA Team and the ISA software suite have been funded by the EU Carcinogenomi
 import org.isatools.isacreator.model.Study;
 import org.isatools.isacreator.ontologymanager.OntologyManager;
 import org.isatools.isacreator.ontologymanager.OntologySourceRefObject;
+import org.isatools.isacreator.settings.ISAcreatorProperties;
 import org.isatools.isacreator.spreadsheet.Spreadsheet;
 import org.isatools.isacreator.spreadsheet.model.TableReferenceObject;
 import org.isatools.isacreator.utils.datastructures.CollectionUtils;
@@ -294,7 +295,9 @@ public void run() {
      * @return - DefaultMutableTreeNode. The root node with all nodes contained within it.
      */
     private DefaultMutableTreeNode buildTreeFromInvestigation(Investigation inv) {
-        if (inv.getStudies().size() > 1) {
+        boolean alwaysShowInvestigation = Boolean.valueOf(ISAcreatorProperties.getProperty("alwaysShowInvestigation"));
+        System.out.println("Should I always show the investigation? " + alwaysShowInvestigation);
+        if (inv.getStudies().size() > 1 || alwaysShowInvestigation) {
             inv.getUserInterface().update();
             overviewTreeRoot = new DefaultMutableTreeNode(inv);
 
diff --git a/src/main/resources/defaultConfigs/defaultsettings.properties b/src/main/resources/defaultConfigs/defaultsettings.properties
index 4a0b616a..f964171a 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/defaultConfigs/defaultsettings.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/defaultConfigs/defaultsettings.properties
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-strictValidation.isOn=false
\ No newline at end of file
+strictValidation.isOn=false
+alwaysShowInvestigation=false
\ No newline at end of file