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
@@ -82,6 +82,18 @@
             data: 'status',
             name: 'status'
           },
+          {
+            data: 'raw_metadata',
+            name: 'raw_metadata',
+            render: (data, type, row) => {
+              if (type === 'display') {
+                if (row.raw_metadata) {
+                  return `<button class="btn btn-default metadata">metadata</button>`;
+                }
+              }
+              return data;
+            }
+          },
           {
             data: 'status_detail',
             name: 'status_detail',
@@ -137,10 +149,23 @@
     </div>
   </div>
 `);
+
+    // Show a modal when the "metadata" button is clicked
+    $('#swh-admin-deposit-list tbody').on('click', 'tr button.metadata', function() {
+      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 ${row.id}`,
+                               `<pre style="max-height: 75vh;"><code class="xml">${escapedMetadata}</code></pre>`,
+                               '90%');
+      swh.webapp.highlightCode();
+    });
+
     // 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/cypress/integration/deposit-admin.spec.js b/cypress/integration/deposit-admin.spec.js
--- a/cypress/integration/deposit-admin.spec.js
+++ b/cypress/integration/deposit-admin.spec.js
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
         'status_detail': null,
         'swhid': 'swh:1:dir:ef04a768',
         'swhid_context': 'swh:1:dir:ef04a768;origin=https://w.s.o/c-d-1;visit=swh:1:snp:b234be1e;anchor=swh:1:rev:d24a75c9;path=/',
+        'raw_metadata': '<foo>bar</foo>',
         'uri': 'https://w.s.o/c-d-1'
       },
       {
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@
         'status_detail': null,
         'swhid': 'swh:1:dir:181417fb',
         'swhid_context': 'swh:1:dir:181417fb;origin=https://w.s.o/c-d-2;visit=swh:1:snp:8c32a2ef;anchor=swh:1:rev:3d1eba04;path=/',
+        'raw_metadata': null,
         'uri': 'https://w.s.o/c-d-2'
       },
       {
@@ -88,6 +90,7 @@
         'status_detail': 'incomplete deposit!',
         'swhid': null,
         'swhid_context': null,
+        'raw_metadata': null,
         'uri': null
       }
     ];
@@ -100,7 +103,7 @@
 
   });
 
-  it('Should display properly entries', function() {
+  it('Should properly display entries', function() {
     cy.adminLogin();
 
     const testDeposits = responseDeposits;
@@ -164,6 +167,19 @@
           cy.contains(deposit.swhid).should('not.exist');
           cy.contains(deposit.swhid_context).should('not.exist');
         }
+
+        if (deposit.raw_metadata !== null) {
+          cy.get('button.metadata', {withinSubject: row}).click();
+          cy.get('#swh-web-modal-html code.xml').should('be.visible');
+
+          // Dismiss the modal
+          cy.get('body').type('{esc}');
+          cy.get('#swh-web-modal-html code.xml').should('not.be.visible');
+        } else {
+          cy.get('button.metadata', {withinSubject: row}).should('not.exist');
+          cy.get('#swh-web-modal-html code.xml').should('not.be.visible');
+        }
+
       });
 
       // toggling all links and ensure, the previous checks are inverted
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
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 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_deposit_raw_metadata,
     get_deposits_list,
     parse_swh_deposit_origin,
     parse_swh_metadata_provenance,
@@ -115,10 +116,15 @@
 
         table_data["data"] = data_list
 
+        for row in table_data["data"]:
+            metadata = get_deposit_raw_metadata(row["id"])
+            if metadata:
+                row["raw_metadata"] = metadata[-1]
+            else:
+                row["raw_metadata"] = None
+
     except Exception as exc:
         sentry_sdk.capture_exception(exc)
-        table_data[
-            "error"
-        ] = "An error occurred while retrieving the list of deposits !"
+        table_data["error"] = f"Could not retrieve deposits: {exc!r}"
 
     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
@@ -426,7 +426,8 @@
         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
@@ -434,11 +435,24 @@
         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 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.
diff --git a/swh/web/templates/admin/deposit.html b/swh/web/templates/admin/deposit.html
--- a/swh/web/templates/admin/deposit.html
+++ b/swh/web/templates/admin/deposit.html
@@ -34,9 +34,10 @@
     <a class="toggle-col" href="#" data-column="2">uri</a> -
     <a class="toggle-col" href="#" data-column="3">reception date</a> -
     <a class="toggle-col" href="#" data-column="4">status</a> -
-    <a class="toggle-col col-hidden" href="#" data-column="5">status detail</a> -
-    <a class="toggle-col col-hidden" href="#" data-column="6">directory</a> -
-    <a class="toggle-col col-hidden" href="#" data-column="7">directory with context</a>
+    <a class="toggle-col" href="#" data-column="5">metadata</a> -
+    <a class="toggle-col col-hidden" href="#" data-column="6">status detail</a> -
+    <a class="toggle-col col-hidden" href="#" data-column="7">directory</a> -
+    <a class="toggle-col col-hidden" href="#" data-column="8">directory with context</a>
   </div>
   <br/>
   <table id="swh-admin-deposit-list" class="table swh-table swh-table-striped" width="100%">
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@
         <th>uri</th>
         <th>reception date</th>
         <th>status</th>
+        <th>metadata</th>
         <th>status detail</th>
         <th>directory</th>
         <th>directory with context</th>