diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 25c604f..777a009 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -101,7 +101,8 @@ structalign [flags] [packages]
   -verbose        in -inspect mode, show padding on its own `_` line
   -tags           preserve struct field tags in output (default: strip them)
   -summary        in diff mode, print a one-line summary after the diffs
-  -sort           in diff mode, present structs largest-first (by bytes saved)
+  -sort           present results largest-first (diff: by bytes saved;
+                  inspect: by struct size)
 
   -type string    only consider named structs matching these comma-separated
                   glob patterns (e.g. "*Request,Config"); empty means all
diff --git a/internal/app/app.go b/internal/app/app.go
index 4e69798..2873d74 100644
--- a/internal/app/app.go
+++ b/internal/app/app.go
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ func (a *App) Run(args []string) int {
 	fs.BoolVar(&opt.generated, "generated", false, "also analyze generated files (// Code generated ... DO NOT EDIT.)")
 	fs.BoolVar(&opt.skipCachePadded, "skip-cache-padded", false, "skip structs containing a golang.org/x/sys/cpu.CacheLinePad field")
 	fs.BoolVar(&opt.summary, "summary", false, "in diff mode, print a one-line summary after the diffs")
-	fs.BoolVar(&opt.sort, "sort", false, "present results largest-first (diff: by bytes saved)")
+	fs.BoolVar(&opt.sort, "sort", false, "present results largest-first (diff: by bytes saved; inspect: by struct size)")
 	fs.Usage = func() {
 		fmt.Fprintf(a.Stderr, "structalign: print field-aligned struct reorderings (no file changes)\n\n")
 		fmt.Fprintf(a.Stderr, "usage: structalign [flags] [packages]\n\n")
@@ -197,10 +197,16 @@ func (a *App) Run(args []string) int {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if opt.sort && !opt.inspect {
-		sort.SliceStable(allFindings, func(i, j int) bool {
-			return savings(allFindings[i]) > savings(allFindings[j])
-		})
+	if opt.sort {
+		if opt.inspect {
+			sort.SliceStable(allLayouts, func(i, j int) bool {
+				return allLayouts[i].Total > allLayouts[j].Total
+			})
+		} else {
+			sort.SliceStable(allFindings, func(i, j int) bool {
+				return savings(allFindings[i]) > savings(allFindings[j])
+			})
+		}
 	}
 
 	var total int
diff --git a/internal/app/sort_test.go b/internal/app/sort_test.go
index d696b06..8858102 100644
--- a/internal/app/sort_test.go
+++ b/internal/app/sort_test.go
@@ -60,3 +60,50 @@ func TestRunDiffDefaultOrderUnchanged(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Less(t, strings.Index(s, "Small"), strings.Index(s, "Big"),
 		"without -sort, source order (Small before Big) is preserved")
 }
+
+// inspectSortSrc names the small struct alphabetically first (Alpha, 24 bytes)
+// and the large one last (Zeta, 40 bytes), so alphabetical order (the inspect
+// default) and size-descending order genuinely differ.
+const inspectSortSrc = `package sample
+
+type Alpha struct {
+	A bool
+	B int64
+	C bool
+}
+
+type Zeta struct {
+	A bool
+	B int64
+	C bool
+	D int64
+	E bool
+}
+`
+
+func inspectSortApp(t *testing.T, out, errb *bytes.Buffer) *app.App {
+	t.Helper()
+	tgt := testutil.Target(t, inspectSortSrc)
+	ml := mocks.NewLoader(t)
+	ml.EXPECT().Load(mock.Anything).Return([]common.Target{tgt}, nil)
+	return &app.App{Loader: ml, Aligner: align.New(), Inspector: layout.New(), Stdout: out, Stderr: errb}
+}
+
+func TestRunSortInspectOrdersBySize(t *testing.T) {
+	var out, errb bytes.Buffer
+	a := inspectSortApp(t, &out, &errb)
+	code := a.Run([]string{"-inspect", "-sort", "pkg"})
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, code)
+	s := out.String()
+	assert.Less(t, strings.Index(s, "type Zeta"), strings.Index(s, "type Alpha"),
+		"with -inspect -sort, the larger struct (Zeta, 40) renders before Alpha (24)")
+}
+
+func TestRunInspectDefaultOrderUnchanged(t *testing.T) {
+	var out, errb bytes.Buffer
+	a := inspectSortApp(t, &out, &errb)
+	_ = a.Run([]string{"-inspect", "pkg"})
+	s := out.String()
+	assert.Less(t, strings.Index(s, "type Alpha"), strings.Index(s, "type Zeta"),
+		"without -sort, inspect keeps its default (alphabetical) order: Alpha before Zeta")
+}