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title: 'API docs: metadata.inspectionoptions.ownmetadataonly'
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## InspectionOptions.ownMetadataOnly property

Only inspect own metadata of a given target. The prototype chain will not be checked. The implementation uses `Reflect.getOwnMetadata()` if the flag is set to `true`<!-- -->. Otherwise, it uses `Reflect.getMetadata()`<!-- -->.

The flag is `false` by default for `MetadataInspector`<!-- -->.

<b>Signature:</b>

```typescript
ownMetadataOnly?: boolean;
```