diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 52fc4346d6c..3c3f654a0c9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - Plugins/startup: precompute bundled runtime mirror fingerprints before taking the mirror lock and keep Docker bundled plugin runtime deps/mirrors in a Docker-managed volume instead of the Windows/WSL config bind mount, so cold starts avoid slow host-volume mirror writes. Fixes #73339. Thanks @1yihui.
 - Channels/LINE: persist inbound image, video, audio, and file downloads in `~/.openclaw/media/inbound/` instead of temporary files so agents can still read LINE media after `/tmp` cleanup. Fixes #73370. Thanks @hijirii and @wenxu007.
 - CLI/plugins: keep bundled plugin installs out of `plugins.load.paths` while preserving install records, so install/inspect/doctor loops no longer warn about the current bundled plugin directory. Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- CLI/plugins: scope `plugins inspect <id>` runtime loading to the matched plugin so single-plugin inspection does not load every plugin before checking the target. Thanks @shakkernerd.
 - CLI/plugins: remove managed copied-path plugin directories during uninstall and plan uninstall from metadata instead of runtime-loading plugins, so plugin lifecycle commands avoid unnecessary bundled runtime-deps work. Thanks @shakkernerd.
 - Cron tool: infer the creating session's agentId for `cron.add` jobs when `agentId` is omitted or passed as undefined, keeping scheduled agentTurn jobs routed to the session agent; #40571 identified the guard bug and supplied the focused regression coverage. Thanks @ChanningYul.
 - Cron/Telegram: add `--thread-id` to `openclaw cron add` and `openclaw cron edit`, preserving Telegram forum topic delivery targets across scheduled announcements. Carries forward #51581, #60373, and #60890. Thanks @ChunHao-dev.
diff --git a/src/cli/plugins-cli.list.test.ts b/src/cli/plugins-cli.list.test.ts
index 07ffd5d5a13..2807fef86bc 100644
--- a/src/cli/plugins-cli.list.test.ts
+++ b/src/cli/plugins-cli.list.test.ts
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@ import {
   buildPluginDiagnosticsReport,
   buildPluginInspectReport,
   buildPluginRegistrySnapshotReport,
+  buildPluginSnapshotReport,
   inspectPluginRegistry,
   resetPluginsCliTestState,
   refreshPluginRegistry,
   runPluginsCommand,
+  runtimeErrors,
   runtimeLogs,
 } from "./plugins-cli-test-helpers.js";
 
@@ -119,6 +121,10 @@ describe("plugins cli list", () => {
   });
 
   it("shows conversation-access hook policy in inspect output", async () => {
+    buildPluginSnapshotReport.mockReturnValue({
+      plugins: [createPluginRecord({ id: "openclaw-mem0", name: "Mem0" })],
+      diagnostics: [],
+    });
     buildPluginInspectReport.mockReturnValue({
       workspaceDir: "/workspace",
       plugin: createPluginRecord({ id: "openclaw-mem0", name: "Mem0" }),
@@ -150,7 +156,26 @@ describe("plugins cli list", () => {
 
     await runPluginsCommand(["plugins", "inspect", "openclaw-mem0"]);
 
+    expect(buildPluginDiagnosticsReport).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      config: {},
+      onlyPluginIds: ["openclaw-mem0"],
+    });
     expect(runtimeLogs.join("\n")).toContain("Policy");
     expect(runtimeLogs.join("\n")).toContain("allowConversationAccess: true");
   });
+
+  it("does not runtime-load plugins when inspect target is missing", async () => {
+    buildPluginSnapshotReport.mockReturnValue({
+      plugins: [],
+      diagnostics: [],
+    });
+
+    await expect(runPluginsCommand(["plugins", "inspect", "missing-plugin"])).rejects.toThrow(
+      "__exit__:1",
+    );
+
+    expect(buildPluginSnapshotReport).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ config: {} });
+    expect(buildPluginDiagnosticsReport).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(runtimeErrors.at(-1)).toContain("Plugin not found: missing-plugin");
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/cli/plugins-cli.ts b/src/cli/plugins-cli.ts
index eed597b0569..85fe8cc43d1 100644
--- a/src/cli/plugins-cli.ts
+++ b/src/cli/plugins-cli.ts
@@ -259,24 +259,26 @@ export function registerPluginsCli(program: Command) {
         buildAllPluginInspectReports,
         buildPluginDiagnosticsReport,
         buildPluginInspectReport,
+        buildPluginSnapshotReport,
         formatPluginCompatibilityNotice,
       } = await import("../plugins/status.js");
       const { loadInstalledPluginIndexInstallRecords } =
         await import("../plugins/installed-plugin-index-records.js");
       const cfg = getRuntimeConfig();
       const installRecords = await loadInstalledPluginIndexInstallRecords();
-      const report = buildPluginDiagnosticsReport({
-        config: cfg,
-        ...(opts.json ? { logger: quietPluginJsonLogger } : {}),
-      });
+      const loggerParams = opts.json ? { logger: quietPluginJsonLogger } : {};
       if (opts.all) {
         if (id) {
           defaultRuntime.error("Pass either a plugin id or --all, not both.");
           return defaultRuntime.exit(1);
         }
+        const report = buildPluginDiagnosticsReport({
+          config: cfg,
+          ...loggerParams,
+        });
         const inspectAll = buildAllPluginInspectReports({
           config: cfg,
-          ...(opts.json ? { logger: quietPluginJsonLogger } : {}),
+          ...loggerParams,
           report,
         });
         const inspectAllWithInstall = inspectAll.map((inspect) => ({
@@ -342,10 +344,26 @@ export function registerPluginsCli(program: Command) {
         return defaultRuntime.exit(1);
       }
 
-      const inspect = buildPluginInspectReport({
-        id,
+      const snapshotReport = buildPluginSnapshotReport({
         config: cfg,
-        ...(opts.json ? { logger: quietPluginJsonLogger } : {}),
+        ...loggerParams,
+      });
+      const targetPlugin = snapshotReport.plugins.find(
+        (entry) => entry.id === id || entry.name === id,
+      );
+      if (!targetPlugin) {
+        defaultRuntime.error(`Plugin not found: ${id}`);
+        return defaultRuntime.exit(1);
+      }
+      const report = buildPluginDiagnosticsReport({
+        config: cfg,
+        ...loggerParams,
+        onlyPluginIds: [targetPlugin.id],
+      });
+      const inspect = buildPluginInspectReport({
+        id: targetPlugin.id,
+        config: cfg,
+        ...loggerParams,
         report,
       });
       if (!inspect) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/status.ts b/src/plugins/status.ts
index 3a9a44bee32..4508111fa9b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/status.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/status.ts
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ function resolveReportedPluginVersion(
 type PluginReportParams = {
   config?: OpenClawConfig;
   effectiveOnly?: boolean;
+  onlyPluginIds?: readonly string[];
   workspaceDir?: string;
   /** Use an explicit env when plugin roots should resolve independently from process.env. */
   env?: NodeJS.ProcessEnv;
@@ -295,7 +296,9 @@ function buildPluginReport(
           workspaceDir,
           env: params?.env ?? process.env,
         })
-      : undefined;
+      : params?.onlyPluginIds === undefined
+        ? undefined
+        : [...params.onlyPluginIds];
 
   const registry = loadModules
     ? loadOpenClawPlugins(