diff --git a/datasette/cli.py b/datasette/cli.py
index 93aa22ef..90a33e80 100644
--- a/datasette/cli.py
+++ b/datasette/cli.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ from .app import (
     SQLITE_LIMIT_ATTACHED,
     pm,
 )
+from .inspect import inspect_tables
 from .utils import (
     LoadExtension,
     StartupError,
@@ -154,14 +155,14 @@ async def inspect_(files, sqlite_extensions):
     app = Datasette([], immutables=files, sqlite_extensions=sqlite_extensions)
     data = {}
     for name, database in app.databases.items():
-        counts = await database.table_counts(limit=3600 * 1000)
+        tables = await database.execute_fn(lambda conn: inspect_tables(conn, {}))
         data[name] = {
             "hash": database.hash,
             "size": database.size,
             "file": database.path,
             "tables": {
-                table_name: {"count": table_count}
-                for table_name, table_count in counts.items()
+                table_name: {"count": table["count"]}
+                for table_name, table in tables.items()
             },
         }
     return data
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index a4be98b1..3882cc12 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ Bug fixes
 ~~~~~~~~~
 
 - Fixed a bug where visiting ``/<database>/-/query`` without a ``?sql=`` parameter returned a 500 error. (:issue:`2743`)
+- The ``datasette inspect`` command now correctly records row counts for tables with more than 10,000 rows. (:issue:`2712`)
 
 .. _v1_0_a30:
 
diff --git a/tests/test_cli.py b/tests/test_cli.py
index 1d3a2b28..f86d6909 100644
--- a/tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -35,12 +35,28 @@ def test_inspect_cli(app_client):
         assert expected_count == database["tables"][table_name]["count"]
 
 
+def test_inspect_cli_counts_all_rows(tmp_path):
+    db_path = tmp_path / "big.db"
+    conn = sqlite3.connect(db_path)
+    with conn:
+        conn.execute("create table t (id integer primary key)")
+        conn.executemany("insert into t (id) values (?)", ((i,) for i in range(10002)))
+    conn.close()
+
+    runner = CliRunner()
+    result = runner.invoke(cli, ["inspect", str(db_path)])
+    assert result.exit_code == 0, result.output
+    data = json.loads(result.output)
+
+    assert data["big"]["tables"]["t"]["count"] == 10002
+
+
 def test_inspect_cli_writes_to_file(app_client):
     runner = CliRunner()
     result = runner.invoke(
         cli, ["inspect", "fixtures.db", "--inspect-file", "foo.json"]
     )
-    assert 0 == result.exit_code, result.output
+    assert result.exit_code == 0, result.output
     with open("foo.json") as fp:
         data = json.load(fp)
     assert ["fixtures"] == list(data.keys())