Five rovibrational bands of the Kr−H 2 O complex have been recorded in the ν 2 bending region of H 2 O using a quantum cascade laser coupled to a pulsed slit supersonic jet. Four of them have been unambiguously assigned to the Σ and Π states in v 2 = 1, 1 11 , 1 10 , and 2 12 rotational levels of the monomer based on ground state combination differences and similarities with the vibration-rotation tunneling states of Ar−H 2 O. One of the bands is tentatively assigned to a combination band with two quanta of intermolecular van der Waals stretching mode (ν s ). Due to the efficient rovibrational cooling in our pulsed supersonic expansion, all observed bands originate from the lowest lying states. Four of them are from the lowest ortho ground state Σ e (1 01 ) and one of them is from the lowest para ground state Σ e (0 00 ). The jet-cooled spectra have been analyzed in terms of a nearly free internal rotor model taking into account Coriolis couplings between close lying Σ and