diff --git a/cmd/podman/common/completion.go b/cmd/podman/common/completion.go
index 45bf00a4ba..819f1807d8 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/common/completion.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/common/completion.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/libpod/define"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/libpod/events"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/pkg/domain/entities"
+	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/pkg/inspect"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/pkg/signal"
 	systemdDefine "github.com/containers/podman/v4/pkg/systemd/define"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/pkg/util"
@@ -1178,6 +1179,16 @@ func AutocompleteFormat(o interface{}) func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string, t
 		if strings.HasPrefix("json", toComplete) {
 			return []string{"json"}, cobra.ShellCompDirectiveNoFileComp
 		}
+
+		// special(expensive) flow for "podman inspect"
+		if cmd != nil && cmd.Name() == "inspect" && cmd.Parent() == cmd.Root() {
+			if len(args) == 0 {
+				o = &define.InspectContainerData{}
+			} else {
+				o = getEntityType(cmd, args, o)
+			}
+		}
+
 		// no input struct we cannot provide completion return nothing
 		if o == nil {
 			return nil, cobra.ShellCompDirectiveNoFileComp
@@ -1248,6 +1259,30 @@ func AutocompleteFormat(o interface{}) func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string, t
 	}
 }
 
+func getEntityType(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string, o interface{}) interface{} {
+	// container logic
+	if containers, _ := getContainers(cmd, args[0], completeDefault); len(containers) > 0 {
+		return &define.InspectContainerData{}
+	}
+	// image logic
+	if images, _ := getImages(cmd, args[0]); len(images) > 0 {
+		return &inspect.ImageData{}
+	}
+	// volume logic
+	if volumes, _ := getVolumes(cmd, args[0]); len(volumes) > 0 {
+		return &define.InspectVolumeData{}
+	}
+	// pod logic
+	if pods, _ := getPods(cmd, args[0], completeDefault); len(pods) > 0 {
+		return &entities.PodInspectReport{}
+	}
+	// network logic
+	if networks, _ := getNetworks(cmd, args[0], completeDefault); len(networks) > 0 {
+		return &types.Network{}
+	}
+	return o
+}
+
 // actualReflectValue takes the value,
 // if it is pointer it will dereference it and when it is nil,
 // it will create a new value from it
diff --git a/cmd/podman/inspect/inspect.go b/cmd/podman/inspect/inspect.go
index 575080163d..4866ac0e81 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/inspect/inspect.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/inspect/inspect.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/containers/common/pkg/completion"
 	"github.com/containers/common/pkg/report"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/cmd/podman/common"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/cmd/podman/registry"
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@ func AddInspectFlagSet(cmd *cobra.Command) *entities.InspectOptions {
 
 	formatFlagName := "format"
 	flags.StringVarP(&opts.Format, formatFlagName, "f", "json", "Format the output to a Go template or json")
-	_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(formatFlagName, completion.AutocompleteNone)
+	_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(formatFlagName, common.AutocompleteFormat(nil)) // passing nil as the type selection logic is in AutocompleteFormat function
 
 	typeFlagName := "type"
 	flags.StringVarP(&opts.Type, typeFlagName, "t", common.AllType, "Specify inspect-object type")
diff --git a/test/system/600-completion.bats b/test/system/600-completion.bats
index cf0380485c..1060cde46f 100644
--- a/test/system/600-completion.bats
+++ b/test/system/600-completion.bats
@@ -309,6 +309,25 @@ function _check_no_suggestions() {
     # recurse for any subcommands.
     check_shell_completion
 
+    # check inspect with format flag
+    run_completion inspect -f "{{."
+    assert "$output" =~ ".*^\{\{\.Args\}\}\$.*" "Defaulting to container type is completed"
+
+    run_completion inspect created-$random_container_name -f "{{."
+    assert "$output" =~ ".*^\{\{\.Args\}\}\$.*" "Container type is completed"
+
+    run_completion inspect $random_image_name -f "{{."
+    assert "$output" =~ ".*^\{\{\.Digest\}\}\$.*" "Image type is completed"
+
+    run_completion inspect $random_volume_name -f "{{."
+    assert "$output" =~ ".*^\{\{\.Anonymous\}\}\$.*" "Volume type is completed"
+
+    run_completion inspect created-$random_pod_name -f "{{."
+    assert "$output" =~ ".*^\{\{\.BlkioDeviceReadBps\}\}\$.*" "Pod type is completed"
+
+    run_completion inspect $random_network_name -f "{{."
+    assert "$output" =~ ".*^\{\{\.DNSEnabled\}\}\$.*" "Network type is completed"
+
     # cleanup
     run_podman secret rm $random_secret_name
     rm -f $secret_file
diff --git a/test/system/610-format.bats b/test/system/610-format.bats
index 3ee95bdff3..1862301552 100644
--- a/test/system/610-format.bats
+++ b/test/system/610-format.bats
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ history           | $IMAGE
 image history     | $IMAGE
 image inspect     | $IMAGE
 container inspect | mycontainer
+inspect           | mycontainer
+
 
 volume inspect    | -a
 secret inspect    | mysecret
diff --git a/test/system/README.md b/test/system/README.md
index 76626b6dd2..c4d73d2df5 100644
--- a/test/system/README.md
+++ b/test/system/README.md
@@ -82,7 +82,15 @@ the function or perhaps just a substring.
 Requirements
 ============
 
-The `jq` tool is needed for parsing JSON output.
+- bats
+- jq
+- skopeo
+- nmap-ncat
+- httpd-tools
+- openssl
+- socat
+- buildah
+- gnupg
 
 
 Further Details