diff --git a/assembly/buffer/index.ts b/assembly/buffer/index.ts
index 0159575..6201e2d 100644
--- a/assembly/buffer/index.ts
+++ b/assembly/buffer/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 import { BLOCK_MAXSIZE, BLOCK, BLOCK_OVERHEAD } from "rt/common";
 import { E_INVALIDLENGTH, E_INDEXOUTOFRANGE } from "util/error";
 import { Uint8Array } from "typedarray";
+const BUFFER_INSPECT_HEADER_START = "<Buffer ";
+const BUFFER_INSPECT_HEADER_BYTE_LEN = 16;
+
+export let INSPECT_MAX_BYTES: i32 = 50;
 
 export class Buffer extends Uint8Array {
   constructor(size: i32) {
@@ -237,6 +241,72 @@ export class Buffer extends Uint8Array {
     store<i64>(this.dataStart + offset, bswap<i64>(reinterpret<i64>(value)));
     return offset + 8;
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Calculate an inspectable string to print to the console.
+   *
+   * @example
+   * let result = Buffer.from([1, 2, 3, 4, 5]).inspect();
+   * // '<Buffer 01 02 03 04 05>'
+   */
+  inspect(): string {
+    let byteLength = this.byteLength;
+    if (INSPECT_MAX_BYTES == 0 || byteLength == 0) return "<Buffer >";
+
+    // Calculate if an elipsis will be in the string
+    let elipsisEnd = byteLength > INSPECT_MAX_BYTES;
+    let maxBytes = elipsisEnd ? INSPECT_MAX_BYTES : byteLength;
+
+    // find the start of the buffer
+    let dataStart = this.dataStart;
+
+    /**
+     * Formula for stringLength is calculated by adding the constant character count
+     * to the number of visible bytes multiplied by 3, and adding 3 more for an ellipsis
+     * if the total number of visible bytes is less than the actual byteLength.
+     *
+     * @example
+     * let stringLength = (3 * maxBytes) + len("<Buffer ") + len(">") + (elipsisEnd ? 3 : 0);
+     *
+     * // This can be reduced to...
+     * let stringLength = (3 * maxBytes) + 8 + (elipsisEnd ? 3 : 0);
+     *
+     * // finally, `a * 3 + 3` is the same thing as `(a + 1) * 3`
+     * // we can cast `elipsisEnd` to an integer `1 | 0`
+     * let stringLength = 3 * (maxBytes + i32(elipsisEnd)) + 8;
+     */
+    let stringLength = 3 * (maxBytes + i32(elipsisEnd)) + 8;
+
+    // create the result
+    let result = __alloc(stringLength << 1, idof<String>());
+
+    // copy the 16 "<Buffer " bytes
+    memory.copy(
+      result,
+      changetype<usize>(BUFFER_INSPECT_HEADER_START),
+      BUFFER_INSPECT_HEADER_BYTE_LEN,
+    );
+
+    // Start writing at index 8
+    let writeOffset = result + BUFFER_INSPECT_HEADER_BYTE_LEN;
+    for (let i = 0; i < maxBytes; i++, writeOffset += 6) {
+      let byte = <u32>load<u8>(dataStart + <usize>i);
+
+      store<u32>(writeOffset, Buffer.HEX.charsFromByte(byte));
+      if (i == maxBytes - 1) {
+        if (elipsisEnd) {
+          // make this a single 64 bit store
+          store<u64>(writeOffset, <u64>0x003e_002e_002e_002e, 4); // "...>"
+        } else {
+          store<u16>(writeOffset, <u16>62, 4); // ">"
+        }
+      } else {
+        store<u16>(writeOffset, <u16>32, 4); // " "
+      }
+    }
+
+    return changetype<string>(result);
+  }
 }
 
 export namespace Buffer {
diff --git a/assembly/node.d.ts b/assembly/node.d.ts
index 9e3f070..c2df1f7 100644
--- a/assembly/node.d.ts
+++ b/assembly/node.d.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ declare class Buffer extends Uint8Array {
   readUInt8(offset?: i32): u8;
   /** Writes an inputted value to the buffer, at the desired offset. */
   writeInt8(value:i8, offset?:i32): i32;
+  /** Reads a signed integer at the designated offset. */
+  readInt8(offset?: i32): i8;
   /** Writes an inputted u8 value to the buffer, at the desired offset. */
   writeUInt8(value:u8, offset?:i32): i32;
   /** Reads a signed 16-bit integer, stored in Little Endian format at the designated offset. */
@@ -77,6 +79,24 @@ declare class Buffer extends Uint8Array {
   writeDoubleLE(value: f64, offset?: i32): i32;
   /** Writes an inputted 64-bit double at the designated offset, stored in Big Endian format */
   writeDoubleBE(value: f64, offset?: i32): i32;
+  /** Inspect a buffer. */
+  inspect(): string;
+}
+
+declare module "buffer" {
+  /**
+   * The maximum number of bytes to inspect on a buffer.
+   *
+   * @example
+   * import { INSPECT_MAX_BYTES } from "buffer";
+   * // @ts-ignore: This is treated like a global
+   * INSPECT_MAX_BYTES = <i32>10;
+   */
+  export var INSPECT_MAX_BYTES: i32;
+
+  // To export the buffer, we must obtain the `typeof Buffer`
+  const BuffType: typeof Buffer;
+  export { BuffType as Buffer };
 }
 
 declare namespace Buffer {
diff --git a/tests/buffer.spec.ts b/tests/buffer.spec.ts
index 38a7a20..217d420 100644
--- a/tests/buffer.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/buffer.spec.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
  * });
  */
 import { BLOCK_MAXSIZE } from "rt/common";
+import { INSPECT_MAX_BYTES } from "buffer";
 
 // Helper function to quickly create a Buffer from an array.
 //@ts-ignore
@@ -140,6 +141,20 @@ describe("buffer", () => {
     // }).toThrow();
   });
 
+
+  test("#inspect", () => {
+    let buff = create<Buffer>([0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07, 0x08, 0x09, 0x0a, 0x0b, 0x0c, 0x0d, 0x0e, 0x0f]);
+    let result = buff.inspect();
+    expect<string>(result).toBe("<Buffer 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0a 0b 0c 0d 0e 0f>");
+    INSPECT_MAX_BYTES = 5;
+    result = buff.inspect();
+    expect<string>(result).toBe("<Buffer 00 01 02 03 04...>");
+
+    buff = new Buffer(0);
+    result = buff.inspect()
+    expect<string>(result).toBe("<Buffer >");
+  });
+
   test("#readUInt16LE", () => {
     let buff = create<Buffer>([0x0,0x05,0x0]);
     expect<u16>(buff.readUInt16LE()).toBe(1280);
@@ -531,7 +546,7 @@ describe("buffer", () => {
     expected = create<Buffer>([5, 6, 7]);
     expect<Buffer>(actual).toStrictEqual(expected);
   });
-                       
+
   test("#Hex.encode", () => {
     let actual = "000102030405060708090a0b0c0d0e0f102030405060708090a0b0c0d0e0f0";
     let exampleBuffer = create<Buffer>([0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07, 0x08, 0x09, 0x0a, 0x0b, 0x0c, 0x0d, 0x0e, 0x0f, 0x10, 0x20, 0x30, 0x40, 0x50, 0x60, 0x70, 0x80, 0x90, 0xa0, 0xb0, 0xc0, 0xd0, 0xe0, 0xf0]);