diff --git a/lua/hopcsharp/database/query.lua b/lua/hopcsharp/database/query.lua
index ff10d8b..e448e72 100644
--- a/lua/hopcsharp/database/query.lua
+++ b/lua/hopcsharp/database/query.lua
@@ -273,20 +273,26 @@ M.get_reference_by_name_and_current_namespace = function(name, namespaces)
         WHERE (r.name = '%s' OR r.name GLOB '%s' OR r.name || 'Attribute' = '%s')
             -- or we have using with that namespace
             -- or we are in the same namespace
-            AND ((u.namespace IN (%s)) OR (n.name IN (%s)))
+            -- or there are references in a nested namespaces
+            AND ((u.namespace IN (%s)) OR (n.name IN (%s)) OR (n.name GLOB %s))
         ORDER BY
             r.name ASC,
             n.name ASC,
             f.path ASC
     ]]
 
+    -- TODO check if GLOB didn't introduce table scan
+    -- TODO cover in tests
+    -- TODO comment and explain why we are doing it
+    local namespace_glob = "'" .. namespaces[1] .. "*'"
+
     for i, namespace in ipairs(namespaces) do
         namespaces[i] = '"' .. namespace .. '"'
     end
 
     local namespace_string = table.concat(namespaces, ',')
 
-    return string.format(query, name, name .. '<*>', name, namespace_string, namespace_string)
+    return string.format(query, name, name .. '<*>', name, namespace_string, namespace_string, namespace_glob)
 end
 
 M.get_reference_by_name_and_type = function(name, type)
diff --git a/lua/hopcsharp/hop/providers/definition.lua b/lua/hopcsharp/hop/providers/definition.lua
index 6f2b5d3..955f011 100644
--- a/lua/hopcsharp/hop/providers/definition.lua
+++ b/lua/hopcsharp/hop/providers/definition.lua
@@ -91,6 +91,13 @@ M.__by_name_type_and_current_namespace = function(current_word, node)
                 table.insert(namespace, vim.treesitter.get_node_text(nn, 0, nil))
             end
 
+            -- TODO cover in tests to make sure it is needed
+            -- insert outer namespace that are not included by usings
+            -- because namespace has access to all types defined in outer namespaces
+            for _, n in ipairs(utils.__get_outer_namespaces(namespace[1] or '')) do
+                table.insert(namespace, n)
+            end
+
             local db = database.__get_db()
             return db:eval(query.get_definition_by_name_type_and_namespace(name, node_type, namespace))
         end,
diff --git a/lua/hopcsharp/hop/providers/reference.lua b/lua/hopcsharp/hop/providers/reference.lua
index 07cd8ae..8009408 100644
--- a/lua/hopcsharp/hop/providers/reference.lua
+++ b/lua/hopcsharp/hop/providers/reference.lua
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ M.__by_name_and_current_namespace = function(current_word, node)
             end
 
             local db = database.__get_db()
-            return db:eval(query.get_reference_by_name_and_current_namespace(name, namespace))
+            return db:eval(query.get_reference_by_name_and_current_namespace(name, namespace)),
+                dbutils.get_reference_type_name
         end,
     }
 end
diff --git a/lua/hopcsharp/hop/providers/utils.lua b/lua/hopcsharp/hop/providers/utils.lua
index 1d05d01..a4b8407 100644
--- a/lua/hopcsharp/hop/providers/utils.lua
+++ b/lua/hopcsharp/hop/providers/utils.lua
@@ -123,4 +123,35 @@ M.__get_node_modifiers = function(node)
     return modifiers
 end
 
+---@param namespace string Namespace name
+---@return string[] List of outer namespaces
+M.__get_outer_namespaces = function(namespace)
+    local namespaces = {}
+
+    if namespace == nil then
+        return namespaces
+    end
+
+    if namespace == '' then
+        return namespaces
+    end
+
+    local parts = {}
+    for part in string.gmatch(namespace, '([^%.]+)') do
+        table.insert(parts, part)
+    end
+
+    local i = 1
+    while i < #parts do
+        local n = {}
+        for j = 1, i, 1 do
+            table.insert(n, parts[j])
+        end
+        i = i + 1
+        table.insert(namespaces, table.concat(n, '.'))
+    end
+
+    return namespaces
+end
+
 return M
diff --git a/test/hop/providers/utils_spec.lua b/test/hop/providers/utils_spec.lua
index 307689b..a1164ef 100644
--- a/test/hop/providers/utils_spec.lua
+++ b/test/hop/providers/utils_spec.lua
@@ -137,4 +137,40 @@ describe('hop.providers.utils', function()
         local modifiers = utils.__get_node_modifiers(vim.treesitter.get_node())
         assert(#modifiers == 0)
     end)
+
+    it('__get_outer_namespaces - outmost namespace', function()
+        local namespaces = utils.__get_outer_namespaces('NoNesting')
+        assert(#namespaces == 0)
+    end)
+
+    it('__get_outer_namespaces - one outer namespace', function()
+        local namespaces = utils.__get_outer_namespaces('One.Two')
+        assert(#namespaces == 1)
+        assert(namespaces[1] == 'One')
+    end)
+
+    it('__get_outer_namespaces - two outer namespace', function()
+        local namespaces = utils.__get_outer_namespaces('One.Two.Three')
+        assert(#namespaces == 2)
+        assert(namespaces[1] == 'One')
+        assert(namespaces[2] == 'One.Two')
+    end)
+
+    it('__get_outer_namespaces - happy', function()
+        local namespaces = utils.__get_outer_namespaces('This.Is.My.Namespace')
+        assert(#namespaces == 3)
+        assert(namespaces[1] == 'This')
+        assert(namespaces[2] == 'This.Is')
+        assert(namespaces[3] == 'This.Is.My')
+    end)
+
+    it('__get_outer_namespaces - nil', function()
+        local namespaces = utils.__get_outer_namespaces(nil)
+        assert(#namespaces == 0)
+    end)
+
+    it('__get_outer_namespaces - empty', function()
+        local namespaces = utils.__get_outer_namespaces('')
+        assert(#namespaces == 0)
+    end)
 end)