diff --git a/opensearch/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/opensearch/storage/script/filter/FilterQueryBuilder.java b/opensearch/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/opensearch/storage/script/filter/FilterQueryBuilder.java
index 934d6d7396..9b37afa2d1 100644
--- a/opensearch/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/opensearch/storage/script/filter/FilterQueryBuilder.java
+++ b/opensearch/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/opensearch/storage/script/filter/FilterQueryBuilder.java
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.function.BiFunction;
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
+import org.apache.lucene.search.join.ScoreMode;
 import org.opensearch.index.query.BoolQueryBuilder;
+import org.opensearch.index.query.NestedQueryBuilder;
 import org.opensearch.index.query.QueryBuilder;
 import org.opensearch.index.query.QueryBuilders;
 import org.opensearch.index.query.ScriptQueryBuilder;
@@ -23,6 +25,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.sql.expression.Expression;
 import org.opensearch.sql.expression.ExpressionNodeVisitor;
 import org.opensearch.sql.expression.FunctionExpression;
+import org.opensearch.sql.expression.ReferenceExpression;
 import org.opensearch.sql.expression.function.BuiltinFunctionName;
 import org.opensearch.sql.expression.function.FunctionName;
 import org.opensearch.sql.opensearch.storage.script.filter.lucene.LikeQuery;
@@ -99,20 +102,42 @@ public QueryBuilder visitFunction(FunctionExpression func, Object context) {
         return buildBoolQuery(func, context, BoolQueryBuilder::should);
       case "not":
         return buildBoolQuery(func, context, BoolQueryBuilder::mustNot);
+      case "nested":
+        // nested (field, condition)
+        // example: WHERE message.info = 'a' OR message.info = 'b'
+        // => bool { must { bool { should { term(message.info, 'a') , term(message.info, 'b') } } }
+
+        // example: WHERE nested(message.info) = 'a' OR nested(message.info) = 'b'
+        // => bool { must { bool { should { term( nested { term { message.info} } }, 'a') , term( nested { term { message.info} } }, 'b') } } }
+        // => bool { must { bool { nested { bool { must { term( message.info, 'a') , term( message.info, 'b') } } }
+
+        // example: WHERE nested(message.info, message.info = 'a' OR message.info = 'b' ...)
+        // => bool { must { bool { nested { bool { must { term( message.info, 'a') , term( message.info, 'b') } } }
+
+        // => bool { must { nested { bool { should { term() , term() } } } }
+        // example: WHERE nested(message.info, message.age > 20 OR message.info = 'b' ...)
+        // example: WHERE nested(message.info.name, message.info.name = 'a') OR nested(message.info.address, message.info.address = 'b')
+
+        // WHERE nested(message, message.info.name, message.info.name = "Andrew" OR message.comment = "SECOND")
+        // WHERE (nested(message.info.name) = "Andrew" AND nested(message.comment) = "FIRST") OR (nested(message.info.name) = "Guian" AND nested(message.comment = "SECOND"))
+
+        // example: WHERE nested(foo.bar, nested(zoo.blah, condition))
+
+        if (func.getArguments().size() > 1) {
+          Expression secondArgument = func.getArguments().get(1);
+          if (secondArgument instanceof FunctionExpression) {
+            ReferenceExpression field = (ReferenceExpression)func.getArguments().get(0);
+            FunctionExpression condition = (FunctionExpression)func.getArguments().get(1);
+            QueryBuilder queryBuilder = visitFunction(condition, context);
+            NestedQueryBuilder
+                nestedQueryBuilder = QueryBuilders.nestedQuery(getNestedPathString(field), queryBuilder, ScoreMode.None);
+            return nestedQueryBuilder;
+          }
+        }
+        // else, this doesn't have a condition so we need to just call nested without a queryBuilder
       default: {
         LuceneQuery query = luceneQueries.get(name);
-        // Nested used in predicate expression with syntax 'WHERE nested(field | field, path) = ...'
-        if (func.getArguments().get(0) instanceof FunctionExpression
-            && ((FunctionExpression)func.getArguments().get(0)).getFunctionName().getFunctionName().equalsIgnoreCase(BuiltinFunctionName.NESTED.name())) {
-          LuceneQuery innerQuery = luceneQueries.get(((FunctionExpression)func.getArguments().get(0)).getFunctionName());
-          return innerQuery.build(func);
-          // containsInnerNestedQuery()
-          // innerQuery.buildPredicateExpression()
-        } else if (query instanceof NestedQuery) {
-          // TODO Throw exception if does not have conditional parameter.
-          return query.build(func);
-        }
-          if (query != null && query.canSupport(func)) {
+        if (query != null && query.canSupport(func)) {
           return query.build(func);
         }
         return buildScriptQuery(func);
@@ -120,6 +145,14 @@ public QueryBuilder visitFunction(FunctionExpression func, Object context) {
     }
   }
 
+  private String getNestedPathString(ReferenceExpression field) {
+    String ret = "";
+    for (int i = 0; i < field.getPaths().size() - 1; i++) {
+      ret +=  (i == 0) ? field.getPaths().get(i) : "." + field.getPaths().get(i);
+    }
+    return ret;
+  }
+
   private BoolQueryBuilder buildBoolQuery(FunctionExpression node,
                                           Object context,
                                           BiFunction<BoolQueryBuilder, QueryBuilder,