diff --git a/src/ValidatorMain.ts b/src/ValidatorMain.ts
index 4eb58977..66f073af 100644
--- a/src/ValidatorMain.ts
+++ b/src/ValidatorMain.ts
@@ -58,6 +58,16 @@ export class ValidatorMain {
         config.writeReports,
         validationOptions
       );
+    } else if (config.tileContentFile) {
+      const reportFileName = ValidatorMain.obtainReportFileName(
+        config,
+        config.tileContentFile
+      );
+      await ValidatorMain.validateTileContentFile(
+        config.tileContentFile,
+        reportFileName,
+        validationOptions
+      );
     } else if (config.metadataSchemaFile) {
       const reportFileName = ValidatorMain.obtainReportFileName(
         config,
@@ -172,6 +182,26 @@ export class ValidatorMain {
     console.log(`    ${numFilesWithInfos} files with infos`);
   }
 
+  static async validateTileContentFile(
+    fileName: string,
+    reportFileName: string | undefined,
+    options: ValidationOptions | undefined
+  ): Promise<ValidationResult> {
+    console.log("Validating tile content " + fileName);
+
+    const validationResult = await Validators.validateTileContentFile(
+      fileName,
+      options
+    );
+    if (defined(reportFileName)) {
+      await writeUnchecked(reportFileName, validationResult.serialize());
+    } else {
+      console.log("Validation result:");
+      console.log(validationResult.serialize());
+    }
+    return validationResult;
+  }
+
   static async validateSchemaFile(
     fileName: string,
     reportFileName: string | undefined
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index 026766b1..d939cd45 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ const args = yargs(process.argv.slice(1))
         "of the report will be derived from the input file name, " +
         "and be written into the same directory as the input file.",
     },
+    tileContentFile: {
+      type: "string",
+      alias: "f",
+      describe: "The tile content input file path",
+    },
     optionsFile: {
       type: "string",
       alias: "o",
diff --git a/src/validation/Validators.ts b/src/validation/Validators.ts
index 6825dbb1..d703b72e 100644
--- a/src/validation/Validators.ts
+++ b/src/validation/Validators.ts
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ import path from "path";
 import fs from "fs";
 
 import { defined } from "3d-tiles-tools";
+import { LazyContentData } from "3d-tiles-tools";
 import { Buffers } from "3d-tiles-tools";
-
 import { ResourceResolvers } from "3d-tiles-tools";
+import { TileImplicitTiling } from "3d-tiles-tools";
 
 import { Validator } from "./Validator";
 import { TilesetValidator } from "./TilesetValidator";
@@ -15,11 +16,10 @@ import { ValidationState } from "./ValidationState";
 import { ValidationOptions } from "./ValidationOptions";
 import { ExtendedObjectsValidators } from "./ExtendedObjectsValidators";
 import { TilesetPackageValidator } from "./TilesetPackageValidator";
+import { ContentDataValidators } from "./ContentDataValidators";
 
 import { SchemaValidator } from "./metadata/SchemaValidator";
 
-import { TileImplicitTiling } from "3d-tiles-tools";
-
 import { IoValidationIssues } from "../issues/IoValidationIssue";
 import { ContentValidationIssues } from "../issues/ContentValidationIssues";
 
@@ -175,6 +175,69 @@ export class Validators {
     return context.getResult();
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Performs a default validation of the given tile content file, and
+   * returns a promise to the `ValidationResult`.
+   *
+   * The given file may be of any format. The method will detect
+   * the format, and decide whether it can perform a sensible
+   * validation, based on the existing validation functionality.
+   *
+   * @param filePath - The file path
+   * @param validationOptions - The `ValidationOptions`. When this
+   * is not given (or `undefined`), then default validation options
+   * will be used. See {@link ValidationOptions}.
+   * @returns A promise to a `ValidationResult` that is fulfilled when
+   * the validation finished.
+   * @beta
+   */
+  static async validateTileContentFile(
+    filePath: string,
+    validationOptions?: ValidationOptions
+  ): Promise<ValidationResult> {
+    const directory = path.dirname(filePath);
+    const fileName = path.basename(filePath);
+    const resourceResolver =
+      ResourceResolvers.createFileResourceResolver(directory);
+    const context = new ValidationContext(
+      directory,
+      resourceResolver,
+      validationOptions
+    );
+    const contentData = new LazyContentData(fileName, resourceResolver);
+
+    // Check if the file exists, and bail out early if it doesn't
+    const dataExists = await contentData.exists();
+    if (!dataExists) {
+      const message = `Content file ${filePath} could not be resolved`;
+      const issue = ContentValidationIssues.CONTENT_VALIDATION_ERROR(
+        filePath,
+        message
+      );
+      context.addIssue(issue);
+      return context.getResult();
+    }
+
+    // Find the validator for the content data, and bail
+    // out early if none could be found
+    const dataValidator = await ContentDataValidators.findContentDataValidator(
+      contentData
+    );
+    if (!defined(dataValidator)) {
+      const message = `No valid content type could be determined for ${filePath}`;
+      const issue = ContentValidationIssues.CONTENT_VALIDATION_WARNING(
+        filePath,
+        message
+      );
+      context.addIssue(issue);
+      return context.getResult();
+    }
+
+    // Perform the actual validation
+    await dataValidator.validateObject(fileName, contentData, context);
+    return context.getResult();
+  }
+
   /**
    * Creates a `SchemaValidator` with an unspecified default configuration.
    *