diff --git a/src/pyflask/app.py b/src/pyflask/app.py
index 3301c21a8..4c3bf1d14 100644
--- a/src/pyflask/app.py
+++ b/src/pyflask/app.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
     data_namespace,
     neuroconv_namespace,
     neurosift_namespace,
+    nwb_inspector_namespace,
     startup_namespace,
     system_namespace,
 )
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@
 api.add_namespace(data_namespace)
 api.add_namespace(system_namespace)
 api.add_namespace(dandi_namespace)
+api.add_namespace(nwb_inspector_namespace)
 # api.add_namespace(neurosift_namespace)  # TODO: enable later
 api.init_app(flask_app)
 
diff --git a/src/pyflask/namespaces/__init__.py b/src/pyflask/namespaces/__init__.py
index 0f1edb274..fdaa73060 100644
--- a/src/pyflask/namespaces/__init__.py
+++ b/src/pyflask/namespaces/__init__.py
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
 from .data import data_namespace
 from .neuroconv import neuroconv_namespace
 from .neurosift import neurosift_namespace
+from .nwb_inspector import nwb_inspector_namespace
 from .startup import startup_namespace
 from .system import system_namespace
diff --git a/src/pyflask/namespaces/neuroconv.py b/src/pyflask/namespaces/neuroconv.py
index fc3fba981..960042f8b 100644
--- a/src/pyflask/namespaces/neuroconv.py
+++ b/src/pyflask/namespaces/neuroconv.py
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ def post(self):
 
 
 @neuroconv_namespace.route("/announce/progress")
-class InspectNWBFolder(Resource):
+class AnnounceProgress(Resource):
     @neuroconv_namespace.doc(responses={200: "Success", 400: "Bad Request", 500: "Internal server error"})
     def post(self):
         data = neuroconv_namespace.payload
diff --git a/src/pyflask/namespaces/nwb_inspector.py b/src/pyflask/namespaces/nwb_inspector.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a1c5832e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pyflask/namespaces/nwb_inspector.py
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+"""An API for handling general system information."""
+
+import os
+from typing import Dict, Union
+
+import flask_restx
+
+nwb_inspector_namespace = flask_restx.Namespace(
+    name="nwb_inspector", description="Handles interactions with the NWB " "Inspector."
+)
+
+
+# TODO: reroute all frontend calls to the new namespace
+
+
+@nwb_inspector_namespace.route("/inspect")
+class InspectRouter(Resource):
+    @nwb_inspector_namespace.doc(responses={200: "Success", 400: "Bad Request", 500: "Internal server error"})
+    def post(self):
+        progress_url = f"{request.url_root}neuroconv/announce/progress"
+
+        paths = nwb_inspector_namespace.payload["paths"]
+        kwargs = {**nwb_inspector_namespace.payload}
+        del kwargs["paths"]
+
+        if len(paths) == 1:
+            if os.path.isfile(paths[0]):
+                return inspect_nwb_file({"nwbfile_path": paths[0], **kwargs})
+            else:
+                return inspect_nwb_folder(url, {"path": paths[0], **kwargs})
+        else:
+            return inspect_multiple_filesystem_objects(progress_url, paths, **kwargs)
+
+
+@nwb_inspector_namespace.route("/inspect_file")
+class InspectNWBFile(Resource):
+    @nwb_inspector_namespace.doc(responses={200: "Success", 400: "Bad Request", 500: "Internal server error"})
+    def post(self):
+        return inspect_nwb_file(neuroconv_namespace.payload)
+
+
+@nwb_inspector_namespace.route("/inspect_folder")
+class InspectNWBFolder(Resource):
+    @nwb_inspector_namespace.doc(responses={200: "Success", 400: "Bad Request", 500: "Internal server error"})
+    def post(self):
+        url = f"{request.url_root}neuroconv/announce/progress"
+        return inspect_nwb_folder(url, neuroconv_namespace.payload)