diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/explorer/anomaly_context_menu.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/explorer/anomaly_context_menu.tsx
index 719c71a3b853f..bb1427c867b92 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/explorer/anomaly_context_menu.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/explorer/anomaly_context_menu.tsx
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ import { JobId } from '../../../common/types/anomaly_detection_jobs';
 import { getDefaultExplorerChartsPanelTitle } from '../../embeddables/anomaly_charts/anomaly_charts_embeddable';
 import { MAX_ANOMALY_CHARTS_ALLOWED } from '../../embeddables/anomaly_charts/anomaly_charts_initializer';
 import { useAnomalyExplorerContext } from './anomaly_explorer_context';
-import { escapeKueryForFieldValuePair } from '../util/string_utils';
+import { escapeKueryForEmbeddableFieldValuePair } from '../util/string_utils';
 import { useCasesModal } from '../contexts/kibana/use_cases_modal';
 import { DEFAULT_MAX_SERIES_TO_PLOT } from '../services/anomaly_explorer_charts_service';
 import {
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ export const AnomalyContextMenu: FC<AnomalyContextMenuProps> = ({
       const influencers = selectionInfluencers ?? [];
       const config = getDefaultEmbeddablePanelConfig(jobIds, queryString);
       const queryFromSelectedCells = influencers
-        .map((s) => escapeKueryForFieldValuePair(s.fieldName, s.fieldValue))
+        .map((s) => escapeKueryForEmbeddableFieldValuePair(s.fieldName, s.fieldValue))
         .join(' or ');
 
       // When adding anomaly charts to Dashboard, we want to respect the Dashboard's time range
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/util/string_utils.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/util/string_utils.test.ts
index 94463e38f9611..3ee52810f243a 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/util/string_utils.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/util/string_utils.test.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import {
   toLocaleString,
   mlEscape,
   escapeForElasticsearchQuery,
+  escapeKueryForEmbeddableFieldValuePair,
 } from './string_utils';
 
 describe('ML - string utils', () => {
@@ -160,4 +161,13 @@ describe('ML - string utils', () => {
       expect(escapeForElasticsearchQuery('foo/bar')).toBe('foo\\/bar');
     });
   });
+  describe('escapeKueryForEmbeddableFieldValuePair', () => {
+    test('should return correct escaping of kuery values', () => {
+      expect(escapeKueryForEmbeddableFieldValuePair('fieldName', '')).toBe('fieldName:""');
+      expect(escapeKueryForEmbeddableFieldValuePair('', 'fieldValue')).toBe('"":fieldValue');
+      expect(escapeKueryForEmbeddableFieldValuePair('@#specialCharsName%', '<>:;[})')).toBe(
+        '@#specialCharsName%:\\<\\>\\:;[}\\)'
+      );
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/util/string_utils.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/util/string_utils.ts
index c5c0245478214..a552ea9f25109 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/util/string_utils.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/util/string_utils.ts
@@ -140,6 +140,26 @@ export function escapeKueryForFieldValuePair(
   return `${escapeKuery(name)}:${escapeKuery(value.toString())}`;
 }
 
+const replaceEmptyStringWithQuotation = (s: string) => (s === '' ? '""' : s);
+
+/**
+ *
+ * Helper function to returns escaped combined field name and value
+ * which also replaces empty str with " to ensure compatability with kql queries
+ * @param name fieldName of selection
+ * @param value fieldValue of selection
+ * @returns {string} escaped `name:value` compatible with embeddable input
+ */
+export function escapeKueryForEmbeddableFieldValuePair(
+  name: string,
+  value: string | number | boolean | undefined
+): string {
+  if (!isDefined(name) || !isDefined(value)) return '';
+  return `${replaceEmptyStringWithQuotation(escapeKuery(name))}:${replaceEmptyStringWithQuotation(
+    escapeKuery(value.toString())
+  )}`;
+}
+
 export function calculateTextWidth(txt: string | number, isNumber: boolean) {
   txt = isNumber && typeof txt === 'number' ? d3.format(',')(txt) : txt;