diff --git a/seqerakit/cli.py b/seqerakit/cli.py
index f3e1b80..9f360df 100644
--- a/seqerakit/cli.py
+++ b/seqerakit/cli.py
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ def __init__(self, sp, list_for_add_method):
         # Create an instance of Overwrite class
         self.overwrite_method = overwrite.Overwrite(self.sp)
 
-    def handle_block(self, block, args, destroy=False):
+    def handle_block(self, block, args, destroy=False, dryrun=False):
         # Check if delete is set to True, and call delete handler
         if destroy:
             logging.debug(" The '--delete' flag has been specified.\n")
@@ -127,12 +127,12 @@ def handle_block(self, block, args, destroy=False):
 
         # Check if overwrite is set to True, and call overwrite handler
         overwrite_option = args.get("overwrite", False)
-        if overwrite_option:
+        if overwrite_option and dryrun is False:
             logging.debug(f" Overwrite is set to 'True' for {block}\n")
             self.overwrite_method.handle_overwrite(
                 block, args["cmd_args"], overwrite_option
             )
-        else:
+        elif dryrun is False:
             self.overwrite_method.handle_overwrite(block, args["cmd_args"])
 
         if block in self.list_for_add_method:
@@ -184,7 +184,9 @@ def main(args=None):
             for args in args_list:
                 try:
                     # Run the 'tw' methods for each block
-                    block_manager.handle_block(block, args, destroy=options.delete)
+                    block_manager.handle_block(
+                        block, args, destroy=options.delete, dryrun=options.dryrun
+                    )
                 except (ResourceExistsError, ResourceCreationError) as e:
                     logging.error(e)
                     sys.exit(1)
diff --git a/seqerakit/helper.py b/seqerakit/helper.py
index 0b71311..cc71770 100644
--- a/seqerakit/helper.py
+++ b/seqerakit/helper.py
@@ -340,10 +340,19 @@ def handle_pipelines(sp, args):
 
 def find_name(cmd_args):
     """
-    Find and return the value associated with --name in the cmd_args list.
+    Find and return the value associated with --name in cmd_args, where cmd_args
+    can be a list, a tuple of lists, or nested lists/tuples.
     """
-    args_list = cmd_args.get("cmd_args", [])
-    for i in range(len(args_list) - 1):
-        if args_list[i] == "--name":
-            return args_list[i + 1]
-    return None
+
+    def search(args):
+        it = iter(args)
+        for arg in it:
+            if arg == "--name":
+                return next(it, None)
+            elif isinstance(arg, (list, tuple)):
+                result = search(arg)
+                if result is not None:
+                    return result
+        return None
+
+    return search(cmd_args.get("cmd_args", []))