diff --git a/pkg/yqlib/lexer_participle_test.go b/pkg/yqlib/lexer_participle_test.go
index b28ab1da1d..9150bd4709 100644
--- a/pkg/yqlib/lexer_participle_test.go
+++ b/pkg/yqlib/lexer_participle_test.go
@@ -483,6 +483,7 @@ var participleLexerScenarios = []participleLexerScenario{
 					StringValue:   "map_values",
 					Preferences:   nil,
 				},
+				CheckForPostTraverse: mapValuesOpType.CheckForPostTraverse,
 			},
 		},
 	},
@@ -497,6 +498,7 @@ var participleLexerScenarios = []participleLexerScenario{
 					StringValue:   "mapvalues",
 					Preferences:   nil,
 				},
+				CheckForPostTraverse: mapValuesOpType.CheckForPostTraverse,
 			},
 		},
 	},
diff --git a/pkg/yqlib/operation.go b/pkg/yqlib/operation.go
index 7afe11bddc..da64ce194f 100644
--- a/pkg/yqlib/operation.go
+++ b/pkg/yqlib/operation.go
@@ -85,16 +85,17 @@ var lengthOpType = &operationType{Type: "LENGTH", NumArgs: 0, Precedence: 50, Ha
 var lineOpType = &operationType{Type: "LINE", NumArgs: 0, Precedence: 50, Handler: lineOperator}
 var columnOpType = &operationType{Type: "LINE", NumArgs: 0, Precedence: 50, Handler: columnOperator}
 
+// Use this expression to create alias/syntactic sugar expressions (in lexer_participle).
 var expressionOpType = &operationType{Type: "EXP", NumArgs: 0, Precedence: 50, Handler: expressionOperator}
 
 var collectOpType = &operationType{Type: "COLLECT", NumArgs: 1, Precedence: 50, Handler: collectOperator}
-var mapOpType = &operationType{Type: "MAP", NumArgs: 1, Precedence: 50, Handler: mapOperator}
+var mapOpType = &operationType{Type: "MAP", NumArgs: 1, Precedence: 52, Handler: mapOperator, CheckForPostTraverse: true}
 var filterOpType = &operationType{Type: "FILTER", NumArgs: 1, Precedence: 52, Handler: filterOperator, CheckForPostTraverse: true}
 var errorOpType = &operationType{Type: "ERROR", NumArgs: 1, Precedence: 50, Handler: errorOperator}
-var pickOpType = &operationType{Type: "PICK", NumArgs: 1, Precedence: 50, Handler: pickOperator}
-var omitOpType = &operationType{Type: "OMIT", NumArgs: 1, Precedence: 50, Handler: omitOperator}
-var evalOpType = &operationType{Type: "EVAL", NumArgs: 1, Precedence: 50, Handler: evalOperator}
-var mapValuesOpType = &operationType{Type: "MAP_VALUES", NumArgs: 1, Precedence: 50, Handler: mapValuesOperator}
+var pickOpType = &operationType{Type: "PICK", NumArgs: 1, Precedence: 52, Handler: pickOperator, CheckForPostTraverse: true}
+var omitOpType = &operationType{Type: "OMIT", NumArgs: 1, Precedence: 52, Handler: omitOperator, CheckForPostTraverse: true}
+var evalOpType = &operationType{Type: "EVAL", NumArgs: 1, Precedence: 52, Handler: evalOperator, CheckForPostTraverse: true}
+var mapValuesOpType = &operationType{Type: "MAP_VALUES", NumArgs: 1, Precedence: 52, Handler: mapValuesOperator, CheckForPostTraverse: true}
 
 var formatDateTimeOpType = &operationType{Type: "FORMAT_DATE_TIME", NumArgs: 1, Precedence: 50, Handler: formatDateTime}
 var withDtFormatOpType = &operationType{Type: "WITH_DATE_TIME_FORMAT", NumArgs: 1, Precedence: 50, Handler: withDateTimeFormat}
@@ -135,12 +136,12 @@ var getDocumentIndexOpType = &operationType{Type: "GET_DOCUMENT_INDEX", NumArgs:
 var getFilenameOpType = &operationType{Type: "GET_FILENAME", NumArgs: 0, Precedence: 50, Handler: getFilenameOperator}
 var getFileIndexOpType = &operationType{Type: "GET_FILE_INDEX", NumArgs: 0, Precedence: 50, Handler: getFileIndexOperator}
 
-var getPathOpType = &operationType{Type: "GET_PATH", NumArgs: 0, Precedence: 50, Handler: getPathOperator}
+var getPathOpType = &operationType{Type: "GET_PATH", NumArgs: 0, Precedence: 52, Handler: getPathOperator, CheckForPostTraverse: true}
 var setPathOpType = &operationType{Type: "SET_PATH", NumArgs: 1, Precedence: 50, Handler: setPathOperator}
 var delPathsOpType = &operationType{Type: "DEL_PATHS", NumArgs: 1, Precedence: 50, Handler: delPathsOperator}
 
 var explodeOpType = &operationType{Type: "EXPLODE", NumArgs: 1, Precedence: 50, Handler: explodeOperator}
-var sortByOpType = &operationType{Type: "SORT_BY", NumArgs: 1, Precedence: 52, Handler: sortByOperator, CheckForPostTraverse: true}
+var sortByOpType = &operationType{Type: "SORT_BY", NumArgs: 1, Precedence: 52, Handler: sortByOperator}
 var reverseOpType = &operationType{Type: "REVERSE", NumArgs: 0, Precedence: 52, Handler: reverseOperator, CheckForPostTraverse: true}
 var sortOpType = &operationType{Type: "SORT", NumArgs: 0, Precedence: 52, Handler: sortOperator, CheckForPostTraverse: true}
 var shuffleOpType = &operationType{Type: "SHUFFLE", NumArgs: 0, Precedence: 52, Handler: shuffleOperator, CheckForPostTraverse: true}
@@ -158,7 +159,7 @@ var trimOpType = &operationType{Type: "TRIM", NumArgs: 0, Precedence: 50, Handle
 var toStringOpType = &operationType{Type: "TO_STRING", NumArgs: 0, Precedence: 50, Handler: toStringOperator}
 var stringInterpolationOpType = &operationType{Type: "STRING_INT", NumArgs: 0, Precedence: 50, Handler: stringInterpolationOperator, ToString: valueToStringFunc}
 
-var loadOpType = &operationType{Type: "LOAD", NumArgs: 1, Precedence: 52, Handler: loadOperator}
+var loadOpType = &operationType{Type: "LOAD", NumArgs: 1, Precedence: 52, Handler: loadOperator, CheckForPostTraverse: true}
 var loadStringOpType = &operationType{Type: "LOAD_STRING", NumArgs: 1, Precedence: 52, Handler: loadStringOperator}
 
 var keysOpType = &operationType{Type: "KEYS", NumArgs: 0, Precedence: 52, Handler: keysOperator, CheckForPostTraverse: true}
diff --git a/pkg/yqlib/operator_collect_test.go b/pkg/yqlib/operator_collect_test.go
index b58c0dea8c..9ff63b4ed7 100644
--- a/pkg/yqlib/operator_collect_test.go
+++ b/pkg/yqlib/operator_collect_test.go
@@ -109,6 +109,14 @@ var collectOperatorScenarios = []expressionScenario{
 			"D0, P[], (!!seq)::- 1\n- 2\n- 3\n",
 		},
 	},
+	{
+		skipDoc:    true,
+		expression: `[1,2][]`,
+		expected: []string{
+			"D0, P[0], (!!int)::1\n",
+			"D0, P[1], (!!int)::2\n",
+		},
+	},
 	{
 		document:   `a: {b: [1,2,3]}`,
 		expression: `[.a.b.[]]`,
diff --git a/pkg/yqlib/operator_eval_test.go b/pkg/yqlib/operator_eval_test.go
index 6726b75a76..418a508717 100644
--- a/pkg/yqlib/operator_eval_test.go
+++ b/pkg/yqlib/operator_eval_test.go
@@ -14,6 +14,15 @@ var evalOperatorScenarios = []expressionScenario{
 			"D0, P[a b 1], (!!map)::{name: cat}\n",
 		},
 	},
+	{
+		description: "eval splat",
+		skipDoc:     true,
+		document:    `{pathExp: '.a.b[] | select(.name == "cat")', a: {b: [{name: dog}, {name: cat}]}}`,
+		expression:  `eval(.pathExp)[]`,
+		expected: []string{
+			"D0, P[a b 1 name], (!!str)::cat\n",
+		},
+	},
 	{
 		description:          "Dynamically update a path from an environment variable",
 		subdescription:       "The env variable can be any valid yq expression.",
diff --git a/pkg/yqlib/operator_map_test.go b/pkg/yqlib/operator_map_test.go
index 7ba25b3c9f..94bf87c424 100644
--- a/pkg/yqlib/operator_map_test.go
+++ b/pkg/yqlib/operator_map_test.go
@@ -15,6 +15,15 @@ var mapOperatorScenarios = []expressionScenario{
 			"D0, P[], (!!seq)::[6, 7, 8]\n",
 		},
 	},
+	{
+		skipDoc:    true,
+		document:   `[1,2]`,
+		expression: `map(. + 1)[]`,
+		expected: []string{
+			"D0, P[0], (!!int)::2\n",
+			"D0, P[1], (!!int)::3\n",
+		},
+	},
 	{
 		description: "Map array",
 		document:    `[1,2,3]`,
@@ -33,6 +42,16 @@ var mapOperatorScenarios = []expressionScenario{
 			"D0, P[], (!!map)::{x: 11, y: 21, z: 31}\n",
 		},
 	},
+	{
+		description: "map values splat",
+		skipDoc:     true,
+		document:    `{a: 1, b: 2}`,
+		expression:  `map_values(. + 1)[]`,
+		expected: []string{
+			"D0, P[a], (!!int)::2\n",
+			"D0, P[b], (!!int)::3\n",
+		},
+	},
 	{
 		description: "Map object values",
 		document:    `{a: 1, b: 2, c: 3}`,
diff --git a/pkg/yqlib/operator_omit_test.go b/pkg/yqlib/operator_omit_test.go
index dbd6d9c02d..06d30abf91 100644
--- a/pkg/yqlib/operator_omit_test.go
+++ b/pkg/yqlib/operator_omit_test.go
@@ -14,6 +14,16 @@ var omitOperatorScenarios = []expressionScenario{
 			"D0, P[], (!!map)::myMap: {dog: bark, thing: hamster}\n",
 		},
 	},
+	{
+		description: "Omit splat",
+		skipDoc:     true,
+		document:    "{cat: meow, dog: bark, hamster: squeak}\n",
+		expression:  `omit(["dog"])[]`,
+		expected: []string{
+			"D0, P[cat], (!!str)::meow\n",
+			"D0, P[hamster], (!!str)::squeak\n",
+		},
+	},
 	{
 		description: "Omit keys from map",
 		skipDoc:     true,
diff --git a/pkg/yqlib/operator_path_test.go b/pkg/yqlib/operator_path_test.go
index bb575aac66..61f2f9d8e0 100644
--- a/pkg/yqlib/operator_path_test.go
+++ b/pkg/yqlib/operator_path_test.go
@@ -23,6 +23,16 @@ var pathOperatorScenarios = []expressionScenario{
 			"D0, P[a b], (!!seq)::- a\n- b\n",
 		},
 	},
+	{
+		description: "Map path",
+		document:    `{a: {b: cat}}`,
+		skipDoc:     true,
+		expression:  `.a.b | path[]`,
+		expected: []string{
+			"D0, P[a b 0], (!!str)::a\n",
+			"D0, P[a b 1], (!!str)::b\n",
+		},
+	},
 	{
 		skipDoc: true,
 		document: `a:
diff --git a/pkg/yqlib/operator_pick_test.go b/pkg/yqlib/operator_pick_test.go
index 44565602cd..0111a35777 100644
--- a/pkg/yqlib/operator_pick_test.go
+++ b/pkg/yqlib/operator_pick_test.go
@@ -14,6 +14,16 @@ var pickOperatorScenarios = []expressionScenario{
 			"D0, P[], (!!map)::myMap: {hamster: squeak, cat: meow}\n",
 		},
 	},
+	{
+		description: "Pick splat",
+		skipDoc:     true,
+		document:    "{cat: meow, dog: bark, thing: hamster, hamster: squeak}\n",
+		expression:  `pick(["hamster", "cat"])[]`,
+		expected: []string{
+			"D0, P[hamster], (!!str)::squeak\n",
+			"D0, P[cat], (!!str)::meow\n",
+		},
+	},
 	{
 		description: "Pick keys from map",
 		skipDoc:     true,