diff --git a/gto/cli.py b/gto/cli.py
index 779a4ec..c96e863 100644
--- a/gto/cli.py
+++ b/gto/cli.py
@@ -732,6 +732,8 @@ def show(  # pylint: disable=too-many-locals
         arg = "stage" if show_stage else arg
         arg = "ref" if show_ref else arg
         if arg:
+            if not output[0]:
+                return
             if arg not in output[0][0]:
                 raise WrongArgs(f"Cannot apply --{arg}")
             format_echo(
diff --git a/tests/test_cli.py b/tests/test_cli.py
index e17768b..a7cfdb4 100644
--- a/tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -497,6 +497,11 @@ def test_show_ref_flag_not_applicable(repo_with_commit: str):
     )
 
 
+def test_show_line_flag_empty_result():
+    with mock.patch("gto.api.show", return_value=([], "keys")):
+        _check_successful_cmd("show", ["-r", ".", "m5#missing", "--version"], "")
+
+
 def test_history_json_empty(repo_with_commit: str):
     _check_successful_cmd("history", ["-r", repo_with_commit, "--json"], "[]\n")