diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/queries/SemanticKnnVectorQueryRewriteInterceptor.java b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/queries/SemanticKnnVectorQueryRewriteInterceptor.java
index b1f5c240371f8..6c3ec2add4bc8 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/queries/SemanticKnnVectorQueryRewriteInterceptor.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/queries/SemanticKnnVectorQueryRewriteInterceptor.java
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ public class SemanticKnnVectorQueryRewriteInterceptor extends SemanticQueryRewri
     public SemanticKnnVectorQueryRewriteInterceptor() {}
 
     @Override
-    protected String getFieldName(QueryBuilder queryBuilder) {
+    protected Map<String, Float> getFieldNamesWithBoosts(QueryBuilder queryBuilder) {
         assert (queryBuilder instanceof KnnVectorQueryBuilder);
         KnnVectorQueryBuilder knnVectorQueryBuilder = (KnnVectorQueryBuilder) queryBuilder;
-        return knnVectorQueryBuilder.getFieldName();
+        return Map.of(knnVectorQueryBuilder.getFieldName(), 1.0f);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/queries/SemanticMatchQueryRewriteInterceptor.java b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/queries/SemanticMatchQueryRewriteInterceptor.java
index a6599afc66c3f..42bcdfaf88947 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/queries/SemanticMatchQueryRewriteInterceptor.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/queries/SemanticMatchQueryRewriteInterceptor.java
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.index.query.MatchQueryBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.query.QueryBuilder;
 
+import java.util.Map;
+
 public class SemanticMatchQueryRewriteInterceptor extends SemanticQueryRewriteInterceptor {
 
     public static final NodeFeature SEMANTIC_MATCH_QUERY_REWRITE_INTERCEPTION_SUPPORTED = new NodeFeature(
@@ -21,10 +23,10 @@ public class SemanticMatchQueryRewriteInterceptor extends SemanticQueryRewriteIn
     public SemanticMatchQueryRewriteInterceptor() {}
 
     @Override
-    protected String getFieldName(QueryBuilder queryBuilder) {
+    protected Map<String, Float> getFieldNamesWithBoosts(QueryBuilder queryBuilder) {
         assert (queryBuilder instanceof MatchQueryBuilder);
         MatchQueryBuilder matchQueryBuilder = (MatchQueryBuilder) queryBuilder;
-        return matchQueryBuilder.fieldName();
+        return Map.of(matchQueryBuilder.fieldName(), 1.0f);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -36,7 +38,7 @@ protected String getQuery(QueryBuilder queryBuilder) {
 
     @Override
     protected QueryBuilder buildInferenceQuery(QueryBuilder queryBuilder, InferenceIndexInformationForField indexInformation) {
-        SemanticQueryBuilder semanticQueryBuilder = new SemanticQueryBuilder(indexInformation.fieldName(), getQuery(queryBuilder), false);
+        SemanticQueryBuilder semanticQueryBuilder = new SemanticQueryBuilder(getField(queryBuilder), getQuery(queryBuilder), false);
         semanticQueryBuilder.boost(queryBuilder.boost());
         semanticQueryBuilder.queryName(queryBuilder.queryName());
         return semanticQueryBuilder;
@@ -71,6 +73,12 @@ public String getQueryName() {
         return MatchQueryBuilder.NAME;
     }
 
+    private String getField(QueryBuilder queryBuilder) {
+        assert (queryBuilder instanceof MatchQueryBuilder);
+        MatchQueryBuilder matchQueryBuilder = (MatchQueryBuilder) queryBuilder;
+        return matchQueryBuilder.fieldName();
+    }
+
     private MatchQueryBuilder copyMatchQueryBuilder(MatchQueryBuilder queryBuilder) {
         MatchQueryBuilder matchQueryBuilder = new MatchQueryBuilder(queryBuilder.fieldName(), queryBuilder.value());
         matchQueryBuilder.operator(queryBuilder.operator());
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/queries/SemanticQueryRewriteInterceptor.java b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/queries/SemanticQueryRewriteInterceptor.java
index bb76ef0be24e9..a651828f6b446 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/queries/SemanticQueryRewriteInterceptor.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/queries/SemanticQueryRewriteInterceptor.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.IndexMetadata;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.InferenceFieldMetadata;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.IndexFieldMapper;
+import org.elasticsearch.index.query.AbstractQueryBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.query.BoolQueryBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.query.QueryBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.query.QueryRewriteContext;
@@ -20,8 +21,10 @@
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 /**
@@ -33,7 +36,6 @@ public SemanticQueryRewriteInterceptor() {}
 
     @Override
     public QueryBuilder interceptAndRewrite(QueryRewriteContext context, QueryBuilder queryBuilder) {
-        String fieldName = getFieldName(queryBuilder);
         ResolvedIndices resolvedIndices = context.getResolvedIndices();
 
         if (resolvedIndices == null) {
@@ -41,7 +43,7 @@ public QueryBuilder interceptAndRewrite(QueryRewriteContext context, QueryBuilde
             return queryBuilder;
         }
 
-        InferenceIndexInformationForField indexInformation = resolveIndicesForField(fieldName, resolvedIndices);
+        InferenceIndexInformationForField indexInformation = resolveIndicesForFields(queryBuilder, resolvedIndices);
         if (indexInformation.getInferenceIndices().isEmpty()) {
             // No inference fields were identified, so return the original query.
             return queryBuilder;
@@ -58,10 +60,12 @@ public QueryBuilder interceptAndRewrite(QueryRewriteContext context, QueryBuilde
     }
 
     /**
-     * @param queryBuilder {@link QueryBuilder}
-     * @return The singular field name requested by the provided query builder.
+     * Extracts field names and their associated boost values from the query builder.
+     *
+     * @param queryBuilder the query builder to extract field information from
+     * @return a map where keys are field names and values are their boost multipliers
      */
-    protected abstract String getFieldName(QueryBuilder queryBuilder);
+    protected abstract Map<String, Float> getFieldNamesWithBoosts(QueryBuilder queryBuilder);
 
     /**
      * @param queryBuilder {@link QueryBuilder}
@@ -90,21 +94,57 @@ protected abstract QueryBuilder buildCombinedInferenceAndNonInferenceQuery(
         InferenceIndexInformationForField indexInformation
     );
 
-    private InferenceIndexInformationForField resolveIndicesForField(String fieldName, ResolvedIndices resolvedIndices) {
+    private static void addToFieldBoostsMap(Map<String, Float> fieldBoosts, String field, Float boost) {
+        fieldBoosts.compute(field, (k, v) -> v == null ? boost : v * boost);
+    }
+
+    protected InferenceIndexInformationForField resolveIndicesForFields(QueryBuilder queryBuilder, ResolvedIndices resolvedIndices) {
+        Map<String, Float> fieldsWithBoosts = getFieldNamesWithBoosts(queryBuilder);
         Collection<IndexMetadata> indexMetadataCollection = resolvedIndices.getConcreteLocalIndicesMetadata().values();
-        Map<String, InferenceFieldMetadata> inferenceIndicesMetadata = new HashMap<>();
-        List<String> nonInferenceIndices = new ArrayList<>();
+
+        Map<String, Map<String, InferenceFieldMetadata>> inferenceFieldsPerIndex = new HashMap<>();
+        Map<String, Set<String>> nonInferenceFieldsPerIndex = new HashMap<>();
+        Map<String, Float> allFieldBoosts = new HashMap<>();
+
         for (IndexMetadata indexMetadata : indexMetadataCollection) {
             String indexName = indexMetadata.getIndex().getName();
-            InferenceFieldMetadata inferenceFieldMetadata = indexMetadata.getInferenceFields().get(fieldName);
-            if (inferenceFieldMetadata != null) {
-                inferenceIndicesMetadata.put(indexName, inferenceFieldMetadata);
-            } else {
-                nonInferenceIndices.add(indexName);
+            Map<String, InferenceFieldMetadata> indexInferenceFields = new HashMap<>();
+            Map<String, InferenceFieldMetadata> indexInferenceMetadata = indexMetadata.getInferenceFields();
+
+            // Collect resolved inference fields for this index
+            Set<String> resolvedInferenceFields = new HashSet<>();
+
+            // Handle explicit inference fields only
+            for (Map.Entry<String, Float> entry : fieldsWithBoosts.entrySet()) {
+                String field = entry.getKey();
+                Float boost = entry.getValue();
+
+                if (indexInferenceMetadata.containsKey(field)) {
+                    indexInferenceFields.put(field, indexInferenceMetadata.get(field));
+                    resolvedInferenceFields.add(field);
+                    addToFieldBoostsMap(allFieldBoosts, field, boost);
+                }
+            }
+
+            // Non-inference fields
+            Set<String> indexNonInferenceFields = new HashSet<>(fieldsWithBoosts.keySet());
+            indexNonInferenceFields.removeAll(resolvedInferenceFields);
+
+            // Store boosts for non-inference field patterns
+            for (String nonInferenceField : indexNonInferenceFields) {
+                addToFieldBoostsMap(allFieldBoosts, nonInferenceField, fieldsWithBoosts.get(nonInferenceField));
+            }
+
+            if (indexInferenceFields.isEmpty() == false) {
+                inferenceFieldsPerIndex.put(indexName, indexInferenceFields);
+            }
+
+            if (indexNonInferenceFields.isEmpty() == false) {
+                nonInferenceFieldsPerIndex.put(indexName, indexNonInferenceFields);
             }
         }
 
-        return new InferenceIndexInformationForField(fieldName, inferenceIndicesMetadata, nonInferenceIndices);
+        return new InferenceIndexInformationForField(inferenceFieldsPerIndex, nonInferenceFieldsPerIndex, allFieldBoosts);
     }
 
     protected QueryBuilder createSubQueryForIndices(Collection<String> indices, QueryBuilder queryBuilder) {
@@ -122,27 +162,68 @@ protected QueryBuilder createSemanticSubQuery(Collection<String> indices, String
     }
 
     /**
-     * Represents the indices and associated inference information for a field.
+     * Represents the indices and associated inference information for fields.
      */
     public record InferenceIndexInformationForField(
-        String fieldName,
-        Map<String, InferenceFieldMetadata> inferenceIndicesMetadata,
-        List<String> nonInferenceIndices
+        // Map: IndexName -> (FieldName -> InferenceFieldMetadata)
+        Map<String, Map<String, InferenceFieldMetadata>> inferenceFieldsPerIndex,
+        // Map: IndexName -> Set<FieldName> - non-inference fields per index (boosts stored in fieldBoosts)
+        Map<String, Set<String>> nonInferenceFieldsPerIndex,
+        // Map: FieldName -> Boost - stores boosts for all fields (both inference and non-inference)
+        Map<String, Float> fieldBoosts
     ) {
 
+        public Set<String> getAllInferenceFields() {
+            return inferenceFieldsPerIndex.values().stream().flatMap(fields -> fields.keySet().stream()).collect(Collectors.toSet());
+        }
+
+        public boolean hasInferenceFields() {
+            return inferenceFieldsPerIndex.isEmpty() == false;
+        }
+
+        public boolean hasNonInferenceFields() {
+            return nonInferenceFieldsPerIndex.isEmpty() == false;
+        }
+
         public Collection<String> getInferenceIndices() {
-            return inferenceIndicesMetadata.keySet();
+            return inferenceFieldsPerIndex.keySet();
+        }
+
+        public List<String> nonInferenceIndices() {
+            return new ArrayList<>(nonInferenceFieldsPerIndex.keySet());
         }
 
         public Map<String, List<String>> getInferenceIdsIndices() {
-            return inferenceIndicesMetadata.entrySet()
-                .stream()
-                .collect(
-                    Collectors.groupingBy(
-                        entry -> entry.getValue().getSearchInferenceId(),
-                        Collectors.mapping(Map.Entry::getKey, Collectors.toList())
-                    )
-                );
+            Map<String, List<String>> result = new HashMap<>();
+            for (Map.Entry<String, Map<String, InferenceFieldMetadata>> indexEntry : inferenceFieldsPerIndex.entrySet()) {
+                String indexName = indexEntry.getKey();
+                for (InferenceFieldMetadata metadata : indexEntry.getValue().values()) {
+                    String inferenceId = metadata.getSearchInferenceId();
+                    result.computeIfAbsent(inferenceId, k -> new ArrayList<>()).add(indexName);
+                }
+            }
+            return result;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Returns the set of indices where the given field is a semantic field (has inference metadata).
+         */
+        public Set<String> getInferenceIndicesForField(String fieldName) {
+            Set<String> indices = new HashSet<>();
+            for (Map.Entry<String, Map<String, InferenceFieldMetadata>> entry : inferenceFieldsPerIndex.entrySet()) {
+                if (entry.getValue().containsKey(fieldName)) {
+                    indices.add(entry.getKey());
+                }
+            }
+            return indices;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * @param fieldName the field name
+         * @return the resolved boost for the field
+         */
+        public float getFieldBoost(String fieldName) {
+            return fieldBoosts.getOrDefault(fieldName, AbstractQueryBuilder.DEFAULT_BOOST);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/queries/SemanticSparseVectorQueryRewriteInterceptor.java b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/queries/SemanticSparseVectorQueryRewriteInterceptor.java
index c85a21f10301d..b735c223d75fe 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/queries/SemanticSparseVectorQueryRewriteInterceptor.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/queries/SemanticSparseVectorQueryRewriteInterceptor.java
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ public class SemanticSparseVectorQueryRewriteInterceptor extends SemanticQueryRe
     public SemanticSparseVectorQueryRewriteInterceptor() {}
 
     @Override
-    protected String getFieldName(QueryBuilder queryBuilder) {
+    protected Map<String, Float> getFieldNamesWithBoosts(QueryBuilder queryBuilder) {
         assert (queryBuilder instanceof SparseVectorQueryBuilder);
         SparseVectorQueryBuilder sparseVectorQueryBuilder = (SparseVectorQueryBuilder) queryBuilder;
-        return sparseVectorQueryBuilder.getFieldName();
+        return Map.of(sparseVectorQueryBuilder.getFieldName(), 1.0f);
     }
 
     @Override