diff --git a/applications/utilities/mesh/generation/snappyHexMesh/snappyHexMeshDict b/applications/utilities/mesh/generation/snappyHexMesh/snappyHexMeshDict
index 34500268cec9e8f2218c9074f86dc3c66075ed48..2bbc9b42fc655d8bfc0d880a266142dce8430280 100644
--- a/applications/utilities/mesh/generation/snappyHexMesh/snappyHexMeshDict
+++ b/applications/utilities/mesh/generation/snappyHexMesh/snappyHexMeshDict
@@ -311,6 +311,11 @@ addLayersControls
     // get used. Up to nRelaxIter it uses the settings in meshQualityControls,
     // after nRelaxIter it uses the values in meshQualityControls::relaxed.
     nRelaxedIter 20;
+
+    // Additional reporting: if there are just a few faces where there
+    // are mesh errors (after adding the layers) print their face centres.
+    // This helps in tracking down problematic mesh areas.
+    //additionalReporting true;
 }
 
 // Generic mesh quality settings. At any undoable phase these determine