diff --git a/lib/tasks/atc/aip.rake b/lib/tasks/atc/aip.rake
index 660a28d..c12f6f3 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/atc/aip.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/atc/aip.rake
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ namespace :atc do
       aip_path = ENV['path']
       dry_run = ENV['dry_run'] == 'true'
 
+      if aip_path.blank?
+        puts "Missing required argument: aip_path"
+        next
+      end
+
       aip_reader = Atc::AipReader.new(aip_path, verbose: true)
 
       # Identify checksum type for this AIP (sha256, sha512, or md5) and retrieve the associated ChecksumAlgorithm object
@@ -42,5 +47,81 @@ namespace :atc do
     rescue Atc::Exceptions::AipLoadError => e
       puts "An error has occurred (#{e.class.name}):\n" + Rainbow(e.message).red
     end
+
+    desc 'Check the status of an AIP that was previously loaded.'
+    task status: :environment do
+      aip_path = ENV['path']
+
+      if aip_path.blank?
+        puts "Missing required argument: aip_path"
+        next
+      end
+
+      puts Rainbow("\nChecking on the status of SourceObjects with a path starting with: #{aip_path} ...").blue.bright
+      puts "(this can be a slow process)\n\n"
+      puts "------------------------------"
+
+      time = Benchmark.measure do
+        number_of_local_files = Dir.glob(File.join(aip_path, '**', '*')).select { |file| File.file?(file) }.count
+        puts Rainbow("Number of files found in the AIP: #{number_of_local_files}").blue.bright
+        puts "-> This number should match the next number, which will be the number of SourceObject in the ATC database.\n\n"
+
+        source_object_count = SourceObject.where('path LIKE ?', "#{aip_path}%").count
+        puts Rainbow("SourceObjects: #{source_object_count}").blue.bright
+        puts "-> SourceObjects should equal number of files in the AIP.\n\n"
+
+        if number_of_local_files != source_object_count
+          puts Rainbow("ERROR: There was a mismatch between the number of files on the filesystem and the number of SourceObjects in the database!").red.bright
+          puts Rainbow("That's bad!  This should be investigated further!\n").red.bright
+        end
+
+        # Check to see how many of the AIP files have PendingTransfer records
+        {
+          'AWS' => 0, # storage_type 0 is AWS
+          'GCP' => 1 # storage_type 1 is GCP
+        }.each do |storage_provider_type_name, storage_provider_type_value|
+          count = PendingTransfer.where(
+            'storage_provider_id IN (SELECT id FROM storage_providers WHERE storage_type = ?) '\
+            'AND '\
+            'source_object_id IN (SELECT id from source_objects WHERE path LIKE ?)',
+            storage_provider_type_value,
+            "#{aip_path}%"
+          ).count
+          puts Rainbow("#{storage_provider_type_name} PendingTransfers: #{count}").blue.bright
+        end
+        puts "-> PendingTransfers should equal 0 when all pre-transfer checksums have been calculated.\n\n"
+
+        # Check to see how many of the AIP files have StoredObject records
+        {
+          'AWS' => 0, # storage_type 0 is AWS
+          'GCP' => 1 # storage_type 1 is GCP
+        }.each do |storage_provider_type_name, storage_provider_type_value|
+          count = StoredObject.where(
+            'storage_provider_id IN (SELECT id FROM storage_providers WHERE storage_type = ?) '\
+            'AND '\
+            'source_object_id IN (SELECT id from source_objects WHERE path LIKE ?)',
+            storage_provider_type_value,
+            "#{aip_path}%"
+          ).count
+          puts Rainbow("#{storage_provider_type_name} StoredObjects: #{count}").blue.bright
+        end
+        puts "-> AWS and GCP StoredObject counts should equal #{source_object_count} when all transfers have completed.\n\n"
+
+        # Check to see how many of the AIP files have AWS FixityVerification records
+        # NOTE: we only do fixity verifications on AWS records at this time.
+        grouped_counts = FixityVerification.where(
+          'source_object_id IN (SELECT id from source_objects WHERE path LIKE ?)',
+          "#{aip_path}%"
+        ).group(:status).count
+        puts 'FixityVerifications:'
+        FixityVerification.statuses.keys.each do |status|
+          count = grouped_counts[status]
+          puts Rainbow("#{status}: #{count.to_i}").blue.bright
+        end
+        puts "-> FixityVerification success count should equal #{source_object_count} when all transfers have completed fixity verification, and there should be 0 failures.\n"
+      end
+      puts "------------------------------\n\n"
+      puts "Status check finished in #{time.real.round(2)} seconds.\n\n"
+    end
   end
 end