diff --git a/src/Exception/ParentProfileIsNotStarted.php b/src/Exception/ParentProfileIsNotStarted.php
index 5a7fdf3..74ccb9f 100644
--- a/src/Exception/ParentProfileIsNotStarted.php
+++ b/src/Exception/ParentProfileIsNotStarted.php
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 
 /**
  * @internal exception should never be thrown out
+ *
+ * @todo rename to `ProfilerCouldNotProfileOutsideParentProfile`
  */
 final class ParentProfileIsNotStarted extends LogicException implements ProfilerException
 {
diff --git a/src/Exception/ProfilerCouldNotSnapshotOutsideParentProfile.php b/src/Exception/ProfilerCouldNotSnapshotOutsideParentProfile.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aefcc7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Exception/ProfilerCouldNotSnapshotOutsideParentProfile.php
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace PetrKnap\Profiler\Exception;
+
+use LogicException;
+
+final class ProfilerCouldNotSnapshotOutsideParentProfile extends LogicException implements ProfilerException
+{
+}
diff --git a/src/NullProfiler.php b/src/NullProfiler.php
index 83f042a..9bb736b 100644
--- a/src/NullProfiler.php
+++ b/src/NullProfiler.php
@@ -45,4 +45,8 @@ public function getMemoryUsages(): array
             }
         };
     }
+
+    public function snapshot(): void
+    {
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Profiler.php b/src/Profiler.php
index a1755ff..9a8be32 100644
--- a/src/Profiler.php
+++ b/src/Profiler.php
@@ -29,4 +29,9 @@ public function profile(callable $callable): ProcessableProfileInterface & Profi
 
         return $profile; // @phpstan-ignore return.type
     }
+
+    public function snapshot(): void
+    {
+        throw new Exception\ProfilerCouldNotSnapshotOutsideParentProfile();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/ProfilerInterface.php b/src/ProfilerInterface.php
index 3a73c08..21ceb51 100644
--- a/src/ProfilerInterface.php
+++ b/src/ProfilerInterface.php
@@ -14,4 +14,9 @@ interface ProfilerInterface
      * @return ProcessableProfileInterface<TOutput> & ProfileWithOutputInterface<TOutput>
      */
     public function profile(callable $callable): ProcessableProfileInterface & ProfileWithOutputInterface;
+
+    /**
+     * @throws Exception\ProfilerCouldNotSnapshotOutsideParentProfile
+     */
+    public function snapshot(): void;
 }
diff --git a/src/Profiling.php b/src/Profiling.php
index 6e83064..f610f2b 100644
--- a/src/Profiling.php
+++ b/src/Profiling.php
@@ -88,6 +88,14 @@ public function profile(callable $callable): ProcessableProfileInterface & Profi
                     $this->parentProfile->registerTickSnapshot();
                 }
             }
+
+            public function snapshot(): void
+            {
+                if ($this->parentProfile->getState() !== ProfileState::Started) {
+                    throw new Exception\ProfilerCouldNotSnapshotOutsideParentProfile();
+                }
+                $this->parentProfile->snapshot();
+            }
         };
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/NullProfilerTest.php b/tests/NullProfilerTest.php
index 035bed9..33058f4 100644
--- a/tests/NullProfilerTest.php
+++ b/tests/NullProfilerTest.php
@@ -41,4 +41,13 @@ public function testProfileDoesNotRunProcessorAndReturnsCallablesOutput(): void
         self::assertFalse($processorWasCalled);
         self::assertSame('output', $output);
     }
+
+    public function testSnapshotDoesNotThrow(): void
+    {
+        $profiler = new NullProfiler();
+
+        $profiler->snapshot();
+
+        self::assertTrue(true);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/ProfilerTest.php b/tests/ProfilerTest.php
index 168eaf4..321b7f0 100644
--- a/tests/ProfilerTest.php
+++ b/tests/ProfilerTest.php
@@ -37,4 +37,22 @@ public function testReturnsCallablesOutput(): void
 
         self::assertSame('output', $profile->getOutput());
     }
+
+    public function testSnapshotsOnParentProfile(): void
+    {
+        $profiler = new Profiler();
+
+        $profile = $profiler->profile(static fn (ProfilerInterface $profiler) => $profiler->snapshot());
+
+        self::assertCount(2 + 1, $profile->getMemoryUsages());
+    }
+
+    public function testSnapshotsThrowsOutsideProfile(): void
+    {
+        $profiler = new Profiler();
+
+        self::expectException(Exception\ProfilerCouldNotSnapshotOutsideParentProfile::class);
+
+        $profiler->snapshot();
+    }
 }