diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/SessionFactory.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/SessionFactory.java
index c2d53cdb9d17..9f671608bcc9 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/SessionFactory.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/SessionFactory.java
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 import jakarta.persistence.EntityManagerFactory;
 import jakarta.persistence.FindOption;
 import jakarta.persistence.SynchronizationType;
+import jakarta.persistence.TypedQuery;
+import jakarta.persistence.TypedQueryReference;
 import org.hibernate.boot.spi.SessionFactoryOptions;
 import org.hibernate.engine.spi.FilterDefinition;
 import org.hibernate.engine.spi.SessionFactoryImplementor;
@@ -557,6 +559,27 @@ default boolean containsFetchProfileDefinition(String name) {
 		return getDefinedFilterNames().contains( name );
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Add or override the definition of a named query, returning
+	 * a {@linkplain TypedQueryReference reference} to the query.
+	 * Settings such as first and max results, hints, flush mode,
+	 * cache mode, timeout, and lock options are preserved as part
+	 * of the named query definition. Any arguments bound to query
+	 * parameters are discarded.
+	 *
+	 * @param name the name to be assigned to the query
+	 * @param query the query, including first and max results, hints,
+	 *              flush mode, cache mode, timeout, and lock options
+	 *
+	 * @see #addNamedQuery(String, jakarta.persistence.Query)
+	 * @see org.hibernate.query.QueryProducer#createQuery(TypedQueryReference)
+	 * @see org.hibernate.query.QueryProducer#createSelectionQuery(String, Class)
+	 *
+	 * @since 7.0
+	 */
+	@Incubating
+	<R> TypedQueryReference<R> addNamedQuery(String name, TypedQuery<R> query);
+
 	/**
 	 * The name assigned to this {@code SessionFactory}, if any.
 	 * <ul>
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/spi/SessionFactoryDelegatingImpl.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/spi/SessionFactoryDelegatingImpl.java
index aa3764063c2d..274015be5b4e 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/spi/SessionFactoryDelegatingImpl.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/spi/SessionFactoryDelegatingImpl.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import jakarta.persistence.PersistenceUnitUtil;
 import jakarta.persistence.Query;
 import jakarta.persistence.SynchronizationType;
+import jakarta.persistence.TypedQuery;
 import jakarta.persistence.TypedQueryReference;
 
 import org.hibernate.CustomEntityDirtinessStrategy;
@@ -416,4 +417,9 @@ public ManagedBeanRegistry getManagedBeanRegistry() {
 	public EventListenerRegistry getEventListenerRegistry() {
 		return delegate.getEventListenerRegistry();
 	}
+
+	@Override
+	public <R> TypedQueryReference<R> addNamedQuery(String name, TypedQuery<R> query) {
+		return delegate.addNamedQuery( name, query );
+	}
 }
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/internal/SessionFactoryImpl.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/internal/SessionFactoryImpl.java
index 73093ad237b4..a14e14354d37 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/internal/SessionFactoryImpl.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/internal/SessionFactoryImpl.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import javax.naming.Reference;
 import javax.naming.StringRefAddr;
 
+import jakarta.persistence.TypedQuery;
 import org.hibernate.CustomEntityDirtinessStrategy;
 import org.hibernate.EntityNameResolver;
 import org.hibernate.FlushMode;
@@ -96,6 +97,7 @@
 import org.hibernate.proxy.EntityNotFoundDelegate;
 import org.hibernate.proxy.LazyInitializer;
 import org.hibernate.query.internal.QueryEngineImpl;
+import org.hibernate.query.named.NamedObjectRepository;
 import org.hibernate.query.spi.QueryEngine;
 import org.hibernate.query.sql.internal.SqlTranslationEngineImpl;
 import org.hibernate.query.sql.spi.SqlTranslationEngine;
@@ -871,10 +873,19 @@ public PersistenceUnitTransactionType getTransactionType() {
 
 	}
 
+	private NamedObjectRepository getNamedObjectRepository() {
+		validateNotClosed();
+		return getQueryEngine().getNamedObjectRepository();
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public void addNamedQuery(String name, Query query) {
-		validateNotClosed();
-		getQueryEngine().getNamedObjectRepository().registerNamedQuery( name, query );
+		getNamedObjectRepository().registerNamedQuery( name, query );
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public <R> TypedQueryReference<R> addNamedQuery(String name, TypedQuery<R> query) {
+		return getNamedObjectRepository().registerNamedQuery( name, query );
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/internal/NamedObjectRepositoryImpl.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/internal/NamedObjectRepositoryImpl.java
index a38d77b03723..4eb252765d24 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/internal/NamedObjectRepositoryImpl.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/internal/NamedObjectRepositoryImpl.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 import jakarta.persistence.PersistenceException;
 import jakarta.persistence.Query;
+import jakarta.persistence.TypedQuery;
 import org.hibernate.AssertionFailure;
 import org.hibernate.HibernateException;
 import org.hibernate.QueryException;
@@ -123,6 +124,23 @@ else if ( queryImplementor instanceof SqmQueryImplementor<?> sqmQueryImplementor
 		throw new PersistenceException( "Could not register named query: " + name );
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public <R> TypedQueryReference<R> registerNamedQuery(String name, TypedQuery<R> query) {
+		if ( query instanceof NativeQueryImplementor<R> nativeQueryImplementor ) {
+			final NamedNativeQueryMemento<R> memento = nativeQueryImplementor.toMemento( name );
+			registerNativeQueryMemento( name, memento );
+			return memento;
+		}
+		else if ( query instanceof SqmQueryImplementor<R> sqmQueryImplementor ) {
+			final NamedSqmQueryMemento<R> memento = sqmQueryImplementor.toMemento( name );
+			registerSqmQueryMemento( name, memento );
+			return memento;
+		}
+		else {
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException( "unknown implementation of TypedQuery" );
+		}
+	}
+
 	// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 	// Named SQM Memento
 
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/named/NamedObjectRepository.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/named/NamedObjectRepository.java
index 72839c59ab58..8416e45a5b51 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/named/NamedObjectRepository.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/named/NamedObjectRepository.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 
 import jakarta.persistence.Query;
+import jakarta.persistence.TypedQuery;
 import org.hibernate.HibernateException;
 import org.hibernate.Incubating;
 import org.hibernate.boot.Metadata;
@@ -36,6 +37,8 @@ public interface NamedObjectRepository {
 
 	void registerNamedQuery(String name, Query query);
 
+	<R> TypedQueryReference<R> registerNamedQuery(String name, TypedQuery<R> query);
+
 	// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 	// Named SQM Memento
 
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/sql/internal/NativeQueryImpl.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/sql/internal/NativeQueryImpl.java
index ebd6636fec4d..e82bd89b4c2e 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/sql/internal/NativeQueryImpl.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/sql/internal/NativeQueryImpl.java
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ public Class<R> getResultType() {
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public NamedNativeQueryMemento<?> toMemento(String name) {
+	public NamedNativeQueryMemento<R> toMemento(String name) {
 		return new NamedNativeQueryMementoImpl<>(
 				name,
 				resultType != null ? resultType : extractResultClass( resultSetMapping ),
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/sql/spi/NativeQueryImplementor.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/sql/spi/NativeQueryImplementor.java
index 60cd7ff13452..0eb64239abf1 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/sql/spi/NativeQueryImplementor.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/sql/spi/NativeQueryImplementor.java
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ default <T> NativeQueryImplementor<T> setResultTransformer(ResultTransformer<T>
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	NamedNativeQueryMemento<?> toMemento(String name);
+	NamedNativeQueryMemento<R> toMemento(String name);
 
 	@Override
 	NativeQueryImplementor<R> addScalar(String columnAlias);
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/sqm/internal/SqmUtil.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/sqm/internal/SqmUtil.java
index 9a73398beedb..1172c2b6ab7d 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/sqm/internal/SqmUtil.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/sqm/internal/SqmUtil.java
@@ -1072,6 +1072,7 @@ else if ( expectedResultClass.isArray() ) {
 				verifySelectionType( componentType, jpaCompliance, selection.getSelectableNode() );
 			}
 		}
+		//TODO: else check that the expectedResultClass has an appropriate constructor
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -1221,9 +1222,10 @@ private static boolean isMatchingDateJdbcType(Class<?> resultClass, JdbcType jdb
 
 	private static void throwQueryTypeMismatchException(Class<?> resultClass, SqmExpressible<?> sqmExpressible) {
 		throw new QueryTypeMismatchException( String.format(
-				"Specified result type [%s] did not match Query selection type [%s] - multiple selections: use Tuple or array",
-				resultClass.getName(),
-				sqmExpressible.getTypeName()
+				Locale.ROOT,
+				"Incorrect query result type: query produces '%s' but type '%s' was given",
+				sqmExpressible.getTypeName(),
+				resultClass.getName()
 		) );
 	}
 }