diff --git a/src/commands/network/index.ts b/src/commands/network/index.ts
index 4e786e0a..dda8f74c 100644
--- a/src/commands/network/index.ts
+++ b/src/commands/network/index.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ export function initializeNetworkCommands(program: Command) {
     .option("--rounds-storage <addr>", "RoundsStorage contract address override")
     .option("--appeals <addr>", "Appeals contract address override")
     .option("--chain-id <n>", "Chain ID override")
+    .option("--explorer <url>", "Block explorer URL for this custom network (custom networks do NOT inherit the base's explorer, to avoid misleading links)")
     .action((alias: string, options) => networkActions.addNetwork(alias, options));
 
   // genlayer network set [name]
diff --git a/src/commands/network/setNetwork.ts b/src/commands/network/setNetwork.ts
index de771cb8..3f141e93 100644
--- a/src/commands/network/setNetwork.ts
+++ b/src/commands/network/setNetwork.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ export interface AddNetworkOptions {
   roundsStorage?: string;
   appeals?: string;
   chainId?: string;
+  explorer?: string;
 }
 
 type NetworkEntry =
@@ -174,10 +175,11 @@ export class NetworkActions extends BaseAction {
       options.deployment ||
       options.rpc ||
       options.chainId !== undefined ||
+      options.explorer ||
       CONTRACT_FLAG_OPTIONS.some(option => Boolean(options[option.optionKey])),
     );
     if (!hasOverrideInput) {
-      throw new Error("Provide at least one override: --deployment, --rpc, --chain-id, or a contract address flag");
+      throw new Error("Provide at least one override: --deployment, --rpc, --chain-id, --explorer, or a contract address flag");
     }
 
     const overrides: CustomNetworkOverrides = {};
@@ -210,6 +212,14 @@ export class NetworkActions extends BaseAction {
       overrides.chainId = chainId;
     }
 
+    if (options.explorer) {
+      const url = options.explorer.trim();
+      if (!/^https?:\/\//i.test(url)) {
+        throw new Error(`Invalid --explorer URL (must start with http:// or https://): ${options.explorer}`);
+      }
+      overrides.explorer = url;
+    }
+
     return {
       base: options.base,
       overrides,
diff --git a/src/lib/networks/customNetworks.ts b/src/lib/networks/customNetworks.ts
index d3f815fb..d8c624b3 100644
--- a/src/lib/networks/customNetworks.ts
+++ b/src/lib/networks/customNetworks.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ export interface CustomNetworkOverrides {
   feeManager?: Address;
   roundsStorage?: Address;
   appeals?: Address;
+  /** Block explorer URL for this custom network. Custom profiles do NOT inherit the base chain's explorer (see applyCustomNetworkProfile). */
+  explorer?: string;
 }
 
 export interface CustomNetworkProfile {
@@ -97,7 +99,9 @@ export function parseDeploymentObject(input: unknown, deploymentKey?: string): P
   }
 
   const found: Record<string, FoundDeploymentAddress[]> = {};
-  walkDeploymentObject(selected, [], found);
+  // Guarded above (non-null, object, non-array); narrow from `object` to the
+  // record shape walkDeploymentObject expects.
+  walkDeploymentObject(selected as Record<string, unknown>, [], found);
 
   for (const [contractName, entries] of Object.entries(found)) {
     if (entries.length > 1) {
@@ -179,6 +183,19 @@ export function applyCustomNetworkProfile(
     };
   }
 
+  // Custom profiles do NOT inherit the base chain's block explorer. The base's
+  // explorer indexes the BASE deployment, so surfacing it for a custom network
+  // is misleading — e.g. a pre-clarke profile based on bradbury would show
+  // explorer-bradbury links that never indexed its transactions. Show an
+  // explorer only when the operator set one explicitly via --explorer.
+  if (overrides.explorer) {
+    (chain as any).blockExplorers = {
+      default: {name: "Explorer", url: overrides.explorer},
+    };
+  } else {
+    delete (chain as any).blockExplorers;
+  }
+
   return chain;
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/actions/customNetworkProfiles.test.ts b/tests/actions/customNetworkProfiles.test.ts
index 880af1fb..be3189a5 100644
--- a/tests/actions/customNetworkProfiles.test.ts
+++ b/tests/actions/customNetworkProfiles.test.ts
@@ -70,6 +70,48 @@ describe("custom network profiles", () => {
     );
   });
 
+  test("network add stores and applies an --explorer override", async () => {
+    await action.addNetwork("bradbury-explorer", {
+      base: "testnet-bradbury",
+      rpc: "http://localhost:9999",
+      explorer: "https://explorer.custom.example/",
+    });
+
+    expect(failSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(readConfig().customNetworks["bradbury-explorer"].overrides.explorer).toBe(
+      "https://explorer.custom.example/",
+    );
+    const chain = resolveNetwork("bradbury-explorer", readConfig().customNetworks);
+    expect(chain.blockExplorers?.default?.url).toBe("https://explorer.custom.example/");
+  });
+
+  test("custom network does NOT inherit the base block explorer when --explorer is omitted", async () => {
+    // Guard the premise: the base chain does carry an explorer.
+    expect(testnetBradbury.blockExplorers?.default?.url).toBeTruthy();
+
+    await action.addNetwork("bradbury-no-explorer", {
+      base: "testnet-bradbury",
+      rpc: "http://localhost:9999",
+    });
+
+    expect(failSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    const chain = resolveNetwork("bradbury-no-explorer", readConfig().customNetworks);
+    // The misleading base explorer must NOT be inherited.
+    expect(chain.blockExplorers).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  test("network add rejects an invalid --explorer URL", async () => {
+    await action.addNetwork("bradbury-bad-explorer", {
+      base: "testnet-bradbury",
+      explorer: "explorer.custom.example",
+    });
+
+    expect(failSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      "Failed to add custom network profile",
+      expect.stringContaining("Invalid --explorer URL"),
+    );
+  });
+
   test("network add sources overrides from a deployment file", async () => {
     const deploymentPath = writeDeployment({
       genlayerTestnet: {
@@ -145,7 +187,7 @@ describe("custom network profiles", () => {
     expect(failSpy).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(
       4,
       "Failed to add custom network profile",
-      "Provide at least one override: --deployment, --rpc, --chain-id, or a contract address flag",
+      "Provide at least one override: --deployment, --rpc, --chain-id, --explorer, or a contract address flag",
     );
   });
 
@@ -268,7 +310,7 @@ describe("custom network profiles", () => {
 
   test("StakingAction.getNetwork accepts a custom alias", () => {
     const stakingAction = new StakingAction();
-    vi.spyOn(stakingAction as any, "getConfigByKey").mockImplementation((key: string) => {
+    (vi.spyOn(stakingAction as any, "getConfigByKey") as any).mockImplementation((key: string) => {
       if (key === "customNetworks") {
         return {
           "bradbury-clarke": {