diff --git a/pkg/hnsw/heap.go b/pkg/hnsw/heap.go
index 499ab83..5dcff52 100644
--- a/pkg/hnsw/heap.go
+++ b/pkg/hnsw/heap.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package hnsw
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"maps"
 	"math/bits"
 )
 
@@ -127,6 +128,18 @@ func NewDistHeap() *DistHeap {
 	return d
 }
 
+func (d *DistHeap) Clone() *DistHeap {
+	n := &DistHeap{
+		items:   make([]*Item, len(d.items)),
+		visited: make(map[Id]int, len(d.visited)),
+	}
+
+	copy(n.items, d.items)
+	maps.Copy(n.visited, d.visited)
+
+	return n
+}
+
 func (d *DistHeap) PeekMinItem() (*Item, error) {
 	if d.IsEmpty() {
 		return nil, EmptyHeapError
diff --git a/pkg/hnsw/heap_test.go b/pkg/hnsw/heap_test.go
index ec131c7..f7997cc 100644
--- a/pkg/hnsw/heap_test.go
+++ b/pkg/hnsw/heap_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package hnsw
 
-import "testing"
+import (
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+)
 
 func TestHeap(t *testing.T) {
 
@@ -138,6 +141,34 @@ func TestHeap(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 		}
 	})
+
+	t.Run("copy", func(t *testing.T) {
+		m := NewDistHeap()
+
+		for i := 0; i <= 10; i++ {
+			m.Insert(Id(i), float32(10-i))
+		}
+
+		n := m.Clone()
+
+		reflect.DeepEqual(m.items, n.items)
+		reflect.DeepEqual(m.visited, n.visited)
+
+		expectedId := Id(10)
+
+		for !n.IsEmpty() {
+			item, err := n.PopMinItem()
+			if err != nil {
+				return
+			}
+
+			if item.id != expectedId {
+				t.Fatalf("expected id to be %v, got %v", expectedId, item.id)
+			}
+
+			expectedId -= 1
+		}
+	})
 }
 
 func furthestBuildings(heights []int, bricks, ladders int) (int, error) {