diff --git a/crates/iceberg/src/inspect/manifests.rs b/crates/iceberg/src/inspect/manifests.rs
index ed9afc3260..7cf82fc823 100644
--- a/crates/iceberg/src/inspect/manifests.rs
+++ b/crates/iceberg/src/inspect/manifests.rs
@@ -171,13 +171,7 @@ mod tests {
         let mut fixture = TableTestFixture::new();
         fixture.setup_manifest_files().await;
 
-        let record_batch = fixture
-            .table
-            .metadata_table()
-            .manifests()
-            .scan()
-            .await
-            .unwrap();
+        let record_batch = fixture.table.inspect().manifests().scan().await.unwrap();
 
         check_record_batch(
             record_batch,
diff --git a/crates/iceberg/src/inspect/snapshots.rs b/crates/iceberg/src/inspect/snapshots.rs
index 209fc65b1f..c2b079dda4 100644
--- a/crates/iceberg/src/inspect/snapshots.rs
+++ b/crates/iceberg/src/inspect/snapshots.rs
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn test_snapshots_table() {
         let table = TableTestFixture::new().table;
-        let record_batch = table.metadata_table().snapshots().scan().unwrap();
+        let record_batch = table.inspect().snapshots().scan().unwrap();
         check_record_batch(
             record_batch,
             expect![[r#"
diff --git a/crates/iceberg/src/table.rs b/crates/iceberg/src/table.rs
index a43281ce49..b53990ed28 100644
--- a/crates/iceberg/src/table.rs
+++ b/crates/iceberg/src/table.rs
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ impl Table {
 
     /// Creates a metadata table which provides table-like APIs for inspecting metadata.
     /// See [`MetadataTable`] for more details.
-    pub fn metadata_table(self) -> MetadataTable {
+    pub fn inspect(self) -> MetadataTable {
         MetadataTable::new(self)
     }