diff --git a/cmd/probe.go b/cmd/probe.go
index 1278ee87..90d50142 100644
--- a/cmd/probe.go
+++ b/cmd/probe.go
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
+var verbose bool
+
 var probeInstallOptions probe.Options
 
 // probeCmd represents the get command
@@ -22,16 +24,16 @@ and what KubeArmor features will be supported e.g: observability, enforcement, e
 If KubeArmor is running, It probes which environment KubeArmor is running on (e.g: systemd mode, kubernetes etc.), 
 the supported KubeArmor features in the environment, the pods being handled by KubeArmor and the policies running on each of these pods`,
 	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-		if err := probe.PrintProbeResult(client, probeInstallOptions); err != nil {
-			return err
+		if !verbose {
+			return probe.PrintAnnotatedPods(client, probeInstallOptions)
 		}
-		return nil
-
+		return probe.PrintProbeResult(client, probeInstallOptions); err != nil {
 	},
 }
 
 func init() {
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(probeCmd)
+	probeCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&verbose, "verbose", "v", false, "print verbose output of karmor probe")
 	probeCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&probeInstallOptions.Namespace, "namespace", "n", "kube-system", "Namespace for resources")
 	probeCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&probeInstallOptions.Full, "full", false, `If KubeArmor is not running, it deploys a daemonset to have access to more
 information on KubeArmor support in the environment and deletes daemonset after probing`)
diff --git a/probe/probe.go b/probe/probe.go
index 71ec6750..ad0215af 100644
--- a/probe/probe.go
+++ b/probe/probe.go
@@ -70,6 +70,17 @@ func probeDaemonUninstaller(c *k8s.Client, o Options) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// PrintAnnotatedPods only annotated pods and corresponding policies
+func PrintAnnotatedPods(c *k8s.Client, o Options) error {
+	if isKubeArmorRunning(c, o) {
+		err := getAnnotatedPods(c)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Println("error occured when getting annotated pods", err)
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 // PrintProbeResult prints the result for the  host and k8s probing kArmor does to check compatibility with KubeArmor
 func PrintProbeResult(c *k8s.Client, o Options) error {
 	if runtime.GOOS != "linux" {