diff --git a/cmd/podman/common/inspect.go b/cmd/podman/common/inspect.go
index 12a5af5a92..f82161d31c 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/common/inspect.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/common/inspect.go
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ const (
 	NetworkType = "network"
 	// PodType is the pod type.
 	PodType = "pod"
+	// PodLegacyType is the pod type for backwards compatibility with the old pod inspect code.
+	// This allows us to use the shared inspect code but still provide the correct output format
+	// when podman pod inspect was called.
+	PodLegacyType = "pod-legacy"
 	// VolumeType is the volume type
 	VolumeType = "volume"
 )
diff --git a/cmd/podman/inspect/inspect.go b/cmd/podman/inspect/inspect.go
index d519bc7d91..ccabd7614e 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/inspect/inspect.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/inspect/inspect.go
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/cmd/podman/common"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/cmd/podman/registry"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/cmd/podman/validate"
-	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/libpod/define"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/pkg/domain/entities"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
@@ -55,18 +54,10 @@ type inspector struct {
 	containerEngine entities.ContainerEngine
 	imageEngine     entities.ImageEngine
 	options         entities.InspectOptions
-	podOptions      entities.PodInspectOptions
 }
 
 // newInspector creates a new inspector based on the specified options.
 func newInspector(options entities.InspectOptions) (*inspector, error) {
-	switch options.Type {
-	case common.ImageType, common.ContainerType, common.AllType, common.PodType, common.NetworkType, common.VolumeType:
-		// Valid types.
-	default:
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid type %q: must be %q, %q, %q, %q, %q, or %q", options.Type,
-			common.ImageType, common.ContainerType, common.PodType, common.NetworkType, common.VolumeType, common.AllType)
-	}
 	if options.Type == common.ImageType {
 		if options.Latest {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("latest is not supported for type %q", common.ImageType)
@@ -78,15 +69,10 @@ func newInspector(options entities.InspectOptions) (*inspector, error) {
 	if options.Type == common.PodType && options.Size {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("size is not supported for type %q", common.PodType)
 	}
-	podOpts := entities.PodInspectOptions{
-		Latest: options.Latest,
-		Format: options.Format,
-	}
 	return &inspector{
 		containerEngine: registry.ContainerEngine(),
 		imageEngine:     registry.ImageEngine(),
 		options:         options,
-		podOptions:      podOpts,
 	}, nil
 }
 
@@ -140,34 +126,16 @@ func (i *inspector) inspect(namesOrIDs []string) error {
 		for i := range ctrData {
 			data = append(data, ctrData[i])
 		}
-	case common.PodType:
-		for _, pod := range namesOrIDs {
-			i.podOptions.NameOrID = pod
-			podData, err := i.containerEngine.PodInspect(ctx, i.podOptions)
-			if err != nil {
-				if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), define.ErrNoSuchPod.Error()) {
-					errs = []error{err}
-				} else {
-					return err
-				}
-			} else {
-				errs = nil
-				data = append(data, podData)
-			}
+	case common.PodType, common.PodLegacyType:
+		podData, allErrs, err := i.containerEngine.PodInspect(ctx, namesOrIDs, i.options)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
 		}
-		if i.podOptions.Latest { // latest means there are no names in the namesOrID array
-			podData, err := i.containerEngine.PodInspect(ctx, i.podOptions)
-			if err != nil {
-				if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), define.ErrNoSuchPod.Error()) {
-					errs = []error{err}
-				} else {
-					return err
-				}
-			} else {
-				errs = nil
-				data = append(data, podData)
-			}
+		errs = allErrs
+		for i := range podData {
+			data = append(data, podData[i])
 		}
+
 	case common.NetworkType:
 		networkData, allErrs, err := registry.ContainerEngine().NetworkInspect(ctx, namesOrIDs, i.options)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -198,7 +166,14 @@ func (i *inspector) inspect(namesOrIDs []string) error {
 	var err error
 	switch {
 	case report.IsJSON(i.options.Format) || i.options.Format == "":
-		err = printJSON(data)
+		if i.options.Type == common.PodLegacyType && len(data) == 1 {
+			// We need backwards compat with the old podman pod inspect behavior.
+			// https://github.com/containers/podman/pull/15675
+			// TODO (5.0): consider removing this to better match other commands.
+			err = printJSON(data[0])
+		} else {
+			err = printJSON(data)
+		}
 	default:
 		// Landing here implies user has given a custom --format
 		row := inspectNormalize(i.options.Format, tmpType)
@@ -221,7 +196,7 @@ func (i *inspector) inspect(namesOrIDs []string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func printJSON(data []interface{}) error {
+func printJSON(data interface{}) error {
 	enc := json.NewEncoder(os.Stdout)
 	// by default, json marshallers will force utf=8 from
 	// a string. this breaks healthchecks that use <,>, &&.
@@ -282,14 +257,13 @@ func (i *inspector) inspectAll(ctx context.Context, namesOrIDs []string) ([]inte
 			data = append(data, networkData[0])
 			continue
 		}
-		i.podOptions.NameOrID = name
-		podData, err := i.containerEngine.PodInspect(ctx, i.podOptions)
+
+		podData, errs, err := i.containerEngine.PodInspect(ctx, []string{name}, i.options)
 		if err != nil {
-			if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), define.ErrNoSuchPod.Error()) {
-				return nil, nil, err
-			}
-		} else {
-			data = append(data, podData)
+			return nil, nil, err
+		}
+		if len(errs) == 0 {
+			data = append(data, podData[0])
 			continue
 		}
 		if len(errs) > 0 {
diff --git a/cmd/podman/pods/inspect.go b/cmd/podman/pods/inspect.go
index 082e8d9a12..22e781cdf8 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/pods/inspect.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/pods/inspect.go
@@ -1,23 +1,14 @@
 package pods
 
 import (
-	"context"
-	"errors"
-	"os"
-	"text/template"
-
-	"github.com/containers/common/pkg/report"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/cmd/podman/common"
+	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/cmd/podman/inspect"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/cmd/podman/registry"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/cmd/podman/validate"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/pkg/domain/entities"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
-var (
-	inspectOptions = entities.PodInspectOptions{}
-)
-
 var (
 	inspectDescription = `Display the configuration for a pod by name or id
 
@@ -27,10 +18,12 @@ var (
 		Use:               "inspect [options] POD [POD...]",
 		Short:             "Displays a pod configuration",
 		Long:              inspectDescription,
-		RunE:              inspect,
+		RunE:              inspectExec,
 		ValidArgsFunction: common.AutocompletePods,
 		Example:           `podman pod inspect podID`,
 	}
+
+	inspectOpts = &entities.InspectOptions{}
 )
 
 func init() {
@@ -41,40 +34,15 @@ func init() {
 	flags := inspectCmd.Flags()
 
 	formatFlagName := "format"
-	flags.StringVarP(&inspectOptions.Format, formatFlagName, "f", "json", "Format the output to a Go template or json")
+	flags.StringVarP(&inspectOpts.Format, formatFlagName, "f", "json", "Format the output to a Go template or json")
 	_ = inspectCmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(formatFlagName, common.AutocompleteFormat(&entities.PodInspectReport{}))
 
-	validate.AddLatestFlag(inspectCmd, &inspectOptions.Latest)
+	validate.AddLatestFlag(inspectCmd, &inspectOpts.Latest)
 }
 
-func inspect(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-	if len(args) < 1 && !inspectOptions.Latest {
-		return errors.New("you must provide the name or id of a running pod")
-	}
-	if len(args) > 0 && inspectOptions.Latest {
-		return errors.New("--latest and containers cannot be used together")
-	}
-
-	if !inspectOptions.Latest {
-		inspectOptions.NameOrID = args[0]
-	}
-	responses, err := registry.ContainerEngine().PodInspect(context.Background(), inspectOptions)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	if report.IsJSON(inspectOptions.Format) {
-		enc := json.NewEncoder(os.Stdout)
-		enc.SetIndent("", "     ")
-		return enc.Encode(responses)
-	}
-
-	// Cannot use report.New() as it enforces {{range .}} for OriginUser templates
-	tmpl := template.New(cmd.Name()).Funcs(template.FuncMap(report.DefaultFuncs))
-	format := report.NormalizeFormat(inspectOptions.Format)
-	tmpl, err = tmpl.Parse(format)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	return tmpl.Execute(os.Stdout, *responses)
+func inspectExec(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	// We need backwards compat with the old podman pod inspect behavior.
+	// https://github.com/containers/podman/pull/15675
+	inspectOpts.Type = common.PodLegacyType
+	return inspect.Inspect(args, *inspectOpts)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/domain/entities/engine_container.go b/pkg/domain/entities/engine_container.go
index 69adc97325..19b666f8e0 100644
--- a/pkg/domain/entities/engine_container.go
+++ b/pkg/domain/entities/engine_container.go
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ type ContainerEngine interface {
 	PodCreate(ctx context.Context, specg PodSpec) (*PodCreateReport, error)
 	PodClone(ctx context.Context, podClone PodCloneOptions) (*PodCloneReport, error)
 	PodExists(ctx context.Context, nameOrID string) (*BoolReport, error)
-	PodInspect(ctx context.Context, options PodInspectOptions) (*PodInspectReport, error)
+	PodInspect(ctx context.Context, namesOrID []string, options InspectOptions) ([]*PodInspectReport, []error, error)
 	PodKill(ctx context.Context, namesOrIds []string, options PodKillOptions) ([]*PodKillReport, error)
 	PodLogs(ctx context.Context, pod string, options PodLogsOptions) error
 	PodPause(ctx context.Context, namesOrIds []string, options PodPauseOptions) ([]*PodPauseReport, error)
diff --git a/pkg/domain/entities/pods.go b/pkg/domain/entities/pods.go
index b672434d8e..55e2fd5747 100644
--- a/pkg/domain/entities/pods.go
+++ b/pkg/domain/entities/pods.go
@@ -438,15 +438,6 @@ type PodPSOptions struct {
 	Sort      string
 }
 
-type PodInspectOptions struct {
-	Latest bool
-
-	// Options for the API.
-	NameOrID string
-
-	Format string
-}
-
 type PodInspectReport struct {
 	*define.InspectPodData
 }
diff --git a/pkg/domain/infra/abi/pods.go b/pkg/domain/infra/abi/pods.go
index 03c8082c49..68f2fa125a 100644
--- a/pkg/domain/infra/abi/pods.go
+++ b/pkg/domain/infra/abi/pods.go
@@ -505,23 +505,49 @@ func (ic *ContainerEngine) PodPs(ctx context.Context, options entities.PodPSOpti
 	return reports, nil
 }
 
-func (ic *ContainerEngine) PodInspect(ctx context.Context, options entities.PodInspectOptions) (*entities.PodInspectReport, error) {
-	var (
-		pod *libpod.Pod
-		err error
-	)
-	// Look up the pod.
+func (ic *ContainerEngine) PodInspect(ctx context.Context, nameOrIDs []string, options entities.InspectOptions) ([]*entities.PodInspectReport, []error, error) {
 	if options.Latest {
-		pod, err = ic.Libpod.GetLatestPod()
-	} else {
-		pod, err = ic.Libpod.LookupPod(options.NameOrID)
-	}
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to look up requested container: %w", err)
+		pod, err := ic.Libpod.GetLatestPod()
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, nil, err
+		}
+		inspect, err := pod.Inspect()
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, nil, err
+		}
+
+		return []*entities.PodInspectReport{
+			{
+				InspectPodData: inspect,
+			},
+		}, nil, nil
 	}
-	inspect, err := pod.Inspect()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+
+	var errs []error
+	podReport := make([]*entities.PodInspectReport, 0, len(nameOrIDs))
+	for _, name := range nameOrIDs {
+		pod, err := ic.Libpod.LookupPod(name)
+		if err != nil {
+			// ErrNoSuchPod is non-fatal, other errors will be
+			// treated as fatal.
+			if errors.Is(err, define.ErrNoSuchPod) {
+				errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf("no such pod %s", name))
+				continue
+			}
+			return nil, nil, err
+		}
+
+		inspect, err := pod.Inspect()
+		if err != nil {
+			// ErrNoSuchPod is non-fatal, other errors will be
+			// treated as fatal.
+			if errors.Is(err, define.ErrNoSuchPod) {
+				errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf("no such pod %s", name))
+				continue
+			}
+			return nil, nil, err
+		}
+		podReport = append(podReport, &entities.PodInspectReport{InspectPodData: inspect})
 	}
-	return &entities.PodInspectReport{InspectPodData: inspect}, nil
+	return podReport, errs, nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/domain/infra/tunnel/pods.go b/pkg/domain/infra/tunnel/pods.go
index bcbd32d1b8..f9314dcfee 100644
--- a/pkg/domain/infra/tunnel/pods.go
+++ b/pkg/domain/infra/tunnel/pods.go
@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@ package tunnel
 import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/libpod/define"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/pkg/bindings/pods"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/pkg/domain/entities"
+	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/pkg/errorhandling"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/pkg/util"
 )
 
@@ -223,14 +225,25 @@ func (ic *ContainerEngine) PodPs(ctx context.Context, opts entities.PodPSOptions
 	return pods.List(ic.ClientCtx, options)
 }
 
-func (ic *ContainerEngine) PodInspect(ctx context.Context, options entities.PodInspectOptions) (*entities.PodInspectReport, error) {
-	switch {
-	case options.Latest:
-		return nil, errors.New("latest is not supported")
-	case options.NameOrID == "":
-		return nil, errors.New("NameOrID must be specified")
+func (ic *ContainerEngine) PodInspect(ctx context.Context, namesOrIDs []string, options entities.InspectOptions) ([]*entities.PodInspectReport, []error, error) {
+	var errs []error
+	podReport := make([]*entities.PodInspectReport, 0, len(namesOrIDs))
+	for _, name := range namesOrIDs {
+		inspect, err := pods.Inspect(ic.ClientCtx, name, nil)
+		if err != nil {
+			errModel, ok := err.(*errorhandling.ErrorModel)
+			if !ok {
+				return nil, nil, err
+			}
+			if errModel.ResponseCode == 404 {
+				errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf("no such pod %q", name))
+				continue
+			}
+			return nil, nil, err
+		}
+		podReport = append(podReport, inspect)
 	}
-	return pods.Inspect(ic.ClientCtx, options.NameOrID, nil)
+	return podReport, errs, nil
 }
 
 func (ic *ContainerEngine) PodStats(ctx context.Context, namesOrIds []string, opts entities.PodStatsOptions) ([]*entities.PodStatsReport, error) {
diff --git a/test/e2e/common_test.go b/test/e2e/common_test.go
index 2d7c47a7fa..8fe89f32eb 100644
--- a/test/e2e/common_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/common_test.go
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ func (s *PodmanSessionIntegration) InspectContainerToJSON() []define.InspectCont
 func (s *PodmanSessionIntegration) InspectPodToJSON() define.InspectPodData {
 	var i define.InspectPodData
 	err := jsoniter.Unmarshal(s.Out.Contents(), &i)
-	Expect(err).To(BeNil())
+	Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 	return i
 }
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/pod_inspect_test.go b/test/e2e/pod_inspect_test.go
index 351317cc52..cefdee40ac 100644
--- a/test/e2e/pod_inspect_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/pod_inspect_test.go
@@ -118,4 +118,21 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman pod inspect", func() {
 
 		Expect(inspectOut.OutputToString()).To(ContainSubstring(macAddr))
 	})
+
+	It("podman inspect two pods", func() {
+		_, ec, podid1 := podmanTest.CreatePod(nil)
+		Expect(ec).To(Equal(0))
+
+		_, ec, podid2 := podmanTest.CreatePod(nil)
+		Expect(ec).To(Equal(0))
+
+		inspect := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"pod", "inspect", podid1, podid2})
+		inspect.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+		Expect(inspect).Should(Exit(0))
+		Expect(inspect.OutputToString()).To(BeValidJSON())
+		podData := inspect.InspectPodArrToJSON()
+		Expect(podData).To(HaveLen(2))
+		Expect(podData[0]).To(HaveField("ID", podid1))
+		Expect(podData[1]).To(HaveField("ID", podid2))
+	})
 })