  We present a framework linking axionlike particles (ALPs) to neutrino masses
through the minimal inverse seesaw (ISS) mechanism in order to explain the dark
matter (DM) puzzle. Specifically, we explore three minimal ISS cases where mass
scales are generated through gravity-induced operators involving a scalar field
hosting ALPs. In all of these cases, we find gravity-stable models providing
the observed DM relic density and, simultaneously, consistent with the
phenomenology of neutrinos and ALPs. Remarkably, in one of the ISS cases, the
DM can be made of ALPs and sterile neutrinos. Furthermore, other considered ISS
cases have ALPs with parameters inside regions to be explored by proposed ALPs
experiments.
