diff --git a/src/plugins/data/common/es_query/kuery/node_types/types.ts b/src/plugins/data/common/es_query/kuery/node_types/types.ts
index 6d3019e75d483..894bd1812f084 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/common/es_query/kuery/node_types/types.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/common/es_query/kuery/node_types/types.ts
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ export interface NamedArgTypeBuildNode {
 }
 
 interface WildcardType {
+  wildcardSymbol: string;
   buildNode: (value: string) => WildcardTypeBuildNode | KueryNode;
   test: (node: any, string: string) => boolean;
   toElasticsearchQuery: (node: any) => string;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/agents/actions.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/agents/actions.ts
index 8519714334986..254c2c8b21e32 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/agents/actions.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/agents/actions.ts
@@ -74,18 +74,19 @@ export async function getAgentActionsForCheckin(
   const filter = nodeTypes.function.buildNode('and', [
     nodeTypes.function.buildNode(
       'not',
-      nodeTypes.function.buildNode(
-        'is',
-        `${AGENT_ACTION_SAVED_OBJECT_TYPE}.attributes.sent_at`,
-        '*'
-      )
-    ),
-    nodeTypes.function.buildNode(
-      'is',
-      `${AGENT_ACTION_SAVED_OBJECT_TYPE}.attributes.agent_id`,
-      agentId
+      nodeTypes.function.buildNodeWithArgumentNodes('is', [
+        nodeTypes.literal.buildNode(`${AGENT_ACTION_SAVED_OBJECT_TYPE}.attributes.sent_at`),
+        nodeTypes.wildcard.buildNode(nodeTypes.wildcard.wildcardSymbol),
+        nodeTypes.literal.buildNode(false),
+      ])
     ),
+    nodeTypes.function.buildNodeWithArgumentNodes('is', [
+      nodeTypes.literal.buildNode(`${AGENT_ACTION_SAVED_OBJECT_TYPE}.attributes.agent_id`),
+      nodeTypes.literal.buildNode(agentId),
+      nodeTypes.literal.buildNode(false),
+    ]),
   ]);
+
   const res = await soClient.find<AgentActionSOAttributes>({
     type: AGENT_ACTION_SAVED_OBJECT_TYPE,
     filter,
@@ -176,11 +177,11 @@ export async function getNewActionsSince(soClient: SavedObjectsClientContract, t
   const filter = nodeTypes.function.buildNode('and', [
     nodeTypes.function.buildNode(
       'not',
-      nodeTypes.function.buildNode(
-        'is',
-        `${AGENT_ACTION_SAVED_OBJECT_TYPE}.attributes.sent_at`,
-        '*'
-      )
+      nodeTypes.function.buildNodeWithArgumentNodes('is', [
+        nodeTypes.literal.buildNode(`${AGENT_ACTION_SAVED_OBJECT_TYPE}.attributes.sent_at`),
+        nodeTypes.wildcard.buildNode(nodeTypes.wildcard.wildcardSymbol),
+        nodeTypes.literal.buildNode(false),
+      ])
     ),
     nodeTypes.function.buildNode(
       'range',