diff --git a/pkg/ebpf/events_pipeline.go b/pkg/ebpf/events_pipeline.go
index fa1eb2b16887..db325a6daf5d 100644
--- a/pkg/ebpf/events_pipeline.go
+++ b/pkg/ebpf/events_pipeline.go
@@ -614,8 +614,8 @@ func (t *Tracee) sinkEvents(ctx context.Context, in <-chan *trace.Event) <-chan
 			// Populate the event with the names of the matched policies.
 			event.MatchedPolicies = t.policyManager.MatchedNames(event.MatchedPoliciesUser)
 
-			// Parse args here if the rule engine is not enabled (parsed there if it is).
-			if !t.config.EngineConfig.Enabled {
+			// Parse args here if the rule engine is NOT enabled (parsed there if it is).
+			if t.config.Output.ParseArguments && !t.config.EngineConfig.Enabled {
 				err := t.parseArguments(event)
 				if err != nil {
 					t.handleError(err)
@@ -727,15 +727,13 @@ func (t *Tracee) handleError(err error) {
 // cmd/tracee-rules), it happens on the "sink" stage of the pipeline (close to the
 // printers).
 func (t *Tracee) parseArguments(e *trace.Event) error {
-	if t.config.Output.ParseArguments {
-		err := events.ParseArgs(e)
-		if err != nil {
-			return errfmt.WrapError(err)
-		}
+	err := events.ParseArgs(e)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errfmt.WrapError(err)
+	}
 
-		if t.config.Output.ParseArgumentsFDs {
-			return events.ParseArgsFDs(e, uint64(e.Timestamp), t.FDArgPathMap)
-		}
+	if t.config.Output.ParseArgumentsFDs {
+		return events.ParseArgsFDs(e, uint64(e.Timestamp), t.FDArgPathMap)
 	}
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/pkg/ebpf/signature_engine.go b/pkg/ebpf/signature_engine.go
index 32376c9420b3..a0d66ef83799 100644
--- a/pkg/ebpf/signature_engine.go
+++ b/pkg/ebpf/signature_engine.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package ebpf
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"slices"
 
 	"github.com/aquasecurity/tracee/pkg/containers"
 	"github.com/aquasecurity/tracee/pkg/dnscache"
@@ -52,51 +53,60 @@ func (t *Tracee) engineEvents(ctx context.Context, in <-chan *trace.Event) (<-ch
 
 	go t.sigEngine.Start(ctx)
 
-	// Create a function for feeding the engine with an event
-	feedFunc := func(event *trace.Event) {
-		if event == nil {
-			return // might happen during initialization (ctrl+c seg faults)
-		}
+	// TODO: in the upcoming releases, the rule engine should be changed to receive trace.Event,
+	// and return a trace.Event, which should remove the necessity of converting trace.Event to protocol.Event,
+	// and converting detect.Finding into trace.Event
 
-		id := events.ID(event.EventID)
+	go func() {
+		defer close(out)
+		defer close(errc)
+		defer close(engineInput)
+		defer close(engineOutput)
+
+		// feedEngine feeds an event to the rules engine
+		feedEngine := func(event *trace.Event) {
+			if event == nil {
+				return // might happen during initialization (ctrl+c seg faults)
+			}
+
+			id := events.ID(event.EventID)
 
-		// if the event is marked as submit, we pass it to the engine
-		if t.policyManager.IsEventToSubmit(id) {
-			err := t.parseArguments(event)
-			if err != nil {
-				t.handleError(err)
+			// if the event is NOT marked as submit, it is not sent to the rules engine
+			if !t.policyManager.IsEventToSubmit(id) {
 				return
 			}
 
-			// Get a copy of our event before sending it down the pipeline.
-			// This is needed because a later modification of the event (in
-			// particular of the matched policies) can affect engine stage.
+			// Get a copy of event before parsing it or sending it down the pipeline.
+			// This is needed because a later modification of the event (matched policies or
+			// arguments parsing) can affect engine stage.
 			eventCopy := *event
+
+			if t.config.Output.ParseArguments {
+				// shallow clone the event arguments before parsing them (new slice is created),
+				// to keep the eventCopy with raw arguments.
+				eventCopy.Args = slices.Clone(event.Args)
+
+				err := t.parseArguments(event)
+				if err != nil {
+					t.handleError(err)
+					return
+				}
+			}
+
 			// pass the event to the sink stage, if the event is also marked as emit
 			// it will be sent to print by the sink stage
 			out <- event
 
-			// send the event to the rule event
+			// send the copied event to the rules engine
 			engineInput <- eventCopy.ToProtocol()
 		}
-	}
-
-	// TODO: in the upcoming releases, the rule engine should be changed to receive trace.Event,
-	// and return a trace.Event, which should remove the necessity of converting trace.Event to protocol.Event,
-	// and converting detect.Finding into trace.Event
-
-	go func() {
-		defer close(out)
-		defer close(errc)
-		defer close(engineInput)
-		defer close(engineOutput)
 
 		for {
 			select {
 			case event := <-in:
-				feedFunc(event)
+				feedEngine(event)
 			case event := <-engineOutputEvents:
-				feedFunc(event)
+				feedEngine(event)
 			case <-ctx.Done():
 				return
 			}