diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 523c075e..fb7080ef 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name = "JuliaBUGS"
 uuid = "ba9fb4c0-828e-4473-b6a1-cd2560fee5bf"
-version = "0.7.2"
+version = "0.7.3"
 
 [deps]
 AbstractMCMC = "80f14c24-f653-4e6a-9b94-39d6b0f70001"
diff --git a/src/model.jl b/src/model.jl
index 2607eaa9..b843801b 100644
--- a/src/model.jl
+++ b/src/model.jl
@@ -539,3 +539,67 @@ function AbstractPPL.evaluate!!(model::BUGSModel, flattened_values::AbstractVect
     end
     return evaluation_env, logp
 end
+
+"""
+    _tempered_evaluate!!(model::BUGSModel, flattened_values::AbstractVector; temperature=1.0)
+
+Evaluating the model with the given model parameter values, returns updated evaluation environment 
+and a NamedTuple of logprior, loglikelihood and tempered logjoint (where tempered logjoint is the logjoint 
+whose loglikelihood component scaled by the given temperature).
+"""
+function _tempered_evaluate!!(
+    model::BUGSModel, flattened_values::AbstractVector; temperature=1.0
+)
+    var_lengths = if model.transformed
+        model.transformed_var_lengths
+    else
+        model.untransformed_var_lengths
+    end
+
+    evaluation_env = deepcopy(model.evaluation_env)
+    current_idx = 1
+    logprior, loglikelihood = 0.0, 0.0
+    for (i, vn) in enumerate(model.flattened_graph_node_data.sorted_nodes)
+        is_stochastic = model.flattened_graph_node_data.is_stochastic_vals[i]
+        is_observed = model.flattened_graph_node_data.is_observed_vals[i]
+        node_function = model.flattened_graph_node_data.node_function_vals[i]
+        loop_vars = model.flattened_graph_node_data.loop_vars_vals[i]
+        if !is_stochastic
+            value = node_function(evaluation_env, loop_vars)
+            evaluation_env = BangBang.setindex!!(evaluation_env, value, vn)
+        else
+            dist = node_function(evaluation_env, loop_vars)
+            if !is_observed
+                l = var_lengths[vn]
+                if model.transformed
+                    b = Bijectors.bijector(dist)
+                    b_inv = Bijectors.inverse(b)
+                    reconstructed_value = reconstruct(
+                        b_inv,
+                        dist,
+                        view(flattened_values, current_idx:(current_idx + l - 1)),
+                    )
+                    value, logjac = Bijectors.with_logabsdet_jacobian(
+                        b_inv, reconstructed_value
+                    )
+                else
+                    value = reconstruct(
+                        dist, view(flattened_values, current_idx:(current_idx + l - 1))
+                    )
+                    logjac = 0.0
+                end
+                current_idx += l
+                logprior += logpdf(dist, value) + logjac
+                evaluation_env = BangBang.setindex!!(evaluation_env, value, vn)
+            else
+                loglikelihood += logpdf(dist, AbstractPPL.get(evaluation_env, vn))
+            end
+        end
+    end
+    return evaluation_env,
+    (
+        logprior=logprior,
+        loglikelihood=loglikelihood,
+        tempered_logjoint=logprior + temperature * loglikelihood,
+    )
+end
diff --git a/test/model.jl b/test/model.jl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a062a55c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/model.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+@testset "logprior and loglikelihood" begin
+    @testset "Complex model with transformations" begin
+        model_def = @bugs begin
+            s[1] ~ InverseGamma(2, 3)
+            s[2] ~ InverseGamma(2, 3)
+            m[1] ~ Normal(0, sqrt(s[1]))
+            m[2] ~ Normal(0, sqrt(s[2]))
+            x[1:2] ~ MvNormal(m[1:2], Diagonal(s[1:2]))
+        end
+
+        data = (; x=[1.0, 2.0])
+
+        model = compile(model_def, data)
+
+        params = rand(4)
+
+        b = Bijectors.bijector(InverseGamma(2, 3))
+        b_inv = Bijectors.inverse(b)
+
+        log_prior_true = begin
+            # parameter sorted: s[2], m[2], s[1], m[1]
+            s1_inversed, logjac1 = Bijectors.with_logabsdet_jacobian(b_inv, params[3])
+            s2_inversed, logjac2 = Bijectors.with_logabsdet_jacobian(b_inv, params[1])
+            logpdf(InverseGamma(2, 3), s1_inversed) +
+            logjac1 +
+            logpdf(InverseGamma(2, 3), s2_inversed) +
+            logjac2 +
+            logpdf(Normal(0, sqrt(s1_inversed)), params[4]) +
+            logpdf(Normal(0, sqrt(s2_inversed)), params[2])
+        end
+
+        log_likelihood_true = begin
+            s1_inversed = b_inv(params[3])
+            s2_inversed = b_inv(params[1])
+            logpdf(
+                MvNormal([params[4], params[2]], Diagonal([s1_inversed, s2_inversed])),
+                data.x,
+            )
+        end
+
+        _, (logprior, loglikelihood, tempered_logjoint) = JuliaBUGS._tempered_evaluate!!(
+            model, params; temperature=2.0
+        )
+
+        @test logprior ≈ log_prior_true rtol = 1E-6
+        @test loglikelihood ≈ log_likelihood_true rtol = 1E-6
+        @test tempered_logjoint ≈ log_prior_true + 2.0 * log_likelihood_true rtol = 1E-6
+    end
+end
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index ceccfae5..fab36c47 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ end
 
 if test_group == "log_density" || test_group == "all"
     include("log_density.jl")
+    include("model.jl")
 end
 
 if test_group == "gibbs" || test_group == "all"