diff --git a/internal/install/recipe_installer.go b/internal/install/recipe_installer.go
index 8fb604978..8e417b442 100644
--- a/internal/install/recipe_installer.go
+++ b/internal/install/recipe_installer.go
@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/fatih/color"
 	"os"
 	"regexp"
 	"strconv"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/fatih/color"
+
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 
 	"github.com/newrelic/newrelic-cli/internal/cli"
diff --git a/internal/install/recipes/process_evaluator.go b/internal/install/recipes/process_evaluator.go
index 561d1118a..257ef82fa 100644
--- a/internal/install/recipes/process_evaluator.go
+++ b/internal/install/recipes/process_evaluator.go
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 
-	"github.com/newrelic/newrelic-cli/internal/install/execution"
 	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
 
+	"github.com/newrelic/newrelic-cli/internal/install/execution"
+
 	"github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v3/process"
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 
diff --git a/internal/nrql/command_query.go b/internal/nrql/command_query.go
index 41602e8bb..50d179fcf 100644
--- a/internal/nrql/command_query.go
+++ b/internal/nrql/command_query.go
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package nrql
 
 import (
+	"errors"
+	"os"
+
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
@@ -29,6 +32,19 @@ issue the query against.
 	PreRun:  client.RequireClient,
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		accountID := configAPI.RequireActiveProfileAccountID()
+
+		_, err := os.Stat(query)
+		if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
+			log.Fatal(err)
+		} else {
+			// query points to a file/file descriptor
+			fileBytes, readErr := os.ReadFile(query)
+			if readErr != nil {
+				log.Fatal(readErr)
+			}
+			query = string(fileBytes)
+		}
+
 		result, err := client.NRClient.Nrdb.QueryWithContext(utils.SignalCtx, accountID, nrdb.NRQL(query))
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatal(err)