Method for inspecting, as they pass, eggs placed in containers, wherein - during the movement of these containers along a conveyor line, said containers being spaced apart from each other by at least a minimum separation distance d, the following steps are carried out: - triggering a data acquisition cycle on each passage of a downstream end of a container at a first position, which is determined by a first position sensor placed along said conveyor line, upstream and downstream positions being considered with reference to the direction of movement of the containers; then - for a data acquisition cycle of a container , detecting the passage of said downstream end of said container at at least a second position determined by a second position sensor (7-8) placed along said conveyor line, a signal triggering thermal image acquisition being sent to a thermal camera each time said downstream end of said container is detected at at least one second position in order to trigger capture of one or more thermal images by said thermal camera of the portion of the container placed in its field of view, - said second position sensors (7-8) being arranged with respect to one another to ensure an inspection of all of the eggs of the container considered by said thermal camera when a plurality of second sensors are employed, - the data acquisition cycle of said container comprises performing, in a third position separate from said first and second positions, a step of candling the eggs placed in said container, in which step a light flux is emitted in the direction of at least one egg to be candled and the light flux passed through each corresponding egg is then analyzed depending on the level of light flux absorbed by the egg, and - said data thus acquired on the eggs of a container being associated with a unique identifier of this container . - during the movement of these containers along a conveyor line, said containers being spaced apart from each other by at least a minimum separation distance d, the following steps are carried out: - triggering a data acquisition cycle on each passage of a downstream end of a container at a first position, which is determined by a first position sensor placed along said conveyor line, upstream and downstream positions being considered with reference to the direction of movement of the containers; then - for a data acquisition cycle of a container , detecting the passage of said downstream end of said container at at least a second position determined by a second position sensor (7-8) placed along said conveyor line, a signal triggering thermal image acquisition being sent to a thermal camera each time said downstream end of said container is detected at at least one second position in order to trigger capture of one or more thermal images by said thermal camera of the portion of the container placed in its field of view, - said second position sensors (7-8) being arranged with respect to one another to ensure an inspection of all of the eggs of the container considered by said thermal camera when a plurality of second sensors are employed, - the data acquisition cycle of said container comprises performing, in a third position separate from said first and second positions, a step of candling the eggs placed in said container, in which step a light flux is emitted in the direction of at least one egg to be candled and the light flux passed through each corresponding egg is then analyzed depending on the level of light flux absorbed by the egg, and - said data thus acquired on the eggs of a container being associated with a unique identifier of this container . <EOS>