How to view certificate info without installing

I have a certificate and/or private key file (pfx) on my OS X desktop. I'd like to look at its information (CN, SAN, OU, thumbprint, etc) but when I double click on it, it attempts to install into my Keychain. Once its in there, I can see the info and then delete it.

I would like to know if there is a way to "open" a certificate for viewing without having to install it into your Keychain. Similar to how you can click on the padlock in Safari and see the cert info.

I'd prefer something native to OS X but maybe there are tools out there too?

I'm not sure if this was available in the OS you had at the time you wrote your question, but at least with OS X 10.11.6, if you select the .crt file in the Finder and press the spacebar, a Quick Look window will open and you can see all of that info in a nice display. Works for .pfx files too.

via Terminal.app and type something like:

openssl x509 -noout -text -in ~/Desktop/yourcertificate.crt  

Where last parameter is a path your certificate file(you can drag and drop that if you like)

gives us:

Certificate:
    Data:
        Version: 3 (0x2)
        Serial Number: 27 (0x1b)
        Signature Algorithm: sha1WithRSAEncryption
        Issuer: C=US, O=Apple Inc., OU=Apple Certification Authority, CN=Apple Root CA
        Validity
            Not Before: May 26 19:16:09 2010 GMT
            Not After : Jul 26 19:16:09 2017 GMT
        Subject: C=US, O=Apple Inc., OU=Apple Certification Authority, CN=Apple Application Integration Certification Authority
        Subject Public Key Info:
            Public Key Algorithm: rsaEncryption
            RSA Public Key: (2048 bit)
......

in addition to Krishen approved answer above about selecting the certificate (.cer, .pem, others) in finder and hitting 'space', you can also right click and select Quick Look . I just tested it on 10.14.1 (Mojave), so this definitely works on current OSX

You can also use KeyStore Explorer, an application to view/create/edit certificate and trust stores, and conversion between them. It's really powerful but might be too much for you.