diff --git a/Pantograph/Protocol.lean b/Pantograph/Protocol.lean
index f73c3b0..271d4b7 100644
--- a/Pantograph/Protocol.lean
+++ b/Pantograph/Protocol.lean
@@ -273,6 +273,7 @@ structure GoalDiag where
   -- Print all mvars
   printAll: Bool := false
   instantiate: Bool := true
+  printSexp: Bool := false
 
 abbrev CR α := Except InteractionError α
 
diff --git a/Pantograph/Serial.lean b/Pantograph/Serial.lean
index e12bb7a..8f56468 100644
--- a/Pantograph/Serial.lean
+++ b/Pantograph/Serial.lean
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ protected def GoalState.diag (goalState: GoalState) (options: Protocol.GoalDiag
   )
   pure $ result ++ (resultGoals.map (· ++ "\n") |> String.join) ++ (resultOthers.map (· ++ "\n") |> String.join)
   where
-    printMVar (pref: String) (mvarId: MVarId) (decl: MetavarDecl): MetaM String := do
+    printMVar (pref: String) (mvarId: MVarId) (decl: MetavarDecl): MetaM String := mvarId.withContext do
       let resultFVars: List String ←
         if options.printContext then
           decl.lctx.fvarIdToDecl.toList.mapM (λ (fvarId, decl) =>
@@ -321,8 +321,12 @@ protected def GoalState.diag (goalState: GoalState) (options: Protocol.GoalDiag
       let type ← if options.instantiate
         then instantiateAll decl.type
         else pure $ decl.type
-      let type_sexp ← serializeExpressionSexp type (sanitize := false)
-      let resultMain: String := s!"{pref}{mvarId.name}{userNameToString decl.userName}: {← Meta.ppExpr decl.type} {type_sexp}"
+      let type_sexp ← if options.printSexp then
+          let sexp ← serializeExpressionSexp type (sanitize := false)
+          pure <| " " ++ sexp
+        else
+          pure ""
+      let resultMain: String := s!"{pref}{mvarId.name}{userNameToString decl.userName}: {← Meta.ppExpr decl.type}{type_sexp}"
       let resultValue: String ←
         if options.printValue then
           if let Option.some value := (← getMCtx).eAssignment.find? mvarId then