diff --git a/examples/genomicsdb_query b/examples/genomicsdb_query
index f952d55..04724d8 100755
--- a/examples/genomicsdb_query
+++ b/examples/genomicsdb_query
@@ -96,6 +96,26 @@ def parse_callset_json_for_row_ranges(callset_file, samples=None):
     return row_tuples
 
 
+def parse_callset_json_for_split_row_ranges(callset_file, chunk_size):
+    callset = json.loads(genomicsdb.read_entire_file(callset_file))
+    callsets = callset["callsets"]
+    chunks = int(len(callsets) / chunk_size + 1)
+    last_chunk_size = len(callsets) - (chunks - 1) * chunk_size
+    # Collapse small last chunk into the last but one chunk
+    if last_chunk_size < chunk_size / 2:
+        chunks -= 1
+        last_chunk_size += chunk_size
+    if chunks == 1:
+        return None
+    split_row_ranges = []
+    for i in range(0, chunks):
+        if i == chunks - 1:
+            split_row_ranges.append((chunk_size * i, chunk_size * i + last_chunk_size - 1))
+        else:
+            split_row_ranges.append((chunk_size * i, chunk_size * (i + 1) - 1))
+    return split_row_ranges
+
+
 def parse_vidmap_json_for_attributes(vidmap_file, attributes=None):
     if attributes is None:
         return ["GT"]
@@ -229,6 +249,11 @@ def setup():
         default=8,
         help="Optional - number of processing units for multiprocessing(default: %(default)s). Run nproc from command line to print the number of processing units available to a process for the user",  # noqa
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--chunk-size",
+        default=10240,
+        help="Optional - hint to split number of samples for  multiprocessing used in conjunction with -n/--nproc and when -s/-S/--sample/--sample-list is not specified (default: %(default)s)",  # noqa
+    )
     parser.add_argument(
         "-t",
         "--output-type",
@@ -253,7 +278,19 @@ def setup():
         "-o",
         "--output",
         default="query_output",
-        help="a prefix filename to csv outputs from the tool. The filenames will be suffixed with the interval and .csv/.json (default: %(default)s)",  # noqa
+        help="a prefix filename to outputs from the tool. The filenames will be suffixed with the interval and .csv/.json/... (default: %(default)s)",  # noqa
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-d",
+        "--dryrun",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="displays the query that  will be run without actually executing the query (default: %(default)s)",  # noqa
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-b",
+        "--bypass-intersecting-intervals-phase",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="iterate only once bypassing the intersecting intervals phase (default: %(default)s)",  # noqa
     )
 
     args = parser.parse_args()
@@ -369,6 +406,15 @@ class GenomicsDBExportConfig(NamedTuple):
     callset_file: str
     attributes: str
     filter: str
+    bypass_intersecting_intervals_phase: bool
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        if self.filter:
+            filter_str = f" filter={self.filter}"
+        else:
+            filter_str = ""
+        bypass_str = f" bypass_intersecting_intervals_phase={self.bypass_intersecting_intervals_phase}"
+        return f"workspace={self.workspace} attributes={self.attributes}{filter_str}{bypass_str}"
 
 
 class GenomicsDBQueryConfig(NamedTuple):
@@ -379,6 +425,13 @@ class GenomicsDBQueryConfig(NamedTuple):
     array_name: str
     row_tuples: List[tuple]
 
+    def __str__(self):
+        if self.row_tuples:
+            row_tuples_str = f"{self.row_tuples}"
+        else:
+            row_tuples_str = "ALL"
+        return f"\tinterval={self.interval} array={self.array_name} callset rows={row_tuples_str}"
+
 
 class OutputConfig(NamedTuple):
     filename: str
@@ -398,7 +451,7 @@ def configure_export(config: GenomicsDBExportConfig):
     export_config.workspace = config.workspace
     export_config.vid_mapping_file = config.vidmap_file
     export_config.callset_mapping_file = config.callset_file
-    export_config.bypass_intersecting_intervals_phase = False
+    export_config.bypass_intersecting_intervals_phase = config.bypass_intersecting_intervals_phase
     export_config.enable_shared_posixfs_optimizations = True
     if config.attributes:
         export_config.attributes.extend(config.attributes)
@@ -505,7 +558,9 @@ def main():
         max_arrow_bytes = parse_args_for_max_bytes(args.max_arrow_byte_size)
         print(f"Using {args.max_arrow_byte_size} number of bytes as hint for writing out parquet files")
 
-    export_config = GenomicsDBExportConfig(workspace, vidmap_file, callset_file, attributes, args.filter)
+    export_config = GenomicsDBExportConfig(
+        workspace, vidmap_file, callset_file, attributes, args.filter, args.bypass_intersecting_intervals_phase
+    )
     configs = []
     for interval in intervals:
         print(f"Processing interval({interval})...")
@@ -513,7 +568,7 @@ def main():
         contig, start, end, arrays = genomicsdb_common.get_arrays(interval, contigs_map, partitions)
         if len(arrays) == 0:
             logging.error(f"No arrays in the workspace matched input interval({interval})")
-            continue
+            # continue
 
         print(f"\tArrays:{arrays} under consideration for interval({interval})")
         for idx, array in enumerate(arrays):
@@ -529,6 +584,42 @@ def main():
     if len(configs) == 0:
         print("Nothing to process!!. Check output for possible errors")
         sys.exit(1)
+
+    # Check if there is room for row_tuples to be parallelized
+    chunk_size = int(args.chunk_size)
+    if row_tuples is None and len(configs) < args.nproc and chunk_size > 1:
+        row_tuples = parse_callset_json_for_split_row_ranges(callset_file, chunk_size)
+        if row_tuples:
+            new_configs = []
+            for idx_row, row_tuple in enumerate(row_tuples):
+                for idx, config in enumerate(configs):
+                    query_config = config.query_config
+                    split_query_config = GenomicsDBQueryConfig(
+                        query_config.interval,
+                        query_config.contig,
+                        query_config.start,
+                        query_config.end,
+                        query_config.array_name,
+                        [row_tuple],
+                    )
+                    output_config = config.output_config
+                    split_output_config = OutputConfig(
+                        generate_output_filename(
+                            output, output_type, query_config.interval, len(configs) * idx + idx_row
+                        ),
+                        output_type,
+                        json_type,
+                        max_arrow_bytes,
+                    )
+                    new_configs.append(Config(export_config, split_query_config, split_output_config))
+            configs = new_configs
+
+    if args.dryrun:
+        print(f"Query configurations for {export_config}:")
+        for config in configs:
+            print(config.query_config)
+        sys.exit(0)
+
     if min(len(configs), args.nproc) == 1:
         results = list(map(process, configs))
     else:
diff --git a/examples/test.sh b/examples/test.sh
index a4a648d..2c7e8dc 100755
--- a/examples/test.sh
+++ b/examples/test.sh
@@ -187,8 +187,14 @@ if [[ $PARTITION != "t0_1_2" ]]; then
   exit 1
 fi
 run_command "genomicsdb_query -w $WORKSPACE -s HG00097 -s HG00100 -s HG00096 -o $OUTPUT"
+run_command "genomicsdb_query -w $WORKSPACE -s HG00097 -s HG00100 -s HG00096 -o $OUTPUT -d"
 run_command "genomicsdb_query -w $WORKSPACE $INTERVAL_ARGS -S $TEMP_DIR/samples.list -o $OUTPUT"
 run_command "genomicsdb_query -w $WORKSPACE $INTERVAL_ARGS -S $TEMP_DIR/samples.list -a GT -o $OUTPUT"
+run_command "genomicsdb_query -w $WORKSPACE -i 1 -o $OUTPUT -d"
+run_command "genomicsdb_query -w $WORKSPACE -i 1 --chunk-size=2 -o $OUTPUT"
+run_command "genomicsdb_query -w $WORKSPACE -i 1 --chunk-size=2 -b -o $OUTPUT -d"
+run_command "genomicsdb_query -w $WORKSPACE -i 1 --chunk-size=2 -b -o $OUTPUT"
+run_command "genomicsdb_query -w $WORKSPACE -i 4 --chunk-size=4 -b -o $OUTPUT -d"
 
 OLDSTYLE_JSONS="-l $OLDSTYLE_DIR/loader.json -c $OLDSTYLE_DIR/callset_t0_1_2.json -v $OLDSTYLE_DIR/vid.json"
 run_command "genomicsdb_cache -w $WORKSPACE $OLDSTYLE_JSONS $INTERVAL_ARGS"