diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/explorer/explorer_charts/explorer_charts_container.js b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/explorer/explorer_charts/explorer_charts_container.js
index 0cfeeb3a5601c..dbcb19c53e429 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/explorer/explorer_charts/explorer_charts_container.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/explorer/explorer_charts/explorer_charts_container.js
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import { ExplorerChartSingleMetric } from './explorer_chart_single_metric';
 import { ExplorerChartLabel } from './components/explorer_chart_label';
 
 import { CHART_TYPE } from '../explorer_constants';
+import { SEARCH_QUERY_LANGUAGE } from '../../../../common/constants/search';
 import { i18n } from '@kbn/i18n';
 import { FormattedMessage } from '@kbn/i18n-react';
 import { MlTooltipComponent } from '../../components/chart_tooltip';
@@ -100,6 +101,14 @@ function ExplorerChartContainer({
   } = useMlKibana();
 
   const getMapsLink = useCallback(async () => {
+    const queryString = series.entityFields
+      ?.map(({ fieldName, fieldValue }) => `${fieldName}:${fieldValue}`)
+      .join(' or ');
+    const query = {
+      language: SEARCH_QUERY_LANGUAGE.KUERY,
+      query: queryString,
+    };
+
     const initialLayers = [];
     const typicalStyle = {
       type: 'VECTOR',
@@ -158,6 +167,7 @@ function ExplorerChartContainer({
     const location = await locator.getLocation({
       initialLayers: initialLayers,
       timeRange: data.query.timefilter.timefilter.getTime(),
+      ...(queryString !== undefined ? { query } : {}),
     });
 
     return location;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/explorer/explorer_charts/explorer_charts_container.test.js b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/explorer/explorer_charts/explorer_charts_container.test.js
index caaeef28b9f05..058e40148d4d1 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/explorer/explorer_charts/explorer_charts_container.test.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/explorer/explorer_charts/explorer_charts_container.test.js
@@ -45,10 +45,12 @@ jest.mock('../../contexts/kibana', () => ({
           url: {
             locators: {
               get: jest.fn(() => {
-                  return { getLocation: jest.fn(() => { path: '/#maps' }) };
-                })
-            }
-          }
+                return {
+                  getLocation: jest.fn(() => ({ path: '/#maps' })),
+                };
+              }),
+            },
+          },
         },
         data: {
           query: {
@@ -62,7 +64,7 @@ jest.mock('../../contexts/kibana', () => ({
           },
         },
         application: {
-          navigateToApp: jest.fn()
+          navigateToApp: jest.fn(),
         },
       },
     };