diff --git a/superset/sql/parse.py b/superset/sql/parse.py
index d580a7a80e0a..99b8ab60d828 100644
--- a/superset/sql/parse.py
+++ b/superset/sql/parse.py
@@ -164,12 +164,17 @@ class BaseSQLStatement(Generic[InternalRepresentation]):
 
     def __init__(
         self,
-        statement: str,
-        engine: str,
+        statement: str | None = None,
+        engine: str = "base",
         ast: InternalRepresentation | None = None,
     ):
-        self._sql = statement
-        self._parsed = ast or self._parse_statement(statement, engine)
+        if ast:
+            self._parsed = ast
+        elif statement:
+            self._parsed = self._parse_statement(statement, engine)
+        else:
+            raise SupersetParseError("Either statement or ast must be provided")
+
         self.engine = engine
         self.tables = self._extract_tables_from_statement(self._parsed, self.engine)
 
@@ -284,8 +289,8 @@ class SQLStatement(BaseSQLStatement[exp.Expression]):
 
     def __init__(
         self,
-        statement: str,
-        engine: str,
+        statement: str | None = None,
+        engine: str = "base",
         ast: exp.Expression | None = None,
     ):
         self._dialect = SQLGLOT_DIALECTS.get(engine)
@@ -423,7 +428,10 @@ def is_mutating(self) -> bool:
             and self._parsed.expression.name.upper().startswith("ANALYZE ")
         ):
             analyzed_sql = self._parsed.expression.name[len("ANALYZE ") :]
-            return SQLStatement(analyzed_sql, self.engine).is_mutating()
+            return SQLStatement(
+                statement=analyzed_sql,
+                engine=self.engine,
+            ).is_mutating()
 
         return False
 
@@ -459,12 +467,11 @@ def optimize(self) -> SQLStatement:
         """
         # only optimize statements that have a custom dialect
         if not self._dialect:
-            return SQLStatement(self._sql, self.engine, self._parsed.copy())
+            return SQLStatement(ast=self._parsed.copy(), engine=self.engine)
 
         optimized = pushdown_predicates(self._parsed, dialect=self._dialect)
-        sql = optimized.sql(dialect=self._dialect)
 
-        return SQLStatement(sql, self.engine, optimized)
+        return SQLStatement(ast=optimized, engine=self.engine)
 
     def check_functions_present(self, functions: set[str]) -> bool:
         """
@@ -668,6 +675,14 @@ class KustoKQLStatement(BaseSQLStatement[str]):
     details about it.
     """
 
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        statement: str | None = None,
+        engine: str = "kustokql",
+        ast: str | None = None,
+    ):
+        super().__init__(statement, engine, ast)
+
     @classmethod
     def split_script(
         cls,
@@ -725,7 +740,7 @@ def format(self, comments: bool = True) -> str:
         """
         Pretty-format the SQL statement.
         """
-        return self._sql.strip()
+        return self._parsed.strip()
 
     def get_settings(self) -> dict[str, str | bool]:
         """
@@ -756,7 +771,7 @@ def optimize(self) -> KustoKQLStatement:
 
         Kusto KQL doesn't support optimization, so this method is a no-op.
         """
-        return KustoKQLStatement(self._sql, self.engine, self._parsed)
+        return KustoKQLStatement(ast=self._parsed, engine=self.engine)
 
     def check_functions_present(self, functions: set[str]) -> bool:
         """
@@ -774,7 +789,7 @@ def get_limit_value(self) -> int | None:
         """
         tokens = [
             token
-            for token in tokenize_kql(self._sql)
+            for token in tokenize_kql(self._parsed)
             if token[0] != KQLTokenType.WHITESPACE
         ]
         for idx, (ttype, val) in enumerate(tokens):
@@ -796,7 +811,7 @@ def set_limit_value(
         if method != LimitMethod.FORCE_LIMIT:
             raise SupersetParseError("Kusto KQL only supports the FORCE_LIMIT method.")
 
-        tokens = tokenize_kql(self._sql)
+        tokens = tokenize_kql(self._parsed)
         found_limit_token = False
         for idx, (ttype, val) in enumerate(tokens):
             if ttype != KQLTokenType.STRING and val.lower() in {"take", "limit"}:
@@ -817,7 +832,7 @@ def set_limit_value(
                 ]
             )
 
-        self._parsed = self._sql = "".join(val for _, val in tokens)
+        self._parsed = "".join(val for _, val in tokens)
 
 
 class SQLScript:
diff --git a/superset/sql_lab.py b/superset/sql_lab.py
index f4ca12de9533..34e648f8fd23 100644
--- a/superset/sql_lab.py
+++ b/superset/sql_lab.py
@@ -242,7 +242,10 @@ def execute_sql_statement(  # pylint: disable=too-many-statements, too-many-loca
     if not database.allow_dml:
         errors = []
         try:
-            parsed_statement = SQLStatement(sql_statement, engine=db_engine_spec.engine)
+            parsed_statement = SQLStatement(
+                statement=sql_statement,
+                engine=db_engine_spec.engine,
+            )
             disallowed = parsed_statement.is_mutating()
         except SupersetParseError as ex:
             # if we fail to parse the query, disallow by default
diff --git a/superset/sql_parse.py b/superset/sql_parse.py
index e141a4f2900d..d40b3db4e19a 100644
--- a/superset/sql_parse.py
+++ b/superset/sql_parse.py
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ def has_table_query(expression: str, engine: str) -> bool:
         expression = f"({expression})"
 
     sql = f"SELECT {expression}"
-    statement = SQLStatement(sql, engine)
+    statement = SQLStatement(statement=sql, engine=engine)
     return any(statement.tables)
 
 
diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/sql/parse_tests.py b/tests/unit_tests/sql/parse_tests.py
index daf5ebe71dfa..d4341524c13d 100644
--- a/tests/unit_tests/sql/parse_tests.py
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/sql/parse_tests.py
@@ -318,9 +318,9 @@ def test_split_no_dialect() -> None:
     sql = "SELECT col FROM t WHERE col NOT IN (1, 2); SELECT * FROM t; SELECT foo"
     statements = SQLScript(sql, "dremio").statements
     assert len(statements) == 3
-    assert statements[0]._sql == "SELECT col FROM t WHERE col NOT IN (1, 2)"
-    assert statements[1]._sql == "SELECT * FROM t"
-    assert statements[2]._sql == "SELECT foo"
+    assert statements[0].format() == "SELECT\n  col\nFROM t\nWHERE\n  NOT col IN (1, 2)"
+    assert statements[1].format() == "SELECT\n  *\nFROM t"
+    assert statements[2].format() == "SELECT\n  foo"
 
 
 def test_extract_tables_show_columns_from() -> None: