diff --git a/src/hooks/useCategoriesByExpressionId.ts b/src/hooks/useCategoriesByExpressionId.ts
index 97d18d5..31501a3 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useCategoriesByExpressionId.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useCategoriesByExpressionId.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import { useLiveQuery } from "dexie-react-hooks";
 import { database } from "../model";
 
+// TODO there may be a case here for reporting errors where relations exist
+//      but some referenced item does not exist in its table, maybe the
+//      return value should be { entries[], errors[] }
 export function useCategoriesByExpressionId(expression_id: number) {
   return useLiveQuery(() => {
     return database.expression_to_category
diff --git a/src/hooks/useExpressionById.ts b/src/hooks/useExpressionById.ts
index 636839f..08d371b 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useExpressionById.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useExpressionById.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,16 @@
 import { useLiveQuery } from "dexie-react-hooks";
-import { database } from "../model";
+import { database, ItemNotFoundError } from "../model";
 
 export function useExpressionById(expression_id: number) {
-  return useLiveQuery(() => {
-    return database.expressions.where({ id: expression_id }).first();
-  }, [expression_id]);
+  return useLiveQuery(
+    () =>
+      database.expressions
+        .where({ id: expression_id })
+        .toArray()
+        .then((result) => {
+          if (result.length === 0) return ItemNotFoundError;
+          return result[0];
+        }),
+    [expression_id]
+  );
 }
diff --git a/src/hooks/useExpressionSetById.ts b/src/hooks/useExpressionSetById.ts
index 63ce704..fe0d827 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useExpressionSetById.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useExpressionSetById.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
 import { useLiveQuery } from "dexie-react-hooks";
-import { database } from "../model";
+import { database, ItemNotFoundError } from "../model";
 
 export function useExpressionSetById(expression_set_id: number) {
   return useLiveQuery(
-    () => database.expression_sets.where({ id: expression_set_id }).first(),
+    () =>
+      database.expression_sets
+        .where({ id: expression_set_id })
+        .toArray()
+        .then((result) => {
+          if (result.length === 0) return ItemNotFoundError;
+          return result[0];
+        }),
     [expression_set_id]
   );
 }
diff --git a/src/hooks/useExpressionsByExpressionSetId.ts b/src/hooks/useExpressionsByExpressionSetId.ts
index 2af5d22..1628270 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useExpressionsByExpressionSetId.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useExpressionsByExpressionSetId.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import { useLiveQuery } from "dexie-react-hooks";
 import { database } from "../model";
 
+// TODO there may be a case here for reporting errors where relations exist
+//      but some referenced item does not exist in its table, maybe the
+//      return value should be { entries[], errors[] }
 export function useExpressionsByExpressionSetId(expression_set_id: number) {
   return useLiveQuery(() => {
     return database.expression_to_expression_set
diff --git a/src/model/database.ts b/src/model/database.ts
index f04a13d..ec7b7e2 100644
--- a/src/model/database.ts
+++ b/src/model/database.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ export type IndexedExpression = WithId<Expression>;
 export type IndexedExpressionSet = WithId<ExpressionSet>;
 export type IndexedCategory = WithId<Category>;
 
+export const ItemNotFoundError = Symbol();
+
 class Database extends Dexie {
   expressions!: Table<IndexedExpression, number>;
   expression_sets!: Table<IndexedExpressionSet, number>;
diff --git a/src/views/ExpressionCardListView/ExpressionCardListView.tsx b/src/views/ExpressionCardListView/ExpressionCardListView.tsx
index c399bc8..e2e0603 100644
--- a/src/views/ExpressionCardListView/ExpressionCardListView.tsx
+++ b/src/views/ExpressionCardListView/ExpressionCardListView.tsx
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ export function ExpressionCardListView() {
   );
 
   if (!expressions) return null; // LOADING
-  // TODO query error view?
-
   if (!expressions.length) {
     return <ErrorView message="No expression cards yet" />;
   }
diff --git a/src/views/ExpressionCardView/ExpressionCardView.tsx b/src/views/ExpressionCardView/ExpressionCardView.tsx
index d737ee7..2bc545a 100644
--- a/src/views/ExpressionCardView/ExpressionCardView.tsx
+++ b/src/views/ExpressionCardView/ExpressionCardView.tsx
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
 import { ExpressionCard } from "../../components";
 import { ExpressionDescription } from "../../components/ExpressionDescription";
 import { useExpressionById, useQueryExpressionId } from "../../hooks";
+import { ItemNotFoundError } from "../../model";
+import { ErrorView } from "../ErrorView";
 
 export function ExpressionCardView() {
   const expression_id = useQueryExpressionId();
   const expression = useExpressionById(expression_id);
 
   if (expression === undefined) return null; // LOADING
-  // TODO query error view?
+  if (expression === ItemNotFoundError)
+    return <ErrorView message="Expression card not found" />;
 
   return (
     <div className="page-with-padding content-list scroll">
diff --git a/src/views/ExpressionPracticeView/ExpressionPracticeView.tsx b/src/views/ExpressionPracticeView/ExpressionPracticeView.tsx
index 1d8e27d..9a90839 100644
--- a/src/views/ExpressionPracticeView/ExpressionPracticeView.tsx
+++ b/src/views/ExpressionPracticeView/ExpressionPracticeView.tsx
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ export function ExpressionPracticeView() {
   const expression_set_id = useQueryExpressionSetId();
   const filter_ids = useQueryExpressionIdFilters();
   const expressions = useExpressionsByExpressionSetId(expression_set_id);
+  // TODO handle errors
 
   if (!expressions) return null; // LOADING
-  // TODO query error view?
 
   const filtered_expressions = expressions.filter(
     (expression) => !filter_ids.includes(expression.id!)
diff --git a/src/views/ExpressionSetDetailsView/ExpressionSetDetailsView.tsx b/src/views/ExpressionSetDetailsView/ExpressionSetDetailsView.tsx
index 825fab7..ab6c218 100644
--- a/src/views/ExpressionSetDetailsView/ExpressionSetDetailsView.tsx
+++ b/src/views/ExpressionSetDetailsView/ExpressionSetDetailsView.tsx
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ import {
   useQueryExpressionSetId,
   useExpressionsByExpressionSetId,
 } from "../../hooks";
-import { IndexedExpressionSet } from "../../model";
+import { IndexedExpressionSet, ItemNotFoundError } from "../../model";
 import { AppPath, AppRouting } from "../../model/routing";
+import { ErrorView } from "../ErrorView";
 
 export function ExpressionSetDetailsView() {
   const expression_set_id = useQueryExpressionSetId();
@@ -14,7 +15,9 @@ export function ExpressionSetDetailsView() {
   const expressions = useExpressionsByExpressionSetId(expression_set_id);
 
   if (!expression_set || !expressions) return null; // LOADING
-  // TODO query error view?
+  if (expression_set === ItemNotFoundError) {
+    return <ErrorView message="Expression set not found" />;
+  }
 
   return (
     <ExpressionSetDetailsViewImpl
diff --git a/src/views/ExpressionSetListView/ExpressionSetListView.tsx b/src/views/ExpressionSetListView/ExpressionSetListView.tsx
index 1bc69da..38e3214 100644
--- a/src/views/ExpressionSetListView/ExpressionSetListView.tsx
+++ b/src/views/ExpressionSetListView/ExpressionSetListView.tsx
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ export function ExpressionSetListView() {
   const expression_sets = useAllExpressionSets();
 
   if (!expression_sets) return null; // LOADING
-  // TODO query error view?
-
   if (!expression_sets.length) {
     return <ErrorView message="No expression sets found" />;
   }