diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/inhume.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/inhume.go
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+package engine
+
+import (
+	objectSDK "github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-api-go/pkg/object"
+	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-node/pkg/local_object_storage/shard"
+	"go.uber.org/zap"
+)
+
+// InhumePrm encapsulates parameters for inhume operation.
+type InhumePrm struct {
+	addr, tombstone *objectSDK.Address
+}
+
+// InhumeRes encapsulates results of inhume operation.
+type InhumeRes struct{}
+
+// WithTarget sets object address that should be inhumed and tombstone address
+// as the reason for inhume operation.
+func (p *InhumePrm) WithTarget(addr, tombstone *objectSDK.Address) *InhumePrm {
+	if p != nil {
+		p.addr = addr
+		p.tombstone = tombstone
+	}
+
+	return p
+}
+
+// Inhume calls metabase. Inhume method to mark object as removed. It won't be
+// removed physically from shard until `Delete` operation.
+func (e *StorageEngine) Inhume(prm *InhumePrm) (*InhumeRes, error) {
+	shPrm := new(shard.InhumePrm).WithTarget(prm.addr, prm.tombstone)
+
+	e.iterateOverSortedShards(prm.addr, func(sh *shard.Shard) (stop bool) {
+		_, err := sh.Inhume(shPrm)
+		if err != nil {
+			// TODO: smth wrong with shard, need to be processed
+			e.log.Warn("could not inhume object in shard",
+				zap.Stringer("shard", sh.ID()),
+				zap.String("error", err.Error()),
+			)
+		}
+
+		return false
+	})
+
+	return nil, nil
+}