diff --git a/infer/src/nullsafe/AnnotatedField.ml b/infer/src/nullsafe/AnnotatedField.ml
index 0be191f46..ba7cb87ae 100644
--- a/infer/src/nullsafe/AnnotatedField.ml
+++ b/infer/src/nullsafe/AnnotatedField.ml
@@ -38,7 +38,18 @@ let is_enum_value tenv ~class_typ (field_info : Struct.field_info) =
 
 let is_synthetic field_name = String.contains field_name '$'
 
-let get tenv field_name class_typ =
+(* For the special mode, return the provisionally nullable annotation, otherwise return the unchaged nullability *)
+let maybe_provisionally_nullable field_name ~field_class ~class_under_analysis nullability =
+  if
+    Config.nullsafe_annotation_graph
+    (* Provisionally nullable mode distinct "internal" fields in the class and all the fields outside *)
+    && Typ.Name.equal field_class class_under_analysis
+    && AnnotatedNullability.can_be_considered_for_provisional_annotation nullability
+  then AnnotatedNullability.ProvisionallyNullable (ProvisionalAnnotation.Field {field_name})
+  else nullability
+
+
+let get tenv field_name ~class_typ ~class_under_analysis =
   let open IOption.Let_syntax in
   let lookup = Tenv.lookup tenv in
   (* We currently don't support field-level strict mode annotation, so fetch it from class *)
@@ -63,7 +74,7 @@ let get tenv field_name class_typ =
     AnnotatedNullability.of_type_and_annotation ~is_callee_in_trust_list:false ~nullsafe_mode
       ~is_third_party field_typ annotations
   in
-  let corrected_nullability =
+  let special_case_nullability =
     if Nullability.is_nonnullish (AnnotatedNullability.get_nullability nullability) then
       if
         is_enum_value
@@ -81,5 +92,13 @@ let get tenv field_name class_typ =
       else nullability
     else nullability
   in
-  let annotated_type = AnnotatedType.{nullability= corrected_nullability; typ= field_typ} in
+  let field_class =
+    Option.value_exn (get_type_name class_typ)
+      ~message:"otherwise we would not have fetched field info above"
+  in
+  let final_nullability =
+    maybe_provisionally_nullable field_name ~field_class ~class_under_analysis
+      special_case_nullability
+  in
+  let annotated_type = AnnotatedType.{nullability= final_nullability; typ= field_typ} in
   {annotation_deprecated= annotations; annotated_type}
diff --git a/infer/src/nullsafe/AnnotatedField.mli b/infer/src/nullsafe/AnnotatedField.mli
index 3dbd768aa..0370be6c3 100644
--- a/infer/src/nullsafe/AnnotatedField.mli
+++ b/infer/src/nullsafe/AnnotatedField.mli
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@ open! IStd
 
 type t = {annotation_deprecated: Annot.Item.t; annotated_type: AnnotatedType.t}
 
-val get : Tenv.t -> Fieldname.t -> Typ.t -> t option
+val get : Tenv.t -> Fieldname.t -> class_typ:Typ.t -> class_under_analysis:Typ.name -> t option
 (** Looks up for a field declaration and, in case of success, converts it to [t] *)
diff --git a/infer/src/nullsafe/AnnotatedNullability.ml b/infer/src/nullsafe/AnnotatedNullability.ml
index 033b379f0..cae84668c 100644
--- a/infer/src/nullsafe/AnnotatedNullability.ml
+++ b/infer/src/nullsafe/AnnotatedNullability.ml
@@ -145,3 +145,26 @@ let of_type_and_annotation ~is_callee_in_trust_list ~nullsafe_mode ~is_third_par
             else UncheckedNonnull ImplicitlyNonnull
           in
           if is_callee_in_trust_list then LocallyTrustedNonnull else preliminary_nullability
+
+
+let can_be_considered_for_provisional_annotation = function
+  | Nullable _ ->
+      (* already nullable *) false
+  | ProvisionallyNullable _ ->
+      (* already provisionally nullable *) true
+  | ThirdPartyNonnull ->
+      (* third party code is considered beyond control *) false
+  | UncheckedNonnull _ | LocallyTrustedNonnull | LocallyCheckedNonnull ->
+      (* legit non-primitive non-nullable type *) true
+  | StrictNonnull ExplicitNonnullThirdParty ->
+      (* third party code is considered beyond control *) false
+  | StrictNonnull ModelledNonnull ->
+      (* models correspond to code beyond control *) false
+  | StrictNonnull PrimitiveType ->
+      (* primitive type can not be annotated *) false
+  | StrictNonnull EnumValue ->
+      (* by design non-nullable *) false
+  | StrictNonnull SyntheticField ->
+      (* not present in source code *) false
+  | StrictNonnull StrictMode ->
+      (* legit non-nullable non-primitive type *) true
diff --git a/infer/src/nullsafe/AnnotatedNullability.mli b/infer/src/nullsafe/AnnotatedNullability.mli
index 152248583..fb74e81f6 100644
--- a/infer/src/nullsafe/AnnotatedNullability.mli
+++ b/infer/src/nullsafe/AnnotatedNullability.mli
@@ -81,4 +81,12 @@ val of_type_and_annotation :
     processing. [is_callee_in_trust_list] defines whether the callee class is in the caller's
     explicitly provided trust list and therefore whether its nullability should be refined. *)
 
+val can_be_considered_for_provisional_annotation : t -> bool
+(** A method for the special mode where imaginary (provisional) [@Nullable] annotations are added to
+    the code: see also [ProvisionalAnnotation.t]. This is a helper method useful for preliminary
+    filtration of types that:
+
+    - can be semantically annotated as [@Nullable] in the source code e.g. non-primitive types
+    - makes logical sense to annotate - e.g. the source code is under control. *)
+
 val pp : Format.formatter -> t -> unit
diff --git a/infer/src/nullsafe/ProvisionalAnnotation.ml b/infer/src/nullsafe/ProvisionalAnnotation.ml
index 8720488eb..045ee3b59 100644
--- a/infer/src/nullsafe/ProvisionalAnnotation.ml
+++ b/infer/src/nullsafe/ProvisionalAnnotation.ml
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@
 open! IStd
 
 type t =
-  | Field of {field_name: string}
+  | Field of {field_name: Fieldname.t}
   | Method of Procname.Java.t
   | Param of {method_info: Procname.Java.t; num: int}
 [@@deriving compare]
 
 let pp fmt = function
   | Field {field_name} ->
-      Format.fprintf fmt "Field(%s)" field_name
+      Format.fprintf fmt "Field(%a)" Fieldname.pp field_name
   | Method proc_name ->
       Format.fprintf fmt "Method(%a)" Procname.pp (Procname.Java proc_name)
   | Param {method_info; num} ->
diff --git a/infer/src/nullsafe/ProvisionalAnnotation.mli b/infer/src/nullsafe/ProvisionalAnnotation.mli
index 8ac289345..f69199d94 100644
--- a/infer/src/nullsafe/ProvisionalAnnotation.mli
+++ b/infer/src/nullsafe/ProvisionalAnnotation.mli
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ open! IStd
     and such * element was annotated as [@Nullable]. *)
 
 type t =
-  | Field of {field_name: string}
+  | Field of {field_name: Fieldname.t}
   | Method of Procname.Java.t
   | Param of {method_info: Procname.Java.t; num: int}
 [@@deriving compare]
diff --git a/infer/src/nullsafe/eradicateChecks.ml b/infer/src/nullsafe/eradicateChecks.ml
index e0b953e1f..a7984a46b 100644
--- a/infer/src/nullsafe/eradicateChecks.ml
+++ b/infer/src/nullsafe/eradicateChecks.ml
@@ -233,7 +233,9 @@ let check_constructor_initialization
       match Tenv.lookup tenv name with
       | Some {fields} ->
           let do_field (field_name, field_type, _) =
-            let annotated_field = AnnotatedField.get tenv field_name ts in
+            let annotated_field =
+              AnnotatedField.get tenv field_name ~class_typ:ts ~class_under_analysis:name
+            in
             let is_initialized_by_framework =
               match annotated_field with
               | None ->
diff --git a/infer/src/nullsafe/typeCheck.ml b/infer/src/nullsafe/typeCheck.ml
index 6bd821ccd..fa1e76098 100644
--- a/infer/src/nullsafe/typeCheck.ml
+++ b/infer/src/nullsafe/typeCheck.ml
@@ -117,9 +117,9 @@ type find_canonical_duplicate = Procdesc.Node.t -> Procdesc.Node.t
 type checks = {eradicate: bool; check_ret_type: check_return_type list}
 
 (** Typecheck an expression. *)
-let rec typecheck_expr ({IntraproceduralAnalysis.tenv; _} as analysis_data) ~nullsafe_mode
-    find_canonical_duplicate visited checks node instr_ref typestate e tr_default loc :
-    TypeState.range =
+let rec typecheck_expr ({IntraproceduralAnalysis.tenv; proc_desc= curr_proc_desc} as analysis_data)
+    ~nullsafe_mode find_canonical_duplicate visited checks node instr_ref typestate e tr_default loc
+    : TypeState.range =
   L.d_with_indent ~name:"typecheck_expr" ~pp_result:TypeState.pp_range (fun () ->
       L.d_printfln "Expr: %a" Exp.pp e ;
       match e with
@@ -161,8 +161,14 @@ let rec typecheck_expr ({IntraproceduralAnalysis.tenv; _} as analysis_data) ~nul
               loc
           in
           let object_origin = InferredNullability.get_simple_origin inferred_nullability in
+          let curr_procname =
+            Procdesc.get_proc_name curr_proc_desc
+            |> Procname.as_java_exn
+                 ~explanation:"typecheck_expr: attempt to typecheck non-Java method"
+          in
+          let class_under_analysis = Procname.Java.get_class_type_name curr_procname in
           let tr_new =
-            match AnnotatedField.get tenv field_name typ with
+            match AnnotatedField.get tenv field_name ~class_typ:typ ~class_under_analysis with
             | Some AnnotatedField.{annotated_type= field_type} ->
                 ( field_type.typ
                 , InferredNullability.create
@@ -252,12 +258,13 @@ let funcall_exp_to_original_pvar_exp tenv curr_pname typestate exp ~is_assignmen
       exp
 
 
-let add_field_to_typestate_if_absent tenv access_loc typestate pvar object_origin field_name typ =
+let add_field_to_typestate_if_absent tenv access_loc typestate pvar object_origin field_name
+    ~field_class_typ ~class_under_analysis =
   match TypeState.lookup_pvar pvar typestate with
   | Some _ ->
       typestate
   | None -> (
-    match AnnotatedField.get tenv field_name typ with
+    match AnnotatedField.get tenv field_name ~class_typ:field_class_typ ~class_under_analysis with
     | Some AnnotatedField.{annotated_type= field_type} ->
         let range =
           ( field_type.typ
@@ -303,7 +310,7 @@ let convert_complex_exp_to_pvar_and_register_field_in_typestate tenv idenv curr_
               default )
       | Exp.Lvar _ ->
           default
-      | Exp.Lfield (exp_, fn, typ) ->
+      | Exp.Lfield (exp_, fn, field_class_typ) ->
           let inner_origin =
             ( match exp_ with
             | Exp.Lvar pvar ->
@@ -330,13 +337,19 @@ let convert_complex_exp_to_pvar_and_register_field_in_typestate tenv idenv curr_
           let pvar_to_str pvar =
             if Exp.is_this (Exp.Lvar pvar) then "" else Pvar.to_string pvar ^ "_"
           in
+          let class_under_analysis =
+            Procname.Java.get_class_type_name
+              (Procname.as_java_exn curr_pname
+                 ~explanation:"Attempt to typecheck non-Java procname")
+          in
           let res =
             match exp' with
             | Exp.Lvar pv when is_parameter_field pv || is_static_field pv ->
                 let fld_name = pvar_to_str pv ^ Fieldname.to_string fn in
                 let pvar = Pvar.mk (Mangled.from_string fld_name) curr_pname in
                 let typestate' =
-                  add_field_to_typestate_if_absent tenv loc typestate pvar inner_origin fn typ
+                  add_field_to_typestate_if_absent tenv loc typestate pvar inner_origin fn
+                    ~field_class_typ ~class_under_analysis
                 in
                 (Exp.Lvar pvar, typestate')
             | Exp.Lfield (_exp', fn', _) when Fieldname.is_java_outer_instance fn' ->
@@ -344,7 +357,8 @@ let convert_complex_exp_to_pvar_and_register_field_in_typestate tenv idenv curr_
                 let fld_name = Fieldname.to_string fn' ^ "_" ^ Fieldname.to_string fn in
                 let pvar = Pvar.mk (Mangled.from_string fld_name) curr_pname in
                 let typestate' =
-                  add_field_to_typestate_if_absent tenv loc typestate pvar inner_origin fn typ
+                  add_field_to_typestate_if_absent tenv loc typestate pvar inner_origin fn
+                    ~field_class_typ ~class_under_analysis
                 in
                 (Exp.Lvar pvar, typestate')
             | Exp.Lvar _ | Exp.Lfield _ -> (
@@ -353,7 +367,8 @@ let convert_complex_exp_to_pvar_and_register_field_in_typestate tenv idenv curr_
               | Some exp_str ->
                   let pvar = Pvar.mk (Mangled.from_string exp_str) curr_pname in
                   let typestate' =
-                    add_field_to_typestate_if_absent tenv loc typestate pvar inner_origin fn typ
+                    add_field_to_typestate_if_absent tenv loc typestate pvar inner_origin fn
+                      ~field_class_typ ~class_under_analysis
                   in
                   (Exp.Lvar pvar, typestate')
               | None ->
@@ -1232,16 +1247,23 @@ let typecheck_instr ({IntraproceduralAnalysis.proc_desc= curr_pdesc; tenv; _} as
       let check_field_assign () =
         match e1 with
         | Exp.Lfield (_, field_name, field_class_type) -> (
-          match AnnotatedField.get tenv field_name field_class_type with
-          | Some annotated_field ->
-              if checks.eradicate then
-                EradicateChecks.check_field_assignment analysis_data ~nullsafe_mode
-                  find_canonical_duplicate node instr_ref typestate ~expr_rhs:e2 ~field_type:typ loc
-                  field_name annotated_field
-                  (typecheck_expr analysis_data ~nullsafe_mode find_canonical_duplicate calls_this
-                     checks)
-          | None ->
-              L.d_strln "WARNING: could not fetch field declaration; skipping assignment check" )
+            let class_under_analysis =
+              Procname.Java.get_class_type_name
+                (Procname.as_java_exn curr_pname
+                   ~explanation:"Attempt to typecheck non-Java method")
+            in
+            match
+              AnnotatedField.get tenv field_name ~class_typ:field_class_type ~class_under_analysis
+            with
+            | Some annotated_field ->
+                if checks.eradicate then
+                  EradicateChecks.check_field_assignment analysis_data ~nullsafe_mode
+                    find_canonical_duplicate node instr_ref typestate ~expr_rhs:e2 ~field_type:typ
+                    loc field_name annotated_field
+                    (typecheck_expr analysis_data ~nullsafe_mode find_canonical_duplicate calls_this
+                       checks)
+            | None ->
+                L.d_strln "WARNING: could not fetch field declaration; skipping assignment check" )
         | _ ->
             ()
       in