diff --git a/design_bench/oracles/exact/ant_morphology_oracle.py b/design_bench/oracles/exact/ant_morphology_oracle.py
index 5de6dee..8af6458 100644
--- a/design_bench/oracles/exact/ant_morphology_oracle.py
+++ b/design_bench/oracles/exact/ant_morphology_oracle.py
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ def is_simulated(cls):
 
         return True
 
-    def protected_predict(self, x):
+    def protected_predict(self, x, render=False, **render_kwargs):
         """Score function to be implemented by oracle subclasses, where x is
         either a batch of designs if self.is_batched is True or is a
         single design when self._is_batched is False
@@ -147,6 +147,8 @@ def mlp_policy(h):
         sum_of_rewards = np.zeros([1], dtype=np.float32)
         for t in range(self.rollout_horizon):
             obs, rew, done, info = env.step(mlp_policy(obs))
+            if render:
+                env.render(**render_kwargs)
             sum_of_rewards += rew.astype(np.float32)
             if done:
                 break
diff --git a/design_bench/oracles/exact/dkitty_morphology_oracle.py b/design_bench/oracles/exact/dkitty_morphology_oracle.py
index 73efe28..d42b8ad 100644
--- a/design_bench/oracles/exact/dkitty_morphology_oracle.py
+++ b/design_bench/oracles/exact/dkitty_morphology_oracle.py
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ def is_simulated(cls):
 
         return True
 
-    def protected_predict(self, x):
+    def protected_predict(self, x, render=False, **render_kwargs):
         """Score function to be implemented by oracle subclasses, where x is
         either a batch of designs if self.is_batched is True or is a
         single design when self._is_batched is False
@@ -147,6 +147,8 @@ def mlp_policy(h):
         sum_of_rewards = np.zeros([1], dtype=np.float32)
         for t in range(self.rollout_horizon):
             obs, rew, done, info = env.step(mlp_policy(obs))
+            if render:
+                env.render(**render_kwargs)
             sum_of_rewards += rew.astype(np.float32)
             if done:
                 break
diff --git a/design_bench/oracles/exact/hopper_controller_oracle.py b/design_bench/oracles/exact/hopper_controller_oracle.py
index de5dcd7..c34aed8 100644
--- a/design_bench/oracles/exact/hopper_controller_oracle.py
+++ b/design_bench/oracles/exact/hopper_controller_oracle.py
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ def is_simulated(cls):
 
         return True
 
-    def protected_predict(self, x):
+    def protected_predict(self, x, render=False, **render_kwargs):
         """Score function to be implemented by oracle subclasses, where x is
         either a batch of designs if self.is_batched is True or is a
         single design when self._is_batched is False
@@ -148,6 +148,8 @@ def mlp_policy(h):
         path_returns = np.zeros([1], dtype=np.float32)
         while not done:
             obs, rew, done, info = env.step(mlp_policy(obs))
+            if render:
+                env.render(**render_kwargs)
             path_returns += rew.astype(np.float32)
 
         # return the sum of rewards for a single trajectory
diff --git a/design_bench/task.py b/design_bench/task.py
index 373fa98..d2561d2 100644
--- a/design_bench/task.py
+++ b/design_bench/task.py
@@ -795,7 +795,7 @@ def to_logits(self, x):
             raise ValueError("only supported on discrete datasets")
         return self.dataset.to_logits(x)
 
-    def predict(self, x_batch):
+    def predict(self, x_batch, **kwargs):
         """a function that accepts a batch of design values 'x' as input and
         for each design computes a prediction value 'y' which corresponds
         to the score in a model-based optimization problem
@@ -816,7 +816,7 @@ def predict(self, x_batch):
 
         """
 
-        return self.oracle.predict(x_batch)
+        return self.oracle.predict(x_batch, **kwargs)
 
     def oracle_to_dataset_x(self, x_batch):
         """Helper function for converting from designs in the format of the