diff --git a/cmd/enbas/show.go b/cmd/enbas/show.go
index dcd811a..b797d21 100644
--- a/cmd/enbas/show.go
+++ b/cmd/enbas/show.go
@@ -50,23 +50,51 @@ ACCOUNT URL:
   %s
 `
 
+var statusDetailsFormat = `
+%s (@%s)
+
+CONTENT:
+  %s
+
+STATUS ID:
+  %s
+
+CREATED AT:
+  %s
+
+STATS:
+  Boosts: %d
+  Likes: %d
+  Replies: %d
+
+VISIBILITY:
+  %s
+
+URL:
+  %s
+`
+
 type showCommand struct {
 	*flag.FlagSet
+	myAccount  bool
 	targetType string
 	account    string
-	myAccount  bool
+	statusID   string
 }
 
 func newShowCommand(name, summary string) *showCommand {
 	command := showCommand{
 		FlagSet:    flag.NewFlagSet(name, flag.ExitOnError),
-		targetType: "",
 		myAccount:  false,
+		targetType: "",
+		account:    "",
+		statusID:   "",
 	}
 
+	command.BoolVar(&command.myAccount, "my-account", false, "set to true to lookup your account")
 	command.StringVar(&command.targetType, "type", "", "specify the type of resource to display")
 	command.StringVar(&command.account, "account", "", "specify the account URI to lookup")
-	command.BoolVar(&command.myAccount, "my-account", false, "set to true to lookup your account")
+	command.StringVar(&command.statusID, "status-id", "", "specify the ID of the status to display")
 	command.Usage = commandUsageFunc(name, summary, command.FlagSet)
 
 	return &command
@@ -81,6 +109,7 @@ func (c *showCommand) Execute() error {
 	funcMap := map[string]func(*client.Client) error{
 		"instance": c.showInstance,
 		"account":  c.showAccount,
+		"status":   c.showStatus,
 	}
 
 	doFunc, ok := funcMap[c.targetType]
@@ -157,6 +186,33 @@ func (c *showCommand) showAccount(gts *client.Client) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (c *showCommand) showStatus(gts *client.Client) error {
+	if c.statusID == "" {
+		return errors.New("the status-id flag is not set")
+	}
+
+	status, err := gts.GetStatus(c.statusID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("unable to retrieve the status; %w", err)
+	}
+
+	fmt.Printf(
+		statusDetailsFormat,
+		status.Account.DisplayName,
+		status.Account.Username,
+		stripHTMLTags(status.Content),
+		status.ID,
+		status.CreatedAt.Format("02 Jan 2006, 03:04"),
+		status.RebloggsCount,
+		status.FavouritesCount,
+		status.RepliesCount,
+		status.Visibility,
+		status.URL,
+	)
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 func stripHTMLTags(text string) string {
 	token := html.NewTokenizer(strings.NewReader(text))
 
diff --git a/internal/client/client.go b/internal/client/client.go
index 672141c..6113653 100644
--- a/internal/client/client.go
+++ b/internal/client/client.go
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ func (g *Client) GetInstance() (model.InstanceV2, error) {
 }
 
 func (g *Client) GetAccount(accountURI string) (model.Account, error) {
-	path := "/api/v1/accounts/lookup"
-	url := g.Authentication.Instance + path + "?acct=" + accountURI
+	path := "/api/v1/accounts/lookup" + "?acct=" + accountURI
+	url := g.Authentication.Instance + path
 
 	var account model.Account
 
@@ -83,6 +83,19 @@ func (g *Client) GetAccount(accountURI string) (model.Account, error) {
 	return account, nil
 }
 
+func (g *Client) GetStatus(statusID string) (model.Status, error) {
+	path := "/api/v1/statuses/" + statusID
+	url := g.Authentication.Instance + path
+
+	var status model.Status
+
+	if err := g.sendRequest(http.MethodGet, url, nil, &status); err != nil {
+		return model.Status{}, fmt.Errorf("received an error after sending the request to get the status information; %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return status, nil
+}
+
 func (g *Client) sendRequest(method string, url string, requestBody io.Reader, object any) error {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), g.Timeout)
 	defer cancel()