The article analyzes the specifics of the subject and the limits of the court's consideration of materials related to the conduct of operational investigative measures. Despite the fact that the procedure for resolving these issues is not regulated by the criminal procedure law, due to the proximity of operational investigative and criminal procedural legal relations, the subject and limits of judicial review are very similar to the subject and limits in the conduct of investigative actions. The court makes a decision based on the information provided by the operational staff, without calling the persons involved in conducting operational search activities. When carrying out follow-up control (when considering citizens' complaints), a court session is held with the participation of the applicant, an operational officer and a prosecutor, however, the materials of the operational search activities carried out are submitted taking into account the restrictions established by the Federal Law «On Operational Search Activities».