diff --git a/src/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Orchestrator/Services/GraphTranslation/DefaultGraphTranslationService.cs b/src/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Orchestrator/Services/GraphTranslation/DefaultGraphTranslationService.cs
index cb00860a4..ceed83e84 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Orchestrator/Services/GraphTranslation/DefaultGraphTranslationService.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Orchestrator/Services/GraphTranslation/DefaultGraphTranslationService.cs
@@ -103,7 +103,11 @@ private IEnumerable<DetectedComponent> GatherSetOfDetectedComponentsUnmerged(IEn
                     // clone custom locations and make them relative to root.
                     var declaredRawFilePaths = component.FilePaths ?? [];
                     var componentCustomLocations = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<HashSet<string>>(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(declaredRawFilePaths));
-                    component.FilePaths?.Clear();
+
+                    if (updateLocations)
+                    {
+                        component.FilePaths?.Clear();
+                    }
 
                     // Information about each component is relative to all of the graphs it is present in, so we take all graphs containing a given component and apply the graph data.
                     foreach (var graphKvp in dependencyGraphsByLocation.Where(x => x.Value.Contains(component.Component.Id)))
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Orchestrator.Tests/Services/DefaultGraphTranslationServiceTests.cs b/test/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Orchestrator.Tests/Services/DefaultGraphTranslationServiceTests.cs
index b3ed0df1a..6979806f8 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Orchestrator.Tests/Services/DefaultGraphTranslationServiceTests.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Orchestrator.Tests/Services/DefaultGraphTranslationServiceTests.cs
@@ -97,4 +97,73 @@ public void GenerateScanResultFromResult_WithCustomLocations()
         actualNpmComponent.Should().BeEquivalentTo(expectedNpmComponent);
         actualNugetComponent.Should().BeEquivalentTo(expectedNugetComponent);
     }
+
+    [TestMethod]
+    public void GenerateScanResultFromResult_WithCustomLocations_WithExperimentsDryRun()
+    {
+        var detectedFilePath = "/some/file/path";
+        var npmCustomPath = "/custom/path.js";
+        var npmCustomPath2 = "D:/dummy/engtools/packages.lock.json";
+        var nugetCustomPath = "/custom/path2.csproj";
+        var relatedFilePath = "/generic/relevant/path";
+
+        var singleFileComponentRecorder = this.componentRecorder.CreateSingleFileComponentRecorder(Path.Join(this.sourceDirectory.FullName, detectedFilePath));
+        var processingResult = new DetectorProcessingResult
+        {
+            ResultCode = ProcessingResultCode.Success,
+            ContainersDetailsMap = new Dictionary<int, ContainerDetails>
+            {
+                {
+                    this.sampleContainerDetails.Id, this.sampleContainerDetails
+                },
+            },
+            ComponentRecorders = [(this.componentDetectorMock.Object, this.componentRecorder)],
+        };
+
+        var expectedNpmComponent = new NpmComponent("npm-component", "1.2.3");
+        var expectedNugetComponent = new NuGetComponent("nugetComponent", "4.5.6");
+        var detectedNpmComponent = new DetectedComponent(expectedNpmComponent);
+        var detectedNugetComponent = new DetectedComponent(expectedNugetComponent);
+
+        // Any Related File will be reported for ALL components found in this graph
+        singleFileComponentRecorder.AddAdditionalRelatedFile(Path.Join(this.sourceDirectory.FullName, relatedFilePath));
+
+        // Registering components in same manifest with different custom paths
+        detectedNpmComponent.AddComponentFilePath(Path.Join(this.sourceDirectory.FullName, npmCustomPath));
+        detectedNpmComponent.AddComponentFilePath(npmCustomPath2);
+        detectedNugetComponent.AddComponentFilePath(Path.Join(this.sourceDirectory.FullName, nugetCustomPath));
+
+        singleFileComponentRecorder.RegisterUsage(detectedNpmComponent, isDevelopmentDependency: false);
+        singleFileComponentRecorder.RegisterUsage(detectedNugetComponent, isDevelopmentDependency: true);
+
+        var settings = new ScanSettings
+        {
+            SourceDirectory = this.sourceDirectory,
+        };
+
+        // Experiments tool generates the graph but should not update the locations at all.
+        var result = this.serviceUnderTest.GenerateScanResultFromProcessingResult(processingResult, settings, updateLocations: false);
+        result.Should().NotBeNull();
+        result.ComponentsFound.Should().HaveCount(2);
+        result.ResultCode.Should().Be(ProcessingResultCode.Success);
+
+        // next run will record the actual locations from non-experimental detectors
+        result = this.serviceUnderTest.GenerateScanResultFromProcessingResult(processingResult, settings);
+        result.Should().NotBeNull();
+        result.ComponentsFound.Should().HaveCount(2);
+        result.ResultCode.Should().Be(ProcessingResultCode.Success);
+
+        var resultNpmComponent = result.ComponentsFound.Single(c => c.Component.Type == ComponentType.Npm);
+        var resultNugetComponent = result.ComponentsFound.Single(c => c.Component.Type == ComponentType.NuGet);
+
+        // for now there is a bug that adds a forward slash to the path for symbolic links. This will be fixed in a future PR if we can parse dependency graph better for those.
+        resultNpmComponent.LocationsFoundAt.Should().BeEquivalentTo([npmCustomPath, detectedFilePath, relatedFilePath, $"/{npmCustomPath2}"]);
+        resultNugetComponent.LocationsFoundAt.Should().BeEquivalentTo([nugetCustomPath, detectedFilePath, relatedFilePath]);
+
+        var actualNpmComponent = resultNpmComponent.Component as NpmComponent;
+        var actualNugetComponent = resultNugetComponent.Component as NuGetComponent;
+
+        actualNpmComponent.Should().BeEquivalentTo(expectedNpmComponent);
+        actualNugetComponent.Should().BeEquivalentTo(expectedNugetComponent);
+    }
 }