diff --git a/crates/aiken-project/src/lib.rs b/crates/aiken-project/src/lib.rs
index 469999cb..b165545f 100644
--- a/crates/aiken-project/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/aiken-project/src/lib.rs
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ where
         })
     }
 
-    pub fn export(&self, module: &str, name: &str) -> Result<Export, Error> {
+    pub fn export(&self, module: &str, name: &str, tracing: Tracing) -> Result<Export, Error> {
         self.checked_modules
             .get(module)
             .and_then(|checked_module| {
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ where
                 })
             })
             .map(|(checked_module, func)| {
-                let mut generator = self.new_generator(Tracing::silent());
+                let mut generator = self.new_generator(tracing);
 
                 Export::from_function(func, checked_module, &mut generator, &self.checked_modules)
             })
diff --git a/crates/aiken/src/cmd/export.rs b/crates/aiken/src/cmd/export.rs
index 10839c8d..86d41058 100644
--- a/crates/aiken/src/cmd/export.rs
+++ b/crates/aiken/src/cmd/export.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
+use aiken_lang::ast::{TraceLevel, Tracing};
 use aiken_project::{options::Options, watch::with_project};
 
+use super::build::{filter_traces_parser, trace_level_parser};
+
 #[derive(clap::Args)]
 pub struct Args {
     /// Path to project
@@ -14,6 +17,24 @@ pub struct Args {
     /// Name of the function within the module
     #[clap(short, long)]
     name: String,
+
+    /// Filter traces to be considered during testing:
+    ///   - user-defined: only consider traces that you've explicitly defined (either through the
+    ///   'trace' keyword of via the trace-if-false ('?') operator.
+    ///   - compiler-generated: only included internal traces generated by the Aiken compiler, for
+    ///   example in usage of 'expect'.
+    ///   - all: include both user-defined and compiler-generated traces.
+    /// [optional] [default: all]
+    #[clap(short, long, value_parser=filter_traces_parser(), default_missing_value="all", verbatim_doc_comment)]
+    filter_traces: Option<fn(TraceLevel) -> Tracing>,
+
+    /// Choose the verbosity level of traces:
+    ///   - silent: disable traces altogether
+    ///   - compact: only culprit line numbers are shown on failures
+    ///   - verbose: enable full verbose traces as provided by the user or the compiler
+    /// [optional]
+    #[clap(short, long, value_parser=trace_level_parser(), default_value_t=TraceLevel::Verbose, verbatim_doc_comment)]
+    trace_level: TraceLevel,
 }
 
 pub fn exec(
@@ -21,12 +42,21 @@ pub fn exec(
         directory,
         module,
         name,
+        filter_traces,
+        trace_level,
     }: Args,
 ) -> miette::Result<()> {
     with_project(directory.as_deref(), false, |p| {
         p.compile(Options::default())?;
 
-        let export = p.export(&module, &name)?;
+        let export = p.export(
+            &module,
+            &name,
+            match filter_traces {
+                Some(filter_traces) => filter_traces(trace_level),
+                None => Tracing::All(trace_level),
+            },
+        )?;
 
         let json = serde_json::to_string_pretty(&export).unwrap();