diff --git a/datafusion/core/src/dataframe/mod.rs b/datafusion/core/src/dataframe/mod.rs
index 2292f5855bfde..a3bf286855205 100644
--- a/datafusion/core/src/dataframe/mod.rs
+++ b/datafusion/core/src/dataframe/mod.rs
@@ -294,8 +294,11 @@ impl DataFrame {
         self.session_state.create_logical_expr(sql, df_schema)
     }
 
-    /// Consume the DataFrame and produce a physical plan
-    pub async fn create_physical_plan(self) -> Result<Arc<dyn ExecutionPlan>> {
+    /// Create a physical plan from this DataFrame.
+    ///
+    /// The `DataFrame` remains accessible after this call, so you can inspect
+    /// the plan and still call [`DataFrame::collect`] or other execution methods.
+    pub async fn create_physical_plan(&self) -> Result<Arc<dyn ExecutionPlan>> {
         self.session_state.create_physical_plan(&self.plan).await
     }
 
@@ -2392,7 +2395,7 @@ impl DataFrame {
         } else {
             let context = SessionContext::new_with_state((*self.session_state).clone());
             // The schema is consistent with the output
-            let plan = self.clone().create_physical_plan().await?;
+            let plan = self.create_physical_plan().await?;
             let schema = plan.schema();
             let task_ctx = Arc::new(self.task_ctx());
             let partitions = collect_partitioned(plan, task_ctx).await?;
diff --git a/datafusion/core/src/dataframe/parquet.rs b/datafusion/core/src/dataframe/parquet.rs
index 54dadfd78cbc2..d68490a305819 100644
--- a/datafusion/core/src/dataframe/parquet.rs
+++ b/datafusion/core/src/dataframe/parquet.rs
@@ -478,4 +478,25 @@ mod tests {
 
         Ok(())
     }
+
+    /// Test that `create_physical_plan` does not consume the `DataFrame`, so
+    /// callers can inspect (e.g. log) the physical plan and then still call
+    /// `write_parquet` or any other execution method on the same `DataFrame`.
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn create_physical_plan_does_not_consume_dataframe() -> Result<()> {
+        use crate::prelude::CsvReadOptions;
+        let ctx = SessionContext::new();
+        let df = ctx
+            .read_csv("tests/data/example.csv", CsvReadOptions::new())
+            .await?;
+
+        // Obtain the physical plan for inspection without consuming `df`.
+        let _physical_plan = df.create_physical_plan().await?;
+
+        // `df` is still usable — collect the results.
+        let batches = df.collect().await?;
+        assert!(!batches.is_empty());
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }