diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index ee9abd4..91fc5d5 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Unreleased
 ----------
 - Minimum supported python is now 3.11.
 - Switch python packaging backend back to setuptools. (`#263 <https://github.com/DiamondLightSource/python-zocalo/pull/263>`_)
+- ``zocalo.dlq_purge``: Show which queues DLQ messages came from, and accept queue names with prefix. (`#264 <https://github.com/DiamondLightSource/python-zocalo/pull/264>`_)
 
 1.2.0 (2024-11-14)
 ------------------
diff --git a/src/zocalo/cli/dlq_purge.py b/src/zocalo/cli/dlq_purge.py
index 38457fa..5cb6152 100644
--- a/src/zocalo/cli/dlq_purge.py
+++ b/src/zocalo/cli/dlq_purge.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 import time
 from datetime import datetime
 from functools import partial
+from typing import Literal
 
 import workflows
 
@@ -60,15 +61,17 @@ def run() -> None:
 
     args = parser.parse_args(["--stomp-prfx=DLQ"] + sys.argv[1:])
     if args.transport == "PikaTransport":
-        queues = ["dlq." + a for a in args.queues]
+        queues = ["dlq." + a.removeprefix("dlq.") for a in args.queues]
     else:
         queues = args.queues
     transport = workflows.transport.lookup(args.transport)()
 
     characterfilter = re.compile(r"[^a-zA-Z0-9._-]+", re.UNICODE)
-    idlequeue: queue.Queue = queue.Queue()
+    idlequeue: queue.Queue[Literal["start", "done"] | tuple[str, str]] = queue.Queue()
 
-    def receive_dlq_message(header: dict, message: dict, rabbitmq=False) -> None:
+    def receive_dlq_message(
+        header: dict, message: dict, *, queue_name: str, rabbitmq=False
+    ) -> None:
         idlequeue.put_nowait("start")
         if rabbitmq:
             msg_time = int(datetime.timestamp(header["x-death"][0]["time"])) * 1000
@@ -99,8 +102,11 @@ def receive_dlq_message(header: dict, message: dict, rabbitmq=False) -> None:
 
         with filename.open("w") as fh:
             json.dump(dlqmsg, fh, indent=2, sort_keys=True)
-        print(
-            f"Message {header['message-id']} ({time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S', timestamp)}) exported:\n  {filename}"
+        idlequeue.put_nowait(
+            (
+                queue_name,
+                f"    Message {header['message-id']} ({time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S', timestamp)}) exported:\n        {filename}",
+            )
         )
         transport.ack(header)
         idlequeue.put_nowait("done")
@@ -112,17 +118,32 @@ def receive_dlq_message(header: dict, message: dict, rabbitmq=False) -> None:
         elif args.transport == "PikaTransport":
             rmq = RabbitMQAPI.from_zocalo_configuration(zc)
             queues = [q.name for q in rmq.queues() if q.name.startswith("dlq.")]
+    print(f"Looking for DLQ messages in {len(queues)} queues...")
     for queue_ in queues:
-        print("Looking for DLQ messages in " + queue_)
         transport.subscribe(
             queue_,
-            partial(receive_dlq_message, rabbitmq=args.transport == "PikaTransport"),
+            partial(
+                receive_dlq_message,
+                rabbitmq=args.transport == "PikaTransport",
+                queue_name=queue_,
+            ),
             acknowledgement=True,
         )
+    messages: dict[str, list[str]] = {}
     try:
         idlequeue.get(True, args.wait or 3)
         while True:
-            idlequeue.get(True, args.wait or 0.1)
+            result = idlequeue.get(True, args.wait or 0.1)
+            if isinstance(result, tuple):
+                queuename, message = result
+                messages.setdefault(queuename, []).append(message)
+
     except queue.Empty:
+        # Print out what we found, per queue
+        for queuename, q_messages in messages.items():
+            print(f"Found {len(q_messages)} DLQ messages in {queuename}")
+            for message in q_messages:
+                print(message)
+
         print("Done.")
     transport.disconnect()