Keith,
If you don't want to data-bind when the Repeater is data-bound, when would you like to add the CheckBox controls? Would there be a button action that would trigger this?
I have been researching on-demand blogs, like this:
Building on demand Master/Detail grouping Grid with GridView and ASP.NET AJAX toolkit CollapsiblePanelExtender
http://mosesofegypt.net/page/Building-on-demand-MasterDetail-grouping-Grid-with-GridView-and-ASPNET-AJAX-toolkit-CollapsiblePanelExtender.aspxThe main premise is use a JQuery to consume AJAX web services. With this approach, you can have client-side lazy loading of data, so that you don't have do the work up front when it is not always needed.