diff --git a/src/hooks/useEvent.ts b/src/hooks/useEvent.ts
index 686c70d0..32e79484 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useEvent.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useEvent.ts
@@ -2,19 +2,33 @@ import { useNostr } from '@nostrify/react';
 import { useQuery } from '@tanstack/react-query';
 import type { NostrEvent } from '@nostrify/nostrify';
 
-/** Fetches a single Nostr event by its hex ID. */
-export function useEvent(eventId: string | undefined) {
+/** Fetches a single Nostr event by its hex ID, optionally querying relay hints. */
+export function useEvent(eventId: string | undefined, relays?: string[]) {
   const { nostr } = useNostr();
 
   return useQuery<NostrEvent | null>({
     queryKey: ['event', eventId ?? ''],
     queryFn: async ({ signal }) => {
       if (!eventId) return null;
-      const events = await nostr.query(
-        [{ ids: [eventId], limit: 1 }],
-        { signal: AbortSignal.any([signal, AbortSignal.timeout(5000)]) },
-      );
-      return events[0] ?? null;
+      const querySignal = AbortSignal.any([signal, AbortSignal.timeout(5000)]);
+      const filter = [{ ids: [eventId], limit: 1 }];
+
+      // Query the user's configured relays first
+      const events = await nostr.query(filter, { signal: querySignal });
+      if (events.length > 0) return events[0];
+
+      // If not found and we have relay hints, try those relays directly
+      if (relays && relays.length > 0) {
+        try {
+          const hintSignal = AbortSignal.any([signal, AbortSignal.timeout(5000)]);
+          const hintEvents = await nostr.group(relays).query(filter, { signal: hintSignal });
+          if (hintEvents.length > 0) return hintEvents[0];
+        } catch {
+          // relay hint query failed — fall through
+        }
+      }
+
+      return null;
     },
     enabled: !!eventId,
     staleTime: 5 * 60 * 1000,
@@ -28,19 +42,33 @@ export interface AddrCoords {
   identifier: string;
 }
 
-/** Fetches a single addressable Nostr event by kind + pubkey + d-tag. */
-export function useAddrEvent(addr: AddrCoords | undefined) {
+/** Fetches a single addressable Nostr event by kind + pubkey + d-tag, optionally querying relay hints. */
+export function useAddrEvent(addr: AddrCoords | undefined, relays?: string[]) {
   const { nostr } = useNostr();
 
   return useQuery<NostrEvent | null>({
     queryKey: ['addr-event', addr?.kind ?? 0, addr?.pubkey ?? '', addr?.identifier ?? ''],
     queryFn: async ({ signal }) => {
       if (!addr) return null;
-      const events = await nostr.query(
-        [{ kinds: [addr.kind], authors: [addr.pubkey], '#d': [addr.identifier], limit: 1 }],
-        { signal: AbortSignal.any([signal, AbortSignal.timeout(5000)]) },
-      );
-      return events[0] ?? null;
+      const querySignal = AbortSignal.any([signal, AbortSignal.timeout(5000)]);
+      const filter = [{ kinds: [addr.kind], authors: [addr.pubkey], '#d': [addr.identifier], limit: 1 }];
+
+      // Query the user's configured relays first
+      const events = await nostr.query(filter, { signal: querySignal });
+      if (events.length > 0) return events[0];
+
+      // If not found and we have relay hints, try those relays directly
+      if (relays && relays.length > 0) {
+        try {
+          const hintSignal = AbortSignal.any([signal, AbortSignal.timeout(5000)]);
+          const hintEvents = await nostr.group(relays).query(filter, { signal: hintSignal });
+          if (hintEvents.length > 0) return hintEvents[0];
+        } catch {
+          // relay hint query failed — fall through
+        }
+      }
+
+      return null;
     },
     enabled: !!addr,
     staleTime: 5 * 60 * 1000,
diff --git a/src/pages/NIP19Page.tsx b/src/pages/NIP19Page.tsx
index 91dcbb02..113bb135 100644
--- a/src/pages/NIP19Page.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/NIP19Page.tsx
@@ -29,12 +29,14 @@ export function NIP19Page() {
     case 'note':
       return <PostDetailPage eventId={decoded.data as string} />;
 
-    case 'nevent':
-      return <PostDetailPage eventId={(decoded.data as { id: string }).id} />;
+    case 'nevent': {
+      const neventData = decoded.data as { id: string; relays?: string[] };
+      return <PostDetailPage eventId={neventData.id} relays={neventData.relays} />;
+    }
 
     case 'naddr': {
       const addr = decoded.data as AddressPointer;
-      return <AddrPostDetailPage addr={{ kind: addr.kind, pubkey: addr.pubkey, identifier: addr.identifier }} />;
+      return <AddrPostDetailPage addr={{ kind: addr.kind, pubkey: addr.pubkey, identifier: addr.identifier }} relays={addr.relays} />;
     }
 
     default:
diff --git a/src/pages/PostDetailPage.tsx b/src/pages/PostDetailPage.tsx
index 5484fa13..1462ff24 100644
--- a/src/pages/PostDetailPage.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/PostDetailPage.tsx
@@ -36,10 +36,12 @@ import NotFound from './NotFound';
 
 interface PostDetailPageProps {
   eventId: string;
+  relays?: string[];
 }
 
 interface AddrPostDetailPageProps {
   addr: AddrCoords;
+  relays?: string[];
 }
 
 /** Formats a sats amount into a compact human-readable string. */
@@ -123,8 +125,8 @@ function getParentEventId(event: NostrEvent): string | undefined {
   return undefined;
 }
 
-export function PostDetailPage({ eventId }: PostDetailPageProps) {
-  const { data: event, isLoading, isError } = useEvent(eventId);
+export function PostDetailPage({ eventId, relays }: PostDetailPageProps) {
+  const { data: event, isLoading, isError } = useEvent(eventId, relays);
 
   useSeoMeta({
     title: event ? 'Post Details - Mew' : 'Loading... - Mew',
@@ -154,8 +156,8 @@ export function PostDetailPage({ eventId }: PostDetailPageProps) {
 }
 
 /** Detail page for addressable events (naddr). Same layout as PostDetailPage. */
-export function AddrPostDetailPage({ addr }: AddrPostDetailPageProps) {
-  const { data: event, isLoading, isError } = useAddrEvent(addr);
+export function AddrPostDetailPage({ addr, relays }: AddrPostDetailPageProps) {
+  const { data: event, isLoading, isError } = useAddrEvent(addr, relays);
 
   useSeoMeta({
     title: event