Log implicits only for “diverging implicit expansion”s
If there were such an option, one might have seen it in use here: https://github.com/scala/scala/pull/3669 But the tool of choice seems to be grep: scalac -Xlog-implicits test/files/neg/t2031.scala 2>&1 | grep diverg Since that area is under active development, now might be the time to submit a request for enhancement.