diff --git a/crates/bevy_picking/src/pointer.rs b/crates/bevy_picking/src/pointer.rs
index c7209459dd..7da790c26c 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_picking/src/pointer.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_picking/src/pointer.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ use bevy_window::PrimaryWindow;
 
 use uuid::Uuid;
 
-use core::fmt::Debug;
+use core::{fmt::Debug, ops::Deref};
 
 use crate::backend::HitData;
 
@@ -71,6 +71,21 @@ pub struct PointerInteraction {
     pub(crate) sorted_entities: Vec<(Entity, HitData)>,
 }
 
+impl PointerInteraction {
+    /// Returns the nearest hit entity and data about that intersection.
+    pub fn get_nearest_hit(&self) -> Option<&(Entity, HitData)> {
+        self.sorted_entities.first()
+    }
+}
+
+impl Deref for PointerInteraction {
+    type Target = Vec<(Entity, HitData)>;
+
+    fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
+        &self.sorted_entities
+    }
+}
+
 /// A resource that maps each [`PointerId`] to their [`Entity`] for easy lookups.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Default, Resource)]
 pub struct PointerMap {