PURPOSE: To accurately and easily detect a short circuit between scanning electrodes, as to an inspection method for a liquid crystal display panel for inspecting the trouble of the short circuit between the scanning electrodes.

CONSTITUTION: At an inspection time, an inspection control circuit 16 for alternately supplying a driving signal having a different phase at every scanning line is connected with the scanning electrode 12c of the liquid crystal display panel 11 so as to see the brightness of the liquid crystal display panel 11. The brightness on the short-circuited part is increased, so that the presence or absence of the short circuit and the short-circuited position are recognized by seeing the brightness of the liquid crystal display panel 11.