Refer from link: http://laragems.com/post/a-quick-way-to-display-a-sql-query-in-tinker Please enter tinker command: php artisan tinker Type below code: DB::listen(function ($query) { dump($query->sql); dump($query->bindings); dump($query->time); }); And from above line on, every ORM manipulation you type will show what transformed SQL is.