diff --git a/public/components/event_analytics/explorer/explorer.tsx b/public/components/event_analytics/explorer/explorer.tsx
index 32423d6ffe..e75652f600 100644
--- a/public/components/event_analytics/explorer/explorer.tsx
+++ b/public/components/event_analytics/explorer/explorer.tsx
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ export const Explorer = ({
       },
       {
         appBaseQuery,
-        query: rawQueryStr,
+        query: curQuery,
         startingTime,
         endingTime,
         isLiveTailOn: isLiveTailOnRef.current,
diff --git a/public/services/data_fetchers/ppl/ppl_data_fetcher.ts b/public/services/data_fetchers/ppl/ppl_data_fetcher.ts
index e83b45dc78..e621910c5d 100644
--- a/public/services/data_fetchers/ppl/ppl_data_fetcher.ts
+++ b/public/services/data_fetchers/ppl/ppl_data_fetcher.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export class PPLDataFetcher extends DataFetcherBase implements IDataFetcher {
   ) {
     super();
     // index/index patterns for this search
-    this.queryIndex = this.getIndex(this.searchParams.query);
+    this.queryIndex = this.getIndex(this.searchParams.query.rawQuery);
   }
 
   async setTimestamp(index: string) {
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ export class PPLDataFetcher extends DataFetcherBase implements IDataFetcher {
           tabId,
           query: {
             finalQuery,
-            [RAW_QUERY]: query,
+            [RAW_QUERY]: query.rawQuery,
             [SELECTED_TIMESTAMP]: curTimestamp,
           },
         })