diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 80995a9..01355d6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,4 +4,7 @@ node_modules
 .parcel-cache
 
 package-lock.json
-ontologies
\ No newline at end of file
+ontologies
+
+next-movie-database
+react-movie-database
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/v2/filtering.md b/docs/v2/filtering.md
index 6e422e3..7f789ad 100644
--- a/docs/v2/filtering.md
+++ b/docs/v2/filtering.md
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ for controlled data retrieval.
 
 LDkit allows various search and filtering operations like `$equals`, `$not`,
 `$contains`, `$strStarts`, `$strEnds`, `$gt`, `$lt`, `$gte`, `$lte`, `$regex`,
-`$langMatches`, `$in`, `$notIn`, and `$filter`. Each is illustrated below with
-examples.
+`$langMatches`, `$in`, `$notIn`, `$filter`, and `$id`. Each is illustrated below
+with examples.
 
 ### Simple example
 
@@ -100,3 +100,20 @@ await Persons.find({
   },
 });
 ```
+
+### Restricting the results to specific entities
+
+Sometimes it is useful to query for specific entities by their IRI, and also
+restrict the results further by filtering out some properties. For example,
+query for an entity, but match only its label with a specific language.
+
+```typescript
+await Persons.find({
+  where: {
+    $id: "https://example.org/Ada_Lovelace", // the only entity matched
+    name: {
+      $langMatches: "en", // FILTER LANGMATCHES(LANG(?value), "en")
+    },
+  },
+});
+```
diff --git a/library/lens/query_builder.ts b/library/lens/query_builder.ts
index 97692a5..7064c94 100644
--- a/library/lens/query_builder.ts
+++ b/library/lens/query_builder.ts
@@ -180,6 +180,11 @@ export class QueryBuilder {
   }
 
   getSearchQuery(where: SearchSchema, limit: number, offset: number) {
+    if (where.$id) {
+      const ids = Array.isArray(where.$id) ? where.$id : [where.$id];
+      return this.getByIrisQuery(ids, where);
+    }
+
     const selectSubQuery = SELECT.DISTINCT`
       ${this.df.variable!("iri")}
     `.WHERE`
@@ -199,7 +204,7 @@ export class QueryBuilder {
     return query;
   }
 
-  getByIrisQuery(iris: IRI[]) {
+  getByIrisQuery(iris: IRI[], where?: SearchSchema) {
     const query = CONSTRUCT`
       ${this.getResourceSignature()}
       ${this.getShape(Flags.UnwrapOptional | Flags.IgnoreInverse)}
@@ -207,7 +212,7 @@ export class QueryBuilder {
       VALUES ?iri {
         ${iris.map(this.df.namedNode)}
       }
-      ${this.getShape(Flags.IncludeTypes)}
+      ${this.getShape(Flags.IncludeTypes, where)}
     `.build();
 
     return query;
diff --git a/library/schema/interface.ts b/library/schema/interface.ts
index 43da55a..c781cf1 100644
--- a/library/schema/interface.ts
+++ b/library/schema/interface.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { IRI } from "../rdf.ts";
 import type { SupportedDataTypes } from "./data_types.ts";
 import type { Property, Schema } from "./schema.ts";
 import type { SearchFilters } from "./search.ts";
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ type ConvertProperty<T extends ValidPropertyDefinition> = T extends Property
 
 /** Object that contains IRI of an entity */
 export type Identity = {
-  $id: string;
+  $id: IRI;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ export type SchemaUpdateInterface<T extends Schema> =
   };
 
 type ConvertSearchPropertySchema<T extends Property> = T extends
-  { "@schema": Schema } ? Unite<SchemaSearchInterface<T["@schema"]>>
+  { "@schema": Schema } ? Unite<SchemaSearchInterfaceProperties<T["@schema"]>>
   : IsInverse<T> extends true ? never
   : SearchFilters<ConvertPropertyType<T>>;
 
@@ -137,13 +138,19 @@ type InverseProperties<T extends Schema> = InversePropertiesMap<
   T
 >[keyof InversePropertiesMap<T>];
 
+type SchemaSearchInterfaceProperties<T extends Schema> = {
+  [X in Exclude<keyof T, "@type" | InverseProperties<T>>]?: T[X] extends
+    ValidPropertyDefinition ? ConvertSearchProperty<T[X]>
+    : never;
+};
+
 /**
  * Describes a shape of data for updating an entity, according to its data schema.
  *
  * See {@link Lens.prototype.find} for usage example.
  */
-export type SchemaSearchInterface<T extends Schema> = {
-  [X in Exclude<keyof T, "@type" | InverseProperties<T>>]?: T[X] extends
-    ValidPropertyDefinition ? ConvertSearchProperty<T[X]>
-    : never;
-};
+export type SchemaSearchInterface<T extends Schema> =
+  & {
+    $id?: IRI | IRI[];
+  }
+  & SchemaSearchInterfaceProperties<T>;
diff --git a/tests/e2e/search.test.ts b/tests/e2e/search.test.ts
index d7663b7..8039088 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/search.test.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/search.test.ts
@@ -248,3 +248,34 @@ Deno.test("E2E / Search / $notIn", async () => {
   assertEquals(results.length, 1);
   assertEquals(results[0].name, "Stanley Kubrick");
 });
+
+Deno.test("E2E / Search / $id", async () => {
+  const { Directors } = init();
+
+  const results = await Directors.find({
+    where: {
+      $id: x.StevenSpielberg,
+    },
+  });
+
+  assertEquals(results.length, 1);
+  assertEquals(results[0].name, "Steven Spielberg");
+});
+
+Deno.test("E2E / Search / $id and property", async () => {
+  const { Directors } = init();
+
+  const results = await Directors.find({
+    where: {
+      $id: [x.StanleyKubrick],
+      movies: {
+        $in: ["The Shining", "Jaws", "Pulp Fiction"],
+      },
+    },
+  });
+
+  assertEquals(results.length, 1);
+  assertEquals(results[0].name, "Stanley Kubrick");
+  assertEquals(results[0].movies.length, 1);
+  assertEquals(results[0].movies[0], "The Shining");
+});
diff --git a/tests/schema.test.ts b/tests/schema.test.ts
index cb272b8..0bd7361 100644
--- a/tests/schema.test.ts
+++ b/tests/schema.test.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import {
   type SchemaSearchInterface,
   type SchemaUpdateInterface,
 } from "../library/schema/mod.ts";
+import { IRI } from "../library/rdf.ts";
 
 type ArrayUpdate<T> = {
   $set?: T[];
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ Deno.test("Schema / Full schema", () => {
   };
 
   type ThingSearchType = {
+    $id?: IRI | IRI[];
     required?: PropertySearch<string>;
     optional?: PropertySearch<string>;
     array?: PropertySearch<string>;
@@ -233,6 +235,7 @@ Deno.test("Schema / Basic datatypes", () => {
   };
 
   type PrototypeSearchInterface = {
+    $id?: IRI | IRI[];
     default?: PropertySearch<string>;
     string?: PropertySearch<string>;
     number?: PropertySearch<number>;
@@ -294,6 +297,7 @@ Deno.test("Schema / Optional", () => {
   };
 
   type PrototypeSearchInterface = {
+    $id?: IRI | IRI[];
     optional?: PropertySearch<string>;
   };
 
@@ -343,6 +347,7 @@ Deno.test("Schema / Array", () => {
   };
 
   type PrototypeSearchInterface = {
+    $id?: IRI | IRI[];
     array?: PropertySearch<string>;
     optionalArray?: PropertySearch<string>;
   };
@@ -399,6 +404,7 @@ Deno.test("Schema / Multilang", () => {
   };
 
   type PrototypeSearchInterface = {
+    $id?: IRI | IRI[];
     multilang?: PropertySearch<string>;
     multilangArray?: PropertySearch<string>;
   };
@@ -447,8 +453,9 @@ Deno.test("Schema / Inverse", () => {
     isPropertyOf?: string;
   };
 
-  // deno-lint-ignore ban-types
-  type PrototypeSearchInterface = {};
+  type PrototypeSearchInterface = {
+    $id?: IRI | IRI[];
+  };
 
   const PrototypeSchema: ExpandedSchema = {
     "@type": [],
@@ -498,6 +505,7 @@ Deno.test("Schema / Nested schema", () => {
   };
 
   type PrototypeSearchInterface = {
+    $id?: IRI | IRI[];
     nested?: {
       nestedValue?: PropertySearch<string>;
     };