diff --git a/chain.go b/chain.go
index 3df6434b..752efecf 100644
--- a/chain.go
+++ b/chain.go
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package huma
 
+// Middlewares is a list of middleware functions that can be attached to an
+// API and will be called for all incoming requests.
 type Middlewares []func(ctx Context, next func(Context))
 
 // Handler builds and returns a handler func from the chain of middlewares,
diff --git a/huma.go b/huma.go
index 11482723..4a65eef4 100644
--- a/huma.go
+++ b/huma.go
@@ -89,6 +89,15 @@ func findParams(registry Registry, op *Operation, t reflect.Type) *findResult[*p
 			return nil
 		}
 
+		if f.Type.Kind() == reflect.Pointer {
+			// TODO: support pointers? The problem is that when we dynamically
+			// create an instance of the input struct the `params.Every(...)`
+			// call cannot set them as the value is `reflect.Invalid` unless
+			// dynamically allocated, but we don't know when to allocate until
+			// after the `Every` callback has run. Doable, but a bigger change.
+			panic("pointers are not supported for path/query/header parameters")
+		}
+
 		pfi := &paramFieldInfo{
 			Type:   f.Type,
 			Schema: SchemaFromField(registry, f, ""),
@@ -171,6 +180,9 @@ func findResolvers(resolverType, t reflect.Type) *findResult[bool] {
 func findDefaults(t reflect.Type) *findResult[any] {
 	return findInType(t, nil, func(sf reflect.StructField, i []int) any {
 		if d := sf.Tag.Get("default"); d != "" {
+			if sf.Type.Kind() == reflect.Pointer {
+				panic("pointers cannot have default values")
+			}
 			return jsonTagValue(sf, sf.Type, d)
 		}
 		return nil
@@ -210,6 +222,12 @@ type findResult[T comparable] struct {
 }
 
 func (r *findResult[T]) every(current reflect.Value, path []int, v T, f func(reflect.Value, T)) {
+	if current.Kind() == reflect.Invalid {
+		// Indirect from below may have resulted in no value, for example
+		// an optional field may have been omitted; just ignore it.
+		return
+	}
+
 	if len(path) == 0 {
 		f(current, v)
 		return
@@ -246,6 +264,11 @@ func jsonName(field reflect.StructField) string {
 }
 
 func (r *findResult[T]) everyPB(current reflect.Value, path []int, pb *PathBuffer, v T, f func(reflect.Value, T)) {
+	if current.Kind() == reflect.Invalid {
+		// Indirect from below may have resulted in no value, for example
+		// an optional field may have been omitted; just ignore it.
+		return
+	}
 	switch current.Kind() {
 	case reflect.Struct:
 		if len(path) == 0 {
@@ -253,12 +276,33 @@ func (r *findResult[T]) everyPB(current reflect.Value, path []int, pb *PathBuffe
 			return
 		}
 		field := current.Type().Field(path[0])
+		pops := 0
 		if !field.Anonymous {
+			// The path name can come from one of four places: path parameter,
+			// query parameter, header parameter, or body field.
 			// TODO: pre-compute type/field names? Could save a few allocations.
-			pb.Push(jsonName(field))
+			pops++
+			if path := field.Tag.Get("path"); path != "" && pb.Len() == 0 {
+				pb.Push("path")
+				pb.Push(path)
+				pops++
+			} else if query := field.Tag.Get("query"); query != "" && pb.Len() == 0 {
+				pb.Push("query")
+				pb.Push(query)
+				pops++
+			} else if header := field.Tag.Get("header"); header != "" && pb.Len() == 0 {
+				pb.Push("header")
+				pb.Push(header)
+				pops++
+			} else {
+				// The body is _always_ in a field called "Body", which turns into
+				// `body` in the path buffer, so we don't need to push it separately
+				// like the the params fields above.
+				pb.Push(jsonName(field))
+			}
 		}
 		r.everyPB(reflect.Indirect(current.Field(path[0])), path[1:], pb, v, f)
-		if !field.Anonymous {
+		for i := 0; i < pops; i++ {
 			pb.Pop()
 		}
 	case reflect.Slice:
diff --git a/huma_test.go b/huma_test.go
index 3d0d6c24..27577d3f 100644
--- a/huma_test.go
+++ b/huma_test.go
@@ -612,9 +612,28 @@ func TestOpenAPI(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+type IntNot3 int
+
+func (i IntNot3) Resolve(ctx huma.Context, prefix *huma.PathBuffer) []error {
+	if i != 0 && i%3 == 0 {
+		return []error{&huma.ErrorDetail{
+			Location: prefix.String(),
+			Message:  "Value cannot be a multiple of three",
+			Value:    i,
+		}}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+var _ huma.ResolverWithPath = (*IntNot3)(nil)
+
 type ExhaustiveErrorsInputBody struct {
-	Name  string `json:"name" maxLength:"10"`
-	Count int    `json:"count" minimum:"1"`
+	Name  string  `json:"name" maxLength:"10"`
+	Count IntNot3 `json:"count" minimum:"1"`
+
+	// Having a pointer which is never loaded should not cause
+	// the tests to fail when running resolvers.
+	Ptr *IntNot3 `json:"ptr,omitempty" minimum:"1"`
 }
 
 func (b *ExhaustiveErrorsInputBody) Resolve(ctx huma.Context) []error {
@@ -622,8 +641,10 @@ func (b *ExhaustiveErrorsInputBody) Resolve(ctx huma.Context) []error {
 }
 
 type ExhaustiveErrorsInput struct {
-	ID   string                    `path:"id" maxLength:"5"`
-	Body ExhaustiveErrorsInputBody `json:"body"`
+	ID     IntNot3                   `path:"id" maximum:"10"`
+	Query  IntNot3                   `query:"query"`
+	Header IntNot3                   `header:"header"`
+	Body   ExhaustiveErrorsInputBody `json:"body"`
 }
 
 func (i *ExhaustiveErrorsInput) Resolve(ctx huma.Context) []error {
@@ -634,8 +655,7 @@ func (i *ExhaustiveErrorsInput) Resolve(ctx huma.Context) []error {
 	}}
 }
 
-type ExhaustiveErrorsOutput struct {
-}
+var _ huma.Resolver = (*ExhaustiveErrorsInput)(nil)
 
 func TestExhaustiveErrors(t *testing.T) {
 	r, app := humatest.New(t, huma.DefaultConfig("Test API", "1.0.0"))
@@ -643,12 +663,13 @@ func TestExhaustiveErrors(t *testing.T) {
 		OperationID: "test",
 		Method:      http.MethodPut,
 		Path:        "/errors/{id}",
-	}, func(ctx context.Context, input *ExhaustiveErrorsInput) (*ExhaustiveErrorsOutput, error) {
-		return &ExhaustiveErrorsOutput{}, nil
+	}, func(ctx context.Context, input *ExhaustiveErrorsInput) (*struct{}, error) {
+		return nil, nil
 	})
 
-	req, _ := http.NewRequest(http.MethodPut, "/errors/123456", strings.NewReader(`{"name": "12345678901", "count": 0}`))
+	req, _ := http.NewRequest(http.MethodPut, "/errors/15?query=3", strings.NewReader(`{"name": "12345678901", "count": -6}`))
 	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+	req.Header.Set("Header", "3")
 	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
 	r.ServeHTTP(w, req)
 	assert.Equal(t, http.StatusUnprocessableEntity, w.Code)
@@ -659,9 +680,9 @@ func TestExhaustiveErrors(t *testing.T) {
 		"detail": "validation failed",
 		"errors": [
 			{
-				"message": "expected length <= 5",
+				"message": "expected number <= 10",
 				"location": "path.id",
-				"value": "123456"
+				"value": 15
 			}, {
 				"message": "expected length <= 10",
 				"location": "body.name",
@@ -669,13 +690,29 @@ func TestExhaustiveErrors(t *testing.T) {
 			}, {
 				"message": "expected number >= 1",
 				"location": "body.count",
-				"value": 0
+				"value": -6
 			}, {
 				"message": "input resolver error",
 				"location": "path.id",
-				"value": "123456"
+				"value": 15
+			}, {
+				"message": "Value cannot be a multiple of three",
+				"location": "path.id",
+				"value": 15
+			}, {
+				"message": "Value cannot be a multiple of three",
+				"location": "query.query",
+				"value": 3
+			}, {
+				"message": "Value cannot be a multiple of three",
+				"location": "header.header",
+				"value": 3
 			}, {
 				"message": "body resolver error"
+			}, {
+				"message": "Value cannot be a multiple of three",
+				"location": "body.count",
+				"value": -6
 			}
 		]
 	}`, w.Body.String())
@@ -745,6 +782,44 @@ func TestResolverCustomStatus(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Contains(t, w.Body.String(), "nope")
 }
 
+func TestParamPointerPanics(t *testing.T) {
+	// For now we don't support these, so we panic rather than have subtle
+	// bugs that are hard to track down.
+	_, app := humatest.New(t, huma.DefaultConfig("Test API", "1.0.0"))
+
+	assert.Panics(t, func() {
+		huma.Register(app, huma.Operation{
+			OperationID: "bug",
+			Method:      http.MethodGet,
+			Path:        "/bug",
+		}, func(ctx context.Context, input *struct {
+			Param *string `query:"param"`
+		}) (*struct{}, error) {
+			return nil, nil
+		})
+	})
+}
+
+func TestPointerDefaultPanics(t *testing.T) {
+	// For now we don't support these, so we panic rather than have subtle
+	// bugs that are hard to track down.
+	_, app := humatest.New(t, huma.DefaultConfig("Test API", "1.0.0"))
+
+	assert.Panics(t, func() {
+		huma.Register(app, huma.Operation{
+			OperationID: "bug",
+			Method:      http.MethodGet,
+			Path:        "/bug",
+		}, func(ctx context.Context, input *struct {
+			Body struct {
+				Value *string `json:"value,omitempty" default:"foo"`
+			}
+		}) (*struct{}, error) {
+			return nil, nil
+		})
+	})
+}
+
 func BenchmarkSecondDecode(b *testing.B) {
 	type MediumSized struct {
 		ID   int      `json:"id"`