diff --git a/Tests/test_image.py b/Tests/test_image.py
index c5cf5b38331..93f9b9833ce 100644
--- a/Tests/test_image.py
+++ b/Tests/test_image.py
@@ -132,6 +132,15 @@ def test_open_formats(self) -> None:
                 assert im.mode == "RGB"
                 assert im.size == (128, 128)
 
+    def test_open_verbose_failure(self, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
+        monkeypatch.setattr(Image, "WARN_POSSIBLE_FORMATS", True)
+
+        im = io.BytesIO(b"")
+        with pytest.warns(UserWarning):
+            with pytest.raises(UnidentifiedImageError):
+                with Image.open(im):
+                    pass
+
     def test_width_height(self) -> None:
         im = Image.new("RGB", (1, 2))
         assert im.width == 1
diff --git a/docs/reference/Image.rst b/docs/reference/Image.rst
index e83c8787f0a..66c5e5422da 100644
--- a/docs/reference/Image.rst
+++ b/docs/reference/Image.rst
@@ -381,6 +381,11 @@ Constants
     Set to 89,478,485, approximately 0.25GB for a 24-bit (3 bpp) image.
     See :py:meth:`~PIL.Image.open` for more information about how this is used.
 
+.. data:: WARN_POSSIBLE_FORMATS
+
+    Set to false. If true, when an image cannot be identified, warnings will be raised
+    from formats that attempted to read the data.
+
 Transpose methods
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
diff --git a/src/PIL/Image.py b/src/PIL/Image.py
index 970437e9a7b..d41c06523f4 100644
--- a/src/PIL/Image.py
+++ b/src/PIL/Image.py
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ class DecompressionBombError(Exception):
     pass
 
 
+WARN_POSSIBLE_FORMATS: bool = False
+
 # Limit to around a quarter gigabyte for a 24-bit (3 bpp) image
 MAX_IMAGE_PIXELS: int | None = int(1024 * 1024 * 1024 // 4 // 3)
 
@@ -3441,7 +3443,7 @@ def open(
 
     preinit()
 
-    accept_warnings: list[str] = []
+    warning_messages: list[str] = []
 
     def _open_core(
         fp: IO[bytes],
@@ -3457,17 +3459,15 @@ def _open_core(
                 factory, accept = OPEN[i]
                 result = not accept or accept(prefix)
                 if isinstance(result, str):
-                    accept_warnings.append(result)
+                    warning_messages.append(result)
                 elif result:
                     fp.seek(0)
                     im = factory(fp, filename)
                     _decompression_bomb_check(im.size)
                     return im
-            except (SyntaxError, IndexError, TypeError, struct.error):
-                # Leave disabled by default, spams the logs with image
-                # opening failures that are entirely expected.
-                # logger.debug("", exc_info=True)
-                continue
+            except (SyntaxError, IndexError, TypeError, struct.error) as e:
+                if WARN_POSSIBLE_FORMATS:
+                    warning_messages.append(i + " opening failed. " + str(e))
             except BaseException:
                 if exclusive_fp:
                     fp.close()
@@ -3492,7 +3492,7 @@ def _open_core(
 
     if exclusive_fp:
         fp.close()
-    for message in accept_warnings:
+    for message in warning_messages:
         warnings.warn(message)
     msg = "cannot identify image file %r" % (filename if filename else fp)
     raise UnidentifiedImageError(msg)