The defendant argues that the judge should not have admitted the following evidence. First, the judge allowed the police officers to mention that they were at the motel with a warrant. The warrant issue was thereafter raised throughout trial, including by defense counsel. Second, the prosecution asked the defendant and his wife on cross-examination about their prior interactions with the Leominster police. Third, the judge overruled defense counsel's objections regarding the defendant using the motel room as a "hideout."8 Fourth, the defendant argues that the prosecutor erred in closing argument by elevating the characterization of the motel room as a hideout to the "theory of the government's case." We need not dwell long on these arguments. The Commonwealth was entitled to reference the warrant to provide context to explain the officers' arrival at and entry into the motel room. The judge's prompt and repeated limiting instructions, reiterated in the final charge, negated any risk of undue prejudice to the defendant. See Commonwealth v. Serrano, 74 Mass. App. Ct. 1, 6 (2009) (judge did not abuse discretion in admitting evidence with clear limiting instruction). Likewise, the references at trial and in closing argument to the motel room as a "hideout" were reasonable inferences drawn from the evidence. The inference was relevant to rebut the defendant's claim that he did not know that there was a warrant for his arrest, particularly in view of Mrs. Jordan's testimony that she rented the motel room, only in her name, for no apparent reason. There was no error.9 Judgments affirmed.