diff --git a/pymc_extras/inference/laplace.py b/pymc_extras/inference/laplace.py
index d86f1fee5..94eb08fba 100644
--- a/pymc_extras/inference/laplace.py
+++ b/pymc_extras/inference/laplace.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 import logging
 
+from collections.abc import Callable
 from functools import reduce
 from importlib.util import find_spec
 from itertools import product
@@ -39,6 +40,8 @@
 from pymc.model.transform.conditioning import remove_value_transforms
 from pymc.model.transform.optimization import freeze_dims_and_data
 from pymc.util import get_default_varnames
+from pytensor.tensor import TensorVariable
+from pytensor.tensor.optimize import minimize
 from scipy import stats
 
 from pymc_extras.inference.find_map import (
@@ -415,6 +418,69 @@ def sample_laplace_posterior(
     return idata
 
 
+def find_mode_and_hess(
+    x: TensorVariable,
+    model: pm.Model | None = None,
+    method: minimize_method = "BFGS",
+    use_jac: bool = True,
+    use_hess: bool = False,  # TODO Tbh we can probably just remove this arg and pass True to the minimizer all the time, but if this is the case, it will throw a warning when the hessian doesn't need to be computed for a particular optimisation routine.
+    optimizer_kwargs: dict | None = None,
+) -> Callable:
+    """
+    Returns a function to estimate the mode and hessian of a model by minimizing negative log likelihood. Wrapper for (pytensor-native) scipy.optimize.minimize.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    x: TensorVariable
+        The parameter with which to minimize wrt (that is, find the mode in x).
+    model: Model
+        PyMC model to use.
+    method: minimize_method
+        Which minimization algorithm to use.
+    use_jac: bool
+        If true, the minimizer will compute and store the Jacobian.
+    use_hess: bool
+        If true, the minimizer will compute and store the Hessian (note that the Hessian will be computed explicitely even if this is False).
+    optimizer_kwargs: dict
+        Kwargs to pass to scipy.optimize.minimize.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    f: Callable
+        A function which accepts the values of the model RVs as args and returns [mu, hess(mu)], where mu is the mode. The TensorVariable x is specified as an initial guess for mu in args.
+    """
+    model = pm.modelcontext(model)
+
+    # Minimise negative log likelihood
+    nll = -model.logp()
+    soln, _ = minimize(
+        objective=nll,
+        x=x,
+        method=method,
+        jac=use_jac,
+        hess=use_hess,
+        optimizer_kwargs=optimizer_kwargs,
+    )
+
+    # TODO: Jesse suggested I use this graph_replace function, but it seems that "mode" here is a different type to soln:
+    #
+    # TypeError: Cannot convert Type Vector(float64, shape=(10,)) (of Variable MinimizeOp(method=BFGS, jac=True, hess=True, hessp=False).0) into Type Scalar(float64, shape=()). You can try to manually convert MinimizeOp(method=BFGS, jac=True, hess=True, hessp=False).0 into a Scalar(float64, shape=()).
+    #
+    # My understanding here is that for some function which evaluates the hessian at x, we're replacing "x" in the hess graph with the subgraph that computes "x" (i.e. soln)?
+
+    # Obtain the Hessian (re-use graph if already computed in minimize)
+    if use_hess:
+        mode, _, hess = (
+            soln.owner.op.inner_outputs
+        )  # Note that this mode, _, hess will need to be slightly more elaborate for when use_jac is False (2 items to unpack instead of 3). Just a few if-blocks, but not implemented for now while we're debugging
+        hess = pytensor.graph.replace.graph_replace(hess, {mode: soln})
+    else:
+        hess = pytensor.gradient.hessian(nll, x)
+
+    args = model.continuous_value_vars + model.discrete_value_vars
+    return pytensor.function(args, [soln, hess])
+
+
 def fit_laplace(
     optimize_method: minimize_method | Literal["basinhopping"] = "BFGS",
     *,
diff --git a/tests/test_laplace.py b/tests/test_laplace.py
index 8f7a4c017..c59334812 100644
--- a/tests/test_laplace.py
+++ b/tests/test_laplace.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 from pymc_extras.inference.find_map import GradientBackend, find_MAP
 from pymc_extras.inference.laplace import (
+    find_mode_and_hess,
     fit_laplace,
     fit_mvn_at_MAP,
     sample_laplace_posterior,
@@ -279,3 +280,35 @@ def test_laplace_scalar():
     assert idata_laplace.fit.covariance_matrix.shape == (1, 1)
 
     np.testing.assert_allclose(idata_laplace.fit.mean_vector.values.item(), data.mean(), atol=0.1)
+
+
+def test_find_mode_and_hess():
+    rng = np.random.default_rng(42)
+    n = 100
+    sigma_obs = rng.random()
+    sigma_mu = rng.random()
+
+    coords = {"city": ["A", "B", "C"], "obs_idx": np.arange(n)}
+    with pm.Model(coords=coords) as model:
+        obs_val = rng.normal(loc=3, scale=1.5, size=(n, 3))
+
+        mu = pm.Normal("mu", mu=1, sigma=sigma_mu, dims=["city"])
+        obs = pm.Normal(
+            "obs",
+            mu=mu,
+            sigma=sigma_obs,
+            observed=obs_val,
+            dims=["obs_idx", "city"],
+        )
+
+        get_mode_and_hessian = find_mode_and_hess(
+            use_hess=False, x=model.rvs_to_values[mu], method="BFGS", optimizer_kwargs={"tol": 1e-8}
+        )
+
+    mode, hess = get_mode_and_hessian(**{"mu": [1, 1, 1]})
+
+    true_mode = obs_val.mean(axis=0)
+    true_hess = np.diag((1 / sigma_mu**2 + n / sigma_obs**2) * np.ones(3))
+
+    np.testing.assert_allclose(mode, true_mode, atol=0.1, rtol=0.1)
+    np.testing.assert_allclose(hess, true_hess, atol=0.1, rtol=0.1)