diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8fe5c3ac41da7eb3c1e1698ea9c2c259de789846..4d5cf2d4a53c605bd0305c87c0732b52207727d7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 * New setup extra `test` which installs the dependencies for testing.
 * The Container class has a new member function `filter` which is based o `_filter_entity_list`.
+* The `Entity` properties `_cuid` and `_flags` are now available for read-only access
+  as `cuid` and `flags`, respectively.
 
 ### Changed ###
 
diff --git a/src/linkahead/common/models.py b/src/linkahead/common/models.py
index 031d8058def2866d3a3d4c3b16438fd22f871a5f..8bd8eacda1035761bbc7b9aff4134fc45f682da0 100644
--- a/src/linkahead/common/models.py
+++ b/src/linkahead/common/models.py
@@ -349,6 +349,15 @@ class Entity:
     def pickup(self, new_pickup):
         self.__pickup = new_pickup
 
+    @property   # getter for _cuid
+    def cuid(self):
+        # Set if None?
+        return self._cuid
+
+    @property   # getter for _flags
+    def flags(self):
+        return self._flags.copy()   # for dict[str, str] shallow copy is enough
+
     def grant(
         self,
         realm: Optional[str] = None,
@@ -1342,7 +1351,8 @@ class Entity:
                 else:
                     dt_str = xml2str(self.datatype.to_xml(visited_entities=visited_entities.copy()))
                     # Todo: Use for pretty-printing with calls from _repr_ only?
-                    # dt_str = dt_str.replace('<', 'ᐸ').replace('>', 'ᐳ').replace(' ', '⠀').replace('"', '\'').replace('\n', '')
+                    # dt_str = dt_str.replace('<', 'ᐸ').replace('>', 'ᐳ').replace(' ', '⠀').replace(
+                    # '"', '\'').replace('\n', '')
                     xml.set("datatype", dt_str)
             else:
                 xml.set("datatype", str(self.datatype))
@@ -3758,6 +3768,7 @@ class Container(list):
         """
         return _filter_entity_list(self, pid=pid, name=name, entity=entity,
                                    conjunction=conjunction)
+
     @staticmethod
     def _find_dependencies_in_container(container: Container):
         """Find elements in a container that are a dependency of another element of the same.
diff --git a/unittests/test_container.py b/unittests/test_container.py
index 4ef85910fcd2f5328b5208122a8683d4ce3b1ed6..715a6eb8f409c489413120ca72857808029d323a 100644
--- a/unittests/test_container.py
+++ b/unittests/test_container.py
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ def test_get_property_values():
                                           )
     assert len(table) == 2
     house_row = table[0]
-    assert house_row == (house.name, 40.2, "ft", window.id, None, None, None, 20.5, 20.5, "m", owner.name)
+    assert house_row == (house.name, 40.2, "ft", window.id, None, None, None, 20.5, 20.5, "m",
+                         owner.name)
 
     owner_row = table[1]
     assert owner_row == (owner.name, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None)
@@ -200,11 +201,12 @@ def test_container_slicing():
     with pytest.raises(TypeError):
         cont[[0, 2, 3]]
 
+
 def test_container_filter():
     # this is a very rudimentary test since filter is based on _filter_entity_list which is tested
     # separately
     cont = db.Container()
     cont.extend([db.Record(name=f"TestRec{ii+1}") for ii in range(5)])
     recs = cont.filter(name="TestRec2")
-    assert len(recs)==1
-    recs[0].name =="TestRec2"
+    assert len(recs) == 1
+    recs[0].name == "TestRec2"