diff --git a/checktransaction.sh b/checktransaction.sh
index 26e45f0..a5bac4e 100755
--- a/checktransaction.sh
+++ b/checktransaction.sh
@@ -5,10 +5,11 @@
 . "$(dirname "$(readlink -m "$0")")/inc.common.sh"
 
 if [ "$1" == "" ]; then
-    echo "Usage: $(basename "$0") [options] txid|address [blockhash]"
+    echo "Usage: $(basename "$0") [options] txid|address|rawtx [blockhash]"
     echo "Where:"
     echo "  txid        - transaction id (either plain hex or blockchain explorer URL containing it)"
     echo "  address     - Bitcoin address (shows transactions received to address)"
+    echo "  rawtx       - raw transaction hex"
     echo "  blockhash   - optional blockhash for a block where to look for a non-wallet / non-mempool tx"
     exit
 fi
@@ -35,6 +36,9 @@ elif is_http_url "$1"; then
     txids+=("$txid")
 elif is_hex_id "$1" "64"; then
     txids+=("$1")
+elif is_hex_string "$1"; then
+    txids+=("raw")
+    rawtx="$1"
 else
     echo "'$1' is neither valid transacion id nor address nor HTTP URL."
     exit 2
@@ -48,6 +52,11 @@ if (( ${#txids[@]} == 0 )); then
 fi
 
 for i in $(seq 0 $(( ${#txids[@]} - 1 )) ); do
-    show_decoded_tx_for_human "$(show_tx_by_id "${txids[$i]}" "$blockhash")"
+    if [[ "${txids[$i]}" == "raw" ]]; then
+        decoded_tx="$(call_bitcoin_cli -stdin decoderawtransaction <<< "$rawtx")"
+    else
+        decoded_tx="$(show_tx_by_id "${txids[$i]}" "$blockhash")"
+    fi
+    show_decoded_tx_for_human "$decoded_tx"
     echo
 done
diff --git a/inc.common.sh b/inc.common.sh
index 5c8bcee..b34987f 100644
--- a/inc.common.sh
+++ b/inc.common.sh
@@ -655,11 +655,17 @@ function is_http_url()
     grep -qsE "^https?://" <<< "$input"
 }
 
+function is_hex_string()
+{
+    input="$1"
+    grep -qsE "^[A-Za-z0-9]+$" <<< "$input"
+}
+
 function is_hex_id()
 {
     input="$1"
     hexlen="$2"
-    grep -qsE "[A-Za-z0-9]{$hexlen}" <<< "$input"
+    grep -qsE "^[A-Za-z0-9]{$hexlen}$" <<< "$input"
 }
 
 function get_hex_id_from_string()
diff --git a/tests/hex.bats b/tests/hex.bats
index 5240587..e2a9250 100755
--- a/tests/hex.bats
+++ b/tests/hex.bats
@@ -2,12 +2,23 @@
 
 . ../inc.common.sh
 
-@test "Hex id validating tests" {
+@test "Hex id matching tests" {
     $(is_hex_id "000000000019d6689c085ae165831e934ff763ae46a2a6c172b3f1b60a8ce26f" "64")
     $(is_hex_id "4a5e1e4baab89f3a32518a88c31bc87f618f76673e2cc77ab2127b7afdeda33b" "64")
     ! $(is_hex_id "not a hex id" "12")
     ! $(is_hex_id "not a hex id" "64")
     ! $(is_hex_id "" "64")
+    # wrong length
+    ! $(is_hex_id "123456789" "2")
+}
+
+@test "Hex string matching tests" {
+    $(is_hex_string "000000000019d6689c085ae165831e934ff763ae46a2a6c172b3f1b60a8ce26f")
+    $(is_hex_string "4a5e1e4baab89f3a32518a88c31bc87f618f76673e2cc77ab2127b7afdeda33b")
+    $(is_hex_string "123456789")
+    ! $(is_hex_string "not a hex string")
+    ! $(is_hex_string "not a hex string")
+    ! $(is_hex_string "")
 }
 
 @test "Hex substring matching tests" {