diff --git a/docs/roadmap/implementation.md b/docs/roadmap/implementation.md
index 0ecb6a6..f5ee3fc 100644
--- a/docs/roadmap/implementation.md
+++ b/docs/roadmap/implementation.md
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ Roadmap candidate 7. Owners: engine `history.go`, `load.go`, `load_result.go`.
 Validate: `go test ./internal/engine -run 'Resolution|History|Explain|Ownership'`,
 engine race tests, and the everyday check. Full replay semantics stay intact.
 
-## Stage 14: Index relevant inheritance history operations
+## Stage 14: Index relevant inheritance history operations — Complete
 
 Roadmap candidate 7. Owners: engine metadata, metadata cloning, inheritance history.
 
diff --git a/internal/engine/inheritance_history.go b/internal/engine/inheritance_history.go
index b68b065..5c31ddc 100644
--- a/internal/engine/inheritance_history.go
+++ b/internal/engine/inheritance_history.go
@@ -1,6 +1,57 @@
 package engine
 
-import "gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/ConfigKit/internal/document"
+import (
+	"sort"
+
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/ConfigKit/internal/document"
+)
+
+type inheritanceHistoryIndex struct {
+	paths pathPrefixIndex
+}
+
+func newInheritanceHistoryIndex(operations []inheritanceOperation) *inheritanceHistoryIndex {
+	if len(operations) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	index := &inheritanceHistoryIndex{}
+	for operationID, operation := range operations {
+		if operation.control != nil {
+			index.paths.insert(operation.control.path.String(), operationID)
+			continue
+		}
+		if operation.transfer != nil {
+			index.paths.insert(operation.transfer.to.String(), operationID)
+		}
+	}
+	return index
+}
+
+func (index *inheritanceHistoryIndex) matchingOperations(path Path, operations []inheritanceOperation) []inheritanceOperation {
+	if index == nil {
+		return operations
+	}
+	var ids []int
+	seen := make(map[int]struct{})
+	collect := func(id int) {
+		if _, found := seen[id]; found {
+			return
+		}
+		seen[id] = struct{}{}
+		ids = append(ids, id)
+	}
+	pointer := path.String()
+	index.paths.visitAncestors(pointer, collect)
+	index.paths.visitDescendants(pointer, collect)
+	sort.Ints(ids)
+	matching := make([]inheritanceOperation, 0, len(ids))
+	for _, id := range ids {
+		if id >= 0 && id < len(operations) {
+			matching = append(matching, operations[id])
+		}
+	}
+	return matching
+}
 
 // Retain source history at original paths. Structural operations are held once
 // per relationship and projected onto a requested destination path only when
diff --git a/internal/engine/inheritance_history_test.go b/internal/engine/inheritance_history_test.go
index e81d52f..0f408bc 100644
--- a/internal/engine/inheritance_history_test.go
+++ b/internal/engine/inheritance_history_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package engine
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"reflect"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -311,6 +312,51 @@ func TestInheritanceHistoryRetainsControlsAndDisplacedPaths(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestIndexedInheritanceHistoryMatchesOperationScan(t *testing.T) {
+	inspection, _ := inheritanceInspectionForTest(t,
+		parseCompositionDocument(t, "source-1", "parent: {branch: {detail: inherited, retained: present}}\n"),
+		parseCompositionDocument(t, "source-2", "child: {extends: parent, branch: replaced}\n"),
+		parseCompositionDocument(t, "source-3", "sibling: {extends: parent}\n"))
+	metadata := inspection.Metadata()
+	if len(metadata.inheritance) < 4 {
+		t.Fatalf("inheritance operations = %d, want multiple control and transfer scopes", len(metadata.inheritance))
+	}
+	queries := []Path{
+		Keys("child"),
+		Keys("child", inheritanceKey),
+		Keys("child", "branch", "detail"),
+		Keys("child", "branch"),
+		Keys("sibling", "branch", "detail"),
+		Path{},
+	}
+	for _, path := range queries {
+		if !metadata.hasHistoricalPath(path) {
+			continue
+		}
+		stored := metadata.history[path.String()]
+		want := historyWithInheritance(path, stored, metadata.inheritance)
+		if got := metadata.History(path); !reflect.DeepEqual(got, want) {
+			t.Errorf("indexed history for %s differs from operation scan:\n got: %#v\nwant: %#v", path, got, want)
+		}
+		unprepared := Metadata{history: metadata.history, historicalPaths: metadata.historicalPaths, inheritance: metadata.inheritance}
+		if got := unprepared.History(path); !reflect.DeepEqual(got, want) {
+			t.Errorf("unprepared history for %s differs from operation scan:\n got: %#v\nwant: %#v", path, got, want)
+		}
+	}
+
+	removed := Keys("child", "branch", "detail")
+	first := metadata.History(removed)
+	if len(first) == 0 || len(first[0].Path.segments) == 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("removed-path history = %#v", first)
+	}
+	first[0].Path.segments[0].key = "mutated"
+	second := cloneMetadata(metadata).History(removed)
+	want := historyWithInheritance(removed, metadata.history[removed.String()], metadata.inheritance)
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(second, want) {
+		t.Fatalf("returned history mutation affected a repeated or cloned query:\n got: %#v\nwant: %#v", second, want)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestInheritanceHistoryPrecedesApplicationResolution(t *testing.T) {
 	inspection, _ := inheritanceInspectionForTest(t,
 		parseCompositionDocument(t, "source-1", "parent: {value: original}\nchild: {extends: parent}\n"))
diff --git a/internal/engine/load_metadata.go b/internal/engine/load_metadata.go
index ee760af..2a8bf8a 100644
--- a/internal/engine/load_metadata.go
+++ b/internal/engine/load_metadata.go
@@ -254,9 +254,10 @@ func cloneMetadata(metadata Metadata) Metadata {
 		return Metadata{}
 	}
 	cloned := Metadata{
-		fields:      make(map[string]FieldInfo, len(metadata.fields)),
-		history:     make(map[string][]Change, len(metadata.history)),
-		inheritance: append([]inheritanceOperation(nil), metadata.inheritance...),
+		fields:           make(map[string]FieldInfo, len(metadata.fields)),
+		history:          make(map[string][]Change, len(metadata.history)),
+		inheritance:      append([]inheritanceOperation(nil), metadata.inheritance...),
+		inheritanceIndex: metadata.inheritanceIndex,
 	}
 	cloned.effectivePaths = make(map[string]Path, len(metadata.effectivePaths))
 	for pointer, path := range metadata.effectivePaths {
diff --git a/internal/engine/metadata.go b/internal/engine/metadata.go
index f12a61b..2b98b9f 100644
--- a/internal/engine/metadata.go
+++ b/internal/engine/metadata.go
@@ -9,11 +9,12 @@ import (
 // Metadata provides detached effective presence/origin and chronological history
 // queries for a load. Its zero value contains no paths.
 type Metadata struct {
-	effectivePaths  map[string]Path
-	historicalPaths map[string][]Path
-	fields          map[string]FieldInfo
-	history         map[string][]Change
-	inheritance     []inheritanceOperation
+	effectivePaths   map[string]Path
+	historicalPaths  map[string][]Path
+	fields           map[string]FieldInfo
+	history          map[string][]Change
+	inheritance      []inheritanceOperation
+	inheritanceIndex *inheritanceHistoryIndex
 }
 
 // Lookup returns information for an effective path. Unknown and invalid paths
@@ -57,7 +58,11 @@ func (m Metadata) History(path Path) []Change {
 		return nil
 	}
 	history := m.history[path.String()]
-	return historyWithInheritance(path, history, m.inheritance)
+	operations := m.inheritance
+	if m.inheritanceIndex != nil {
+		operations = m.inheritanceIndex.matchingOperations(path, m.inheritance)
+	}
+	return historyWithInheritance(path, history, operations)
 }
 
 // HistoricalPaths returns the paths observed during loading, including effective
@@ -161,6 +166,7 @@ func finalizeMetadataPaths(m *Metadata, final *document.Node, applications []his
 			walkDocument(operation.effective, operation.transfer.to, add)
 		}
 	}
+	m.inheritanceIndex = newInheritanceHistoryIndex(m.inheritance)
 }
 
 // effectivePathIndex records document-derived paths with their contextual segment