diff --git a/cmd/createenr.go b/cmd/createenr.go
index 683e24c1d..a35464936 100644
--- a/cmd/createenr.go
+++ b/cmd/createenr.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
 	"github.com/obolnetwork/charon/app/errors"
+	"github.com/obolnetwork/charon/app/z"
 	"github.com/obolnetwork/charon/p2p"
 )
 
@@ -48,7 +49,13 @@ func newCreateEnrCmd(runFunc func(io.Writer, p2p.Config, string) error) *cobra.C
 }
 
 // runCreateEnrCmd stores a new charon-enr-private-key to disk and prints the ENR for the provided config.
+// It returns an error if the key already exists.
 func runCreateEnrCmd(w io.Writer, config p2p.Config, dataDir string) error {
+	_, err := p2p.LoadPrivKey(dataDir)
+	if err == nil {
+		return errors.New("charon-enr-private-key already exists", z.Str("enr_path", p2p.KeyPath(dataDir)))
+	}
+
 	key, err := p2p.NewSavedPrivKey(dataDir)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/cmd/enr.go b/cmd/enr.go
index 8ff46dd70..c7816f53b 100644
--- a/cmd/enr.go
+++ b/cmd/enr.go
@@ -16,41 +16,47 @@
 package cmd
 
 import (
+	"crypto/ecdsa"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"io/fs"
+	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
 
 	"github.com/obolnetwork/charon/app/errors"
 	"github.com/obolnetwork/charon/app/z"
 	"github.com/obolnetwork/charon/p2p"
 )
 
-func newEnrCmd(runFunc func(io.Writer, p2p.Config, string) error) *cobra.Command {
+func newEnrCmd(runFunc func(io.Writer, p2p.Config, string, bool) error) *cobra.Command {
 	var (
 		config  p2p.Config
 		dataDir string
+		verbose bool
 	)
 
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "enr",
-		Short: "Print this client's Ethereum Node Record",
-		Long:  `Return information on this node's Ethereum Node Record (ENR)`,
+		Short: "Prints a new ENR for this node",
+		Long:  `Prints a newly generated Ethereum Node Record (ENR) from this node's charon-enr-private-key`,
 		Args:  cobra.NoArgs,
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-			return runFunc(cmd.OutOrStdout(), config, dataDir)
+			return runFunc(cmd.OutOrStdout(), config, dataDir, verbose)
 		},
 	}
 
 	bindDataDirFlag(cmd.Flags(), &dataDir)
 	bindP2PFlags(cmd.Flags(), &config)
+	bindEnrFlags(cmd.Flags(), &verbose)
 
 	return cmd
 }
 
 // runNewENR loads the p2pkey from disk and prints the ENR for the provided config.
-func runNewENR(w io.Writer, config p2p.Config, dataDir string) error {
+func runNewENR(w io.Writer, config p2p.Config, dataDir string, verbose bool) error {
 	key, err := p2p.LoadPrivKey(dataDir)
 	if errors.Is(err, fs.ErrNotExist) {
 		return errors.New("private key not found. If this is your first time running this client, create one with `charon create enr`.", z.Str("enr_path", p2p.KeyPath(dataDir))) //nolint:revive
@@ -64,7 +70,44 @@ func runNewENR(w io.Writer, config p2p.Config, dataDir string) error {
 	}
 	defer db.Close()
 
-	_, _ = fmt.Fprintln(w, localEnode.Node().String())
+	newEnr := localEnode.Node().String()
+	_, _ = fmt.Fprintln(w, newEnr)
+
+	if !verbose {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	r, err := p2p.DecodeENR(newEnr)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	writeExpandedEnr(w, r.Signature(), r.Seq(), pubkeyHex(key.PublicKey))
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+// writeExpandedEnr writes the expanded form of ENR to the terminal.
+func writeExpandedEnr(w io.Writer, sig []byte, seq uint64, pubkey string) {
+	var sb strings.Builder
+	_, _ = sb.WriteString("\n")
+	_, _ = sb.WriteString("***************** Decoded ENR (see https://enr-viewer.com/ for additional fields) **********************\n")
+	_, _ = sb.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("secp256k1 pubkey: %#x\n", pubkey))
+	_, _ = sb.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("signature: %#x\n", sig))
+	_, _ = sb.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("seq: %d\n", seq))
+	_, _ = sb.WriteString("********************************************************************************************************\n")
+	_, _ = sb.WriteString("\n")
+
+	_, _ = w.Write([]byte(sb.String()))
+}
+
+// pubkeyHex returns compressed public key bytes.
+func pubkeyHex(pubkey ecdsa.PublicKey) string {
+	b := crypto.CompressPubkey(&pubkey)
+
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%#x", b)
+}
+
+func bindEnrFlags(flags *pflag.FlagSet, verbose *bool) {
+	flags.BoolVar(verbose, "verbose", false, "Prints the expanded form of ENR.")
+}
diff --git a/cmd/enr_internal_test.go b/cmd/enr_internal_test.go
index edd45ac61..7dfc8fd61 100644
--- a/cmd/enr_internal_test.go
+++ b/cmd/enr_internal_test.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ func TestRunNewEnr(t *testing.T) {
 	temp, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "")
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	got := runNewENR(io.Discard, p2p.Config{}, temp)
+	got := runNewENR(io.Discard, p2p.Config{}, temp, false)
 	expected := errors.New("private key not found. If this is your first time running this client, create one with `charon create enr`.", z.Str("enr_path", p2p.KeyPath(temp)))
 	require.Equal(t, expected.Error(), got.Error())
 }