diff --git a/assets/src/bundles/admin/deposit.js b/assets/src/bundles/admin/deposit.js
--- a/assets/src/bundles/admin/deposit.js
+++ b/assets/src/bundles/admin/deposit.js
@@ -87,7 +87,13 @@
           },
           {
             data: 'status',
-            name: 'status'
+            name: 'status',
+            render: (data, type, row) => {
+              if (type === 'display') {
+                return `${data} <button class="metadata">metadata</button>`;
+              }
+              return data;
+            }
           },
           {
             data: 'status_detail',
@@ -144,10 +150,25 @@
     </div>
   </div>
 `);
+
+    // Show a modal when the "metadata" button is clicked
+    $('#swh-admin-deposit-list tbody').on('click', 'tr button.metadata', function() {
+      var data = depositsTable.row(this).data();
+      console.log(this);
+      console.log(depositsTable.row(this));
+      console.log(data);
+
+      var row = depositsTable.row(this.parentNode.parentNode).data();
+      var metadata = row.raw_metadata;
+      var escapedMetadata = $('<div/>').text(metadata).html();
+      swh.webapp.showModalHtml(`Metadata of deposit ${row.id}`, `<pre>${escapedMetadata}</pre>`, '90%');
+    });
+
     // Adding exclusion pattern update behavior, when typing, update search
     $('#swh-admin-deposit-list-exclude-filter').keyup(function() {
       depositsTable.draw();
     });
+
     // at last draw the table
     depositsTable.draw();
   });
diff --git a/swh/web/admin/deposit.py b/swh/web/admin/deposit.py
--- a/swh/web/admin/deposit.py
+++ b/swh/web/admin/deposit.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 from swh.web.admin.adminurls import admin_route
 from swh.web.auth.utils import ADMIN_LIST_DEPOSIT_PERMISSION
-from swh.web.common.utils import get_deposits_list
+from swh.web.common.utils import get_deposit_raw_metadata, get_deposits_list
 
 
 def _can_list_deposits(user):
@@ -79,14 +79,15 @@
                 "status_detail": d["status_detail"],
                 "swhid": d["swhid"],
                 "swhid_context": d["swhid_context"],
+                "raw_metadata": get_deposit_raw_metadata(d["id"])[-1],
             }
             for d in data
         ]
 
     except Exception as exc:
         sentry_sdk.capture_exception(exc)
-        table_data["error"] = (
-            "An error occurred while retrieving " "the list of deposits !"
-        )
+        table_data[
+            "error"
+        ] = "An error occurred while retrieving the list of deposits !"
 
     return JsonResponse(table_data)
diff --git a/swh/web/common/utils.py b/swh/web/common/utils.py
--- a/swh/web/common/utils.py
+++ b/swh/web/common/utils.py
@@ -394,7 +394,8 @@
         deposits_list_url, auth=deposits_list_auth, timeout=30
     ).json()["count"]
 
-    deposits_data = cache.get(f"swh-deposit-list-{username}")
+    cache_key = f"swh-deposit-list-{username}"
+    deposits_data = cache.get(cache_key)
     if not deposits_data or deposits_data["count"] != nb_deposits:
         deposits_list_url = _deposits_list_url(
             deposits_list_base_url, page_size=nb_deposits, username=username
@@ -402,11 +403,24 @@
         deposits_data = requests.get(
             deposits_list_url, auth=deposits_list_auth, timeout=30,
         ).json()
-        cache.set(f"swh-deposit-list-{username}", deposits_data)
+        cache.set(cache_key, deposits_data)
 
     return deposits_data["results"]
 
 
+def get_deposit_raw_metadata(deposit_id: int) -> Optional[str]:
+    cache_key = f"swh-deposit-raw-metadata-{deposit_id}"
+    metadata = cache.get(cache_key)
+    if metadata is not None:
+        config = get_config()["deposit"]
+
+        url = f"{config['private_api_url']}/{deposit_id}/meta"
+        metadata = requests.get(url).json()["metadata_raw"]
+        cache.set(cache_key, metadata)
+
+    return metadata
+
+
 def origin_visit_types() -> List[str]:
     """Return the exhaustive list of visit types for origins
     ingested into the archive.