diff --git a/docs/inspection-user-guide.md b/docs/inspection-user-guide.md
index 9e381a0f..55933319 100644
--- a/docs/inspection-user-guide.md
+++ b/docs/inspection-user-guide.md
@@ -10,6 +10,30 @@ The inspector beneath the structure input is shared across tabs. Selecting a res
 
 On a loaded screen with no selected residue, the inspector is reduced to a single review action. After selecting a residue, navigation controls become available. Representation buttons and the ligand, DNA, RNA, spin and rock switches remain visible beneath the viewer, so users can discover them without opening a settings menu.
 
+## Why inspect this residue?
+
+Selecting a residue opens a compact evidence explanation in the shared
+inspector. RamplotR keeps the underlying signals separate instead of combining
+them into an opaque quality score.
+
+Depending on the data available for that residue, the explanation can surface:
+
+- Rama8000 Allowed or Outlier status;
+- the native RamplotR `Not allowed` region or proximity to a native contour;
+- low or very low pLDDT;
+- the combination of very high pLDDT with a Rama8000 outlier;
+- cis or twisted peptide geometry;
+- an attached official wwPDB Ramachandran or rotamer outlier;
+- official local clashes or covalent-geometry outliers.
+
+Each item identifies its source and explains why it may be worth examining.
+If none of the available evidence is unusual, the panel says so explicitly
+rather than inventing a warning.
+
+This is an **inspection aid**, not a residue-quality score. A Rama8000
+classification, prediction confidence, local geometry and an official wwPDB
+annotation remain scientifically distinct observations.
+
 ## Compact multi-chain sequence map
 
 The overview directly under the Ramachandran plot shows every selected
diff --git a/shinyRam/R/inspection.R b/shinyRam/R/inspection.R
index 632deeb2..4f1480aa 100644
--- a/shinyRam/R/inspection.R
+++ b/shinyRam/R/inspection.R
@@ -1,6 +1,121 @@
 # Pure residue inspection and pairwise comparison helpers.
 # Nothing in this file changes torsion extraction or scientific classification.
 
+ram_residue_evidence <- function(row, boundary_margin = 2) {
+  if (!is.data.frame(row) || nrow(row) != 1L)
+    stop("Residue evidence expects exactly one residue row.")
+  evidence <- list()
+  add <- function(level, title, detail, source) {
+    evidence[[length(evidence)+1L]] <<- data.frame(
+      level=level,title=title,detail=detail,source=source,
+      stringsAsFactors=FALSE
+    )
+  }
+  value <- function(name, default=NA) {
+    if (!name %in% names(row) || !length(row[[name]])) return(default)
+    row[[name]][[1L]]
+  }
+  phi <- suppressWarnings(as.numeric(value("phi",NA_real_)))
+  psi <- suppressWarnings(as.numeric(value("psi",NA_real_)))
+  native <- as.character(value("region",NA_character_))
+  standard <- as.character(value("rama8000_region",NA_character_))
+  plddt <- suppressWarnings(as.numeric(value("plddt",NA_real_)))
+
+  if (!is.finite(phi) || !is.finite(psi)) {
+    add("warning","Backbone angles unavailable",
+        "Phi/psi cannot be evaluated for this residue, commonly because it is terminal or required backbone atoms are missing.",
+        "Coordinates")
+  } else {
+    if (!is.na(standard) && standard == "Outlier") {
+      add("high","Rama8000 backbone outlier",
+          "The current six-class standard validation places this residue outside the allowed Rama8000 region.",
+          "Rama8000")
+    } else if (!is.na(standard) && standard == "Allowed") {
+      add("info","Rama8000 allowed region",
+          "The residue is outside the favored Rama8000 region but remains within the allowed region.",
+          "Rama8000")
+    }
+    if (!is.na(native) && native == "Not allowed") {
+      add("warning","Unusual RamplotR density position",
+          "The selected RamplotR reference distribution labels this position Not allowed. This is separate from Rama8000 outlier status.",
+          "RamplotR density")
+    }
+    density <- suppressWarnings(as.numeric(value("density",NA_real_)))
+    if (is.finite(density) &&
+        any(abs(density-c(85,98,99.95)) <= boundary_margin)) {
+      add("info","Near a RamplotR contour boundary",
+          sprintf("Density percentile %.1f lies within %.1f points of a display-classification contour.",
+                  density,boundary_margin),
+          "RamplotR density")
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (is.finite(plddt)) {
+    if (plddt < 50) {
+      add("warning","Very low prediction confidence",
+          sprintf("pLDDT %.1f indicates very low local model confidence; local geometry should be interpreted cautiously.",plddt),
+          "Prediction confidence")
+    } else if (plddt < 70) {
+      add("info","Low prediction confidence",
+          sprintf("pLDDT %.1f indicates low local model confidence.",plddt),
+          "Prediction confidence")
+    }
+    if (plddt >= 90 && !is.na(standard) && standard == "Outlier") {
+      add("high","High-confidence prediction with unusual backbone geometry",
+          sprintf("pLDDT %.1f is very high while Rama8000 classifies the backbone as an outlier; inspect the local structural context.",plddt),
+          "Combined evidence")
+    }
+  }
+
+  omega_status <- as.character(value("omega_status",NA_character_))
+  omega <- suppressWarnings(as.numeric(value("omega",NA_real_)))
+  if (!is.na(omega_status) && omega_status == "Twisted") {
+    add("high","Twisted peptide bond",
+        if (is.finite(omega)) sprintf("Peptide omega is %.1f degrees.",omega)
+        else "The preceding peptide bond is classified as twisted.",
+        "Local geometry")
+  } else if (!is.na(omega_status) && omega_status == "Cis") {
+    add("info","Cis peptide bond",
+        if (is.finite(omega)) sprintf("Peptide omega is %.1f degrees.",omega)
+        else "The preceding peptide bond is cis.",
+        "Local geometry")
+  }
+
+  official_rama <- tolower(as.character(value("wwpdb_rama",NA_character_)))
+  if (!is.na(official_rama) && official_rama == "outlier")
+    add("high","Official wwPDB Ramachandran outlier",
+        "The attached official validation report identifies this residue as a Ramachandran outlier.",
+        "wwPDB")
+  rotamer <- tolower(as.character(value("wwpdb_rotamer",NA_character_)))
+  if (!is.na(rotamer) && rotamer %in% c("outlier","outliers"))
+    add("warning","Official wwPDB rotamer outlier",
+        "The attached official validation report identifies the side-chain rotamer as an outlier.",
+        "wwPDB")
+  clashes <- suppressWarnings(as.numeric(value("wwpdb_clashes",NA_real_)))
+  if (is.finite(clashes) && clashes > 0)
+    add("warning","Official wwPDB local clash",
+        sprintf("The attached report records %d local clash%s for this residue.",
+                as.integer(clashes),if (clashes==1) "" else "es"),
+        "wwPDB")
+  bond <- suppressWarnings(as.numeric(value("wwpdb_bond_outliers",NA_real_)))
+  angle <- suppressWarnings(as.numeric(value("wwpdb_angle_outliers",NA_real_)))
+  if ((is.finite(bond) && bond > 0) || (is.finite(angle) && angle > 0))
+    add("warning","Official covalent-geometry outlier",
+        sprintf("The attached report records %d bond-length and %d bond-angle outlier%s.",
+          ifelse(is.finite(bond),as.integer(bond),0L),
+          ifelse(is.finite(angle),as.integer(angle),0L),
+          ifelse((ifelse(is.finite(bond),bond,0)+ifelse(is.finite(angle),angle,0))==1,
+                 "","s")),
+        "wwPDB")
+
+  if (!length(evidence))
+    return(data.frame(level=character(),title=character(),
+      detail=character(),source=character(),stringsAsFactors=FALSE))
+  out <- do.call(rbind,evidence)
+  priority <- match(out$level,c("high","warning","info"))
+  out[order(priority,out$source,out$title),,drop=FALSE]
+}
+
 ram_review_queue <- function(data, boundary_margin = 2) {
   if (!nrow(data)) return(data)
   missing <- is.na(data$phi) | is.na(data$psi) | is.na(data$region)
diff --git a/shinyRam/app.R b/shinyRam/app.R
index 6c44bc5e..655ca617 100644
--- a/shinyRam/app.R
+++ b/shinyRam/app.R
@@ -2758,6 +2758,16 @@ server <- function(input, output, session) {
     if (is.null(row)) return(tags$span(class = "ram-inspector-empty",
       "Select a residue in the plot, table, sequence or 3D model. Review controls navigate to the next issue."))
     angle <- function(value) if (is.finite(value)) sprintf("%.1f°", value) else "Unavailable"
+    evidence <- ram_residue_evidence(row)
+    evidence_item <- function(item) {
+      level <- as.character(item$level[[1L]])
+      tags$div(class=paste("ram-evidence-item",paste0("ram-evidence-",level)),
+        tags$div(class="ram-evidence-item-head",
+          tags$strong(as.character(item$title[[1L]])),
+          tags$span(as.character(item$source[[1L]]))),
+        tags$p(as.character(item$detail[[1L]]))
+      )
+    }
     tags$div(class = "ram-inspector-data",
       tags$div(tags$strong(sprintf("%s %d%s · %s",
         if (nzchar(row$chain[[1L]])) paste("Chain", row$chain[[1L]]) else "Chain",
@@ -2797,9 +2807,25 @@ server <- function(input, output, session) {
                     row$confidence_category[[1L]])),
         if ("plddt" %in% names(row) && is.finite(row$plddt[[1L]]) &&
             row$plddt[[1L]] >= 90 &&
-            identical(as.character(row$region[[1L]]), "Not allowed"))
+            identical(as.character(row$rama8000_region[[1L]]), "Outlier"))
           tags$span(class = "ram-inspector-warning",
-            "High model confidence, unusual backbone geometry; inspect locally.")
+            "High model confidence with a Rama8000 outlier; inspect locally.")
+      ),
+      tags$details(class="ram-evidence-panel",
+        open=if(nrow(evidence)>0L) "open" else NULL,
+        tags$summary(
+          if(nrow(evidence))
+            sprintf("Why inspect this residue? · %d signal%s",
+              nrow(evidence),if(nrow(evidence)==1L) "" else "s")
+          else "Why inspect this residue? · no obvious issue"
+        ),
+        if(nrow(evidence))
+          tags$div(class="ram-evidence-list",
+            lapply(seq_len(nrow(evidence)),function(i)
+              evidence_item(evidence[i,,drop=FALSE])))
+        else
+          tags$p(class="ram-evidence-none",
+            "No unusual signal is present in the currently available backbone, prediction-confidence or attached official-validation evidence.")
       )
     )
   })
diff --git a/shinyRam/www/styles.css b/shinyRam/www/styles.css
index 1113faa1..3b2b580b 100644
--- a/shinyRam/www/styles.css
+++ b/shinyRam/www/styles.css
@@ -1293,3 +1293,31 @@ body > .container-fluid { max-width: none; padding: 0; }
   .ram-counterpart-id { flex-direction:row; gap:7px; align-items:baseline; }
   .ram-counterpart-actions { width:100%; flex-wrap:wrap; }
 }
+
+/* Evidence explanation for the selected residue. Signals stay separate rather
+   than being collapsed into a composite quality score. */
+.ram-evidence-panel {
+  margin-top:8px; border-top:1px solid rgba(42,91,96,.14); padding-top:6px;
+}
+.ram-evidence-panel > summary {
+  cursor:pointer; color:#245a61; font-size:10px; font-weight:750;
+  list-style-position:outside;
+}
+.ram-evidence-list { display:grid; gap:5px; margin-top:6px; }
+.ram-evidence-item {
+  border:1px solid #dce8e6; border-left-width:3px;
+  border-radius:6px; padding:6px 8px; background:#fbfdfc;
+}
+.ram-evidence-item-head {
+  display:flex; align-items:baseline; justify-content:space-between;
+  gap:8px; flex-wrap:wrap;
+}
+.ram-evidence-item-head strong { color:#294f55; font-size:10px; }
+.ram-evidence-item-head span {
+  color:#75898d; font-size:8px; text-transform:uppercase; letter-spacing:.04em;
+}
+.ram-evidence-item p { margin:2px 0 0; color:#5b7379; font-size:9px; line-height:1.4; }
+.ram-evidence-high { border-left-color:#b7473d; background:#fff8f6; }
+.ram-evidence-warning { border-left-color:#c88a31; background:#fffaf0; }
+.ram-evidence-info { border-left-color:#4f8f88; }
+.ram-evidence-none { margin:6px 0 0; color:#687f84; font-size:9px; }
diff --git a/tests/inspection.R b/tests/inspection.R
index d5c8b863..3070d5f7 100644
--- a/tests/inspection.R
+++ b/tests/inspection.R
@@ -112,4 +112,44 @@ assert(isTRUE(all.equal(seq_a$known_fraction,2/3)),
 assert(identical(ram_chain_query_sequence(seq_fixture,"B")$sequence,"V"),
        "Chain-specific counterpart sequence extraction changed.")
 
+evidence_row <- data.frame(
+  chain="A",resi=10L,insertion_code="",resn="ALA",
+  phi=-120,psi=95,region="Not allowed",density=98.4,
+  rama8000_region="Outlier",rama8000_group="general",
+  rama8000_score=0.0001,plddt=96,confidence_category="Very high",
+  omega=72,omega_status="Twisted",
+  wwpdb_rama="outlier",wwpdb_rotamer="outlier",
+  wwpdb_clashes=2,wwpdb_bond_outliers=1,wwpdb_angle_outliers=0,
+  stringsAsFactors=FALSE
+)
+ev <- ram_residue_evidence(evidence_row)
+assert(all(c(
+  "Rama8000 backbone outlier",
+  "Unusual RamplotR density position",
+  "High-confidence prediction with unusual backbone geometry",
+  "Twisted peptide bond",
+  "Official wwPDB Ramachandran outlier",
+  "Official wwPDB rotamer outlier",
+  "Official wwPDB local clash",
+  "Official covalent-geometry outlier"
+) %in% ev$title), "Residue evidence should preserve independent warning sources.")
+assert(ev$title[[1L]] %in% c(
+  "High-confidence prediction with unusual backbone geometry",
+  "Official wwPDB Ramachandran outlier","Twisted peptide bond"),
+  "High-severity residue evidence should sort before informational notes.")
+quiet_row <- evidence_row
+quiet_row$region <- "Favoured"; quiet_row$density <- 40
+quiet_row$rama8000_region <- "Favored"; quiet_row$plddt <- 95
+quiet_row$omega <- 179; quiet_row$omega_status <- "Trans"
+quiet_row$wwpdb_rama <- "favored"; quiet_row$wwpdb_rotamer <- "favored"
+quiet_row$wwpdb_clashes <- 0; quiet_row$wwpdb_bond_outliers <- 0
+quiet_row$wwpdb_angle_outliers <- 0
+assert(nrow(ram_residue_evidence(quiet_row))==0L,
+       "Unremarkable residues should not receive artificial warnings.")
+missing_row <- quiet_row
+missing_row$phi <- NA_real_
+missing_ev <- ram_residue_evidence(missing_row)
+assert("Backbone angles unavailable" %in% missing_ev$title,
+       "Missing torsions should be explained explicitly.")
+
 message("Inspection, alignment and structural model unit tests passed")
diff --git a/tests/ui-browser.cjs b/tests/ui-browser.cjs
index 75722a83..fb86f708 100644
--- a/tests/ui-browser.cjs
+++ b/tests/ui-browser.cjs
@@ -360,6 +360,13 @@ const assert = require("node:assert/strict");
       !document.querySelector(".ram-global-inspector").classList.contains("is-empty")
       && getComputedStyle(document.getElementById("prevReview")).display !== "none",
       {timeout:10000});
+    const evidencePanel = await page.$eval("#selectedResidueInfo .ram-evidence-panel",
+      node => ({
+        summary: node.querySelector("summary")?.textContent?.trim() || "",
+        items: node.querySelectorAll(".ram-evidence-item").length
+      }));
+    assert.ok(evidencePanel.summary.startsWith("Why inspect this residue?"),
+      "Selected residues should explain why they merit inspection without a composite score.");
     await page.screenshot({
       path: "benchmarks/output/ui-preview/desktop-residue-zoom.png",
       fullPage: true