diff --git a/docs/changes/2662.bugfix.rst b/docs/changes/2662.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5e806c361b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changes/2662.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Fix order of finalizing ``Component`` instances using ``Tool.enter_context``
+and calling ``Provenance().finish_activity`` in ``ctapipe.core.Tool``.
+
+Fixes output provenance information missing for e.g. ``ctapipe-process``.
diff --git a/src/ctapipe/core/tool.py b/src/ctapipe/core/tool.py
index e484c6ef71d..8bdc0759668 100644
--- a/src/ctapipe/core/tool.py
+++ b/src/ctapipe/core/tool.py
@@ -405,6 +405,7 @@ def run(self, argv=None, raises=False):
         # return codes are taken from:
         #  https://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/exitcodes.html
 
+        status = "success"
         exit_status = 0
         current_exception = None
 
@@ -430,51 +431,42 @@ def run(self, argv=None, raises=False):
 
                 self.start()
                 self.finish()
-                self.log.info("Finished: %s", self.name)
-                Provenance().finish_activity(activity_name=self.name)
             except (ToolConfigurationError, TraitError) as err:
                 current_exception = err
                 self.log.error("%s", err)
                 self.log.error("Use --help for more info")
                 exit_status = 2  # wrong cmd line parameter
-                Provenance().finish_activity(
-                    activity_name=self.name, status="error", exit_code=exit_status
-                )
+                status = "error"
             except KeyboardInterrupt:
                 self.log.warning("WAS INTERRUPTED BY CTRL-C")
                 exit_status = 130  # Script terminated by Control-C
-                Provenance().finish_activity(
-                    activity_name=self.name, status="interrupted", exit_code=exit_status
-                )
+                status = "interrupted"
             except Exception as err:
                 current_exception = err
                 exit_status = getattr(err, "exit_code", 1)
+                status = "error"
                 self.log.exception("Caught unexpected exception: %s", err)
-                Provenance().finish_activity(
-                    activity_name=self.name, status="error", exit_code=exit_status
-                )
             except SystemExit as err:
                 exit_status = err.code
-                if exit_status == 0:
-                    # Finish normally
-                    Provenance().finish_activity(activity_name=self.name)
-                else:
-                    # Finish with error
+                status = "error"
+                if exit_status != 0:
                     current_exception = err
                     self.log.critical(
                         "Caught SystemExit with exit code %s", exit_status
                     )
-                    Provenance().finish_activity(
-                        activity_name=self.name,
-                        status="error",
-                        exit_code=exit_status,
-                    )
             finally:
-                if not {"-h", "--help", "--help-all"}.intersection(self.argv):
-                    self.write_provenance()
                 if raises and current_exception:
+                    self.write_provenance()
                     raise current_exception
 
+        Provenance().finish_activity(
+            activity_name=self.name, status=status, exit_code=exit_status
+        )
+
+        if not {"-h", "--help", "--help-all"}.intersection(self.argv):
+            self.write_provenance()
+
+        self.log.info("Finished %s", self.name)
         self.exit(exit_status)
 
     def write_provenance(self):