diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a2012e4..ba4ca9f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
         "build": "tsc && node build.mjs",
         "prepack": "yarn build",
         "test": "mocha --require esbuild-register --extension js,ts,cjs,mjs tests",
-        "coverage": "c8 --reporter=lcov --reporter=text-summary yarn test"
+        "coverage": "c8 --reporter=lcov --reporter=text-summary --exclude=.yarn yarn test"
     },
     "prettier": {
         "semi": false,
diff --git a/src/arrayHandling.ts b/src/arrayHandling.ts
index 7a74961..bdcd065 100644
--- a/src/arrayHandling.ts
+++ b/src/arrayHandling.ts
@@ -19,14 +19,12 @@ import type { RealTestFunc, TestOptions } from "./index"
 const fillHashtags = (count: number): string => "#".repeat(count)
 
 /**
- * Function that creates an array-like test node parser.
- * It's split into a separate file for the sake of organization, and uses the proxy function to avoid circular dependencies.
- *
- * @param realTest The realTest function (internal).
+ * Handles `$any`, `$all`, and `$inarray`. Works with nested loops!
+ * @param realTest The realTest function.
  * @param input The state machine.
  * @param variables The variables.
  * @param op The operation being performed.
- * @param options The test option.
+ * @param options The test options.
  * @internal
  */
 export function handleArrayLogic<Variables>(
@@ -34,13 +32,22 @@ export function handleArrayLogic<Variables>(
     input: any,
     variables: Variables,
     op: string,
-    options: TestOptions,
+    options: TestOptions
 ): boolean {
+    const inValue = input[op]["in"]
+    const depth = (options._currentLoopDepth || 0) + 1
+
+    if (inValue.includes("#")) {
+        throw new TypeError("Nested array nodes cannot use current iteration (`$.#`) as an `in` value", {
+            cause: options._path
+        })
+    }
+
     // find the array
-    const array = realTest(input[op]["in"], variables, {
+    const array = realTest(inValue, variables, {
         ...options,
-        _currentLoopDepth: (options._currentLoopDepth || 0) + 1,
-        _path: `${options._path}.${op}.in`,
+        _currentLoopDepth: depth,
+        _path: `${options._path}.${op}.in`
     }) as unknown as unknown[]
 
     const itemConditions = input[op]["?"]
@@ -48,12 +55,11 @@ export function handleArrayLogic<Variables>(
     for (const item of array) {
         const test = realTest(itemConditions, variables, {
             ...options,
-            _currentLoopDepth: (options._currentLoopDepth || 0) + 1,
+            _currentLoopDepth: depth,
+            _path: `${options._path}.${op}.?`,
             findNamedChild(reference, variables) {
                 // NOTE: if we have a multi-layered loop, this should one-by-one fall back until the targeted loop is hit
-                const hashtags = fillHashtags(
-                    (options._currentLoopDepth || 0) + 1,
-                )
+                const hashtags = fillHashtags(depth)
 
                 // a little future-proofing, as sometimes the $ is there, and other times it isn't.
                 // we strip it out somewhere, but it shouldn't matter too much.
@@ -64,8 +70,17 @@ export function handleArrayLogic<Variables>(
                     return item
                 }
 
+                // handle properties of an object
+                if (typeof item === "object") {
+                    const newReference = `$${reference.substring(
+                        reference.indexOf("#.") + 1
+                    )}`
+                    const found = options.findNamedChild(newReference, item)
+                    if (found !== newReference) return found
+                }
+
                 return options.findNamedChild(reference, variables)
-            },
+            }
         })
 
         if (test && (op === "$inarray" || op === "$any")) {
diff --git a/tests/inarray.data.json b/tests/inarray.data.json
index b7d04b3..d374e3c 100644
--- a/tests/inarray.data.json
+++ b/tests/inarray.data.json
@@ -70,5 +70,86 @@
                 ]
             }
         }
+    ],
+    "Any3": [
+        {
+            "$any": {
+                "in": "$Value.listvar",
+                "?": {
+                    "$eq": [
+                        "$.#.prop",
+                        6
+                    ]
+                }
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            "Value": {
+                "listvar": [
+                    {
+                        "prop": 4
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "prop": 6
+                    }
+                ]
+            }
+        }
+    ],
+    "Any4": [
+        {
+            "$any": {
+                "in": "$Value.listvar",
+                "?": {
+                    "$eq": [
+                        "$.#.prop",
+                        5
+                    ]
+                }
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            "Value": {
+                "listvar": [
+                    {
+                        "prop": 4
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "prop": 6
+                    }
+                ]
+            }
+        }
+    ],
+    "Invalid_Crash_Nested": [
+        {
+            "$any": {
+                "in": "$.MyList",
+                "?": {
+                    "$any": {
+                        "in": "$.#",
+                        "?": {
+                            "$eq": ["$.##.prop", 4]
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            "Value": {
+                "MyList": [
+                    [
+                        {
+                            "prop": 4
+                        }
+                    ],
+                    [
+                        {
+                            "prop": 6
+                        }
+                    ]
+                ]
+            }
+        }
     ]
 }
diff --git a/tests/inarray.spec.ts b/tests/inarray.spec.ts
index a8a7fde..6fbc1af 100644
--- a/tests/inarray.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/inarray.spec.ts
@@ -32,12 +32,31 @@ describe("$inarray", () => {
 
 describe("$any", () => {
     it("can find a string in a context array", () => {
-        const [sm, vars] = data.Inarray1
+        const [sm, vars] = data.Any1
         assert.strictEqual(test(sm, vars), true)
     })
 
     it("returns false if the item isn't present", () => {
-        const [sm, vars] = data.Inarray2
+        const [sm, vars] = data.Any2
+        assert.strictEqual(test(sm, vars), false)
+    })
+
+    it("can find a property in a context array", () => {
+        const [sm, vars] = data.Any3
+        assert.strictEqual(test(sm, vars), true)
+    })
+
+    it("returns false if a property isn't present", () => {
+        const [sm, vars] = data.Any4
         assert.strictEqual(test(sm, vars), false)
     })
+
+    describe("nested", () => {
+        it("throws when trying to use current iteration as an `in` value", () => {
+            const [sm, vars] = data.Invalid_Crash_Nested
+            assert.throws(() => {
+                test(sm, vars)
+            }, /Nested array nodes cannot use current iteration \(`\$.#`\) as an `in` value/)
+        })
+    })
 })