diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
index 7805f18..3494b09 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
   If one of the values is missing and `--forceerror` has been specified, error code 97 is returned.
 * `bom show` command also lists license information in verbose mode, but
   only for CycloneDX 1.6 and later.
+* `bom validate` now also uses `-v` and `--forceerror` and uses the same `bom show` functionality
+  to check for missing purl or source code url.
 
 ## 2.6.0
 
diff --git a/capycli/bom/bom_validate.py b/capycli/bom/bom_validate.py
index 4b98c66..de8c997 100644
--- a/capycli/bom/bom_validate.py
+++ b/capycli/bom/bom_validate.py
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@
 import capycli.common.json_support
 import capycli.common.script_base
 from capycli import get_logger
+from capycli.bom.show_bom import ShowBom
 from capycli.common.capycli_bom_support import CaPyCliBom
-from capycli.common.print import print_text
+from capycli.common.print import print_green, print_text
 from capycli.main.exceptions import CaPyCliException
 from capycli.main.result_codes import ResultCode
 
@@ -22,13 +23,17 @@
 
 
 class BomValidate(capycli.common.script_base.ScriptBase):
-    def validate(self, inputfile: str, spec_version: str) -> None:
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self.has_error: bool = False
+        self.verbose: bool = False
+
+    def validate(self, inputfile: str, spec_version: str) -> bool:
         """Main validation method."""
         try:
             if not spec_version:
                 print_text("No CycloneDX spec version specified, defaulting to 1.6")
                 spec_version = "1.6"
-            CaPyCliBom.validate_sbom(inputfile, spec_version)
+            return CaPyCliBom.validate_sbom(inputfile, spec_version, False)
         except CaPyCliException as error:
             LOG.error(f"Error processing input file: {str(error)}")
             sys.exit(ResultCode.RESULT_GENERAL_ERROR)
@@ -51,6 +56,8 @@ def display_help(self) -> None:
         print("    -h, --help            Show this help message and exit")
         print("    -i INPUTFILE          Input BOM filename (JSON)")
         print("    -version SpecVersion  CycloneDX spec version to validate against: allowed are 1.4, 1.5, and 1.6")
+        print("    -v                    be verbose (show more details about purl, download URL, and license)")
+        print("    --forceerror          force an error exit code in case of validation errors or warnings")
 
     def run(self, args: Any) -> None:
         """Main method()"""
@@ -65,4 +72,26 @@ def run(self, args: Any) -> None:
             global LOG
             LOG = get_logger(__name__)
 
-        self.validate(args.inputfile, args.version)
+        if args.verbose:
+            self.verbose = True
+
+        self.has_error = not self.validate(args.inputfile, args.version)
+        if not self.has_error:
+            print_green("JSON file successfully validated against CycloneDX.")
+
+        if self.verbose:
+            try:
+                bom = CaPyCliBom.read_sbom(args.inputfile)
+            except Exception as ex:
+                LOG.error("Error reading SBOM: " + repr(ex))
+                sys.exit(ResultCode.RESULT_ERROR_READING_BOM)
+
+            show_bom = ShowBom()
+            show_bom.verbose = self.verbose
+            print_text("Siemens Standard BOM checks")
+            show_bom.display_bom(bom)
+            if show_bom.has_error:
+                self.has_error = True
+
+        if args.force_error and self.has_error:
+            sys.exit(ResultCode.RESULT_PREREQUISITE_ERROR)
diff --git a/capycli/bom/show_bom.py b/capycli/bom/show_bom.py
index 191efb0..ed2d332 100644
--- a/capycli/bom/show_bom.py
+++ b/capycli/bom/show_bom.py
@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ def run(self, args: Any) -> None:
             print("optional arguments:")
             print("-h, --help            show this help message and exit")
             print("-i INPUTFILE          input file to read from (JSON)")
-            print("-v                    be verbose")
-            print("--forceerror          force an error exit code in case of prerequisite errors")
+            print("-v                    be verbose (show more details about purl, download URL, and license)")
+            print("--forceerror          force an error exit code in case of prerequisite errors or warnings")
             return
 
         if not args.inputfile:
diff --git a/capycli/common/capycli_bom_support.py b/capycli/common/capycli_bom_support.py
index 68aace0..4c60b68 100644
--- a/capycli/common/capycli_bom_support.py
+++ b/capycli/common/capycli_bom_support.py
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ def _string_to_schema_version(cls, spec_version: str) -> SchemaVersion:
         return SchemaVersion.V1_6
 
     @classmethod
-    def validate_sbom(cls, inputfile: str, spec_version: str) -> bool:
+    def validate_sbom(cls, inputfile: str, spec_version: str, show_success: bool = True) -> bool:
         """Validate the given SBOM file against the given CycloneDX spec. version."""
         LOG.debug(f"Validating SBOM from file {inputfile}")
         with open(inputfile) as fin:
@@ -564,7 +564,8 @@ def validate_sbom(cls, inputfile: str, spec_version: str) -> bool:
                 if validation_errors:
                     raise CaPyCliException("JSON validation error: " + repr(validation_errors))
 
-                print_green("JSON file successfully validated.")
+                if show_success:
+                    print_green("JSON file successfully validated.")
                 return True
             except MissingOptionalDependencyException as error:
                 print_yellow('JSON-validation was skipped due to', error)