diff --git a/src/Parsers/parseQuery.cpp b/src/Parsers/parseQuery.cpp
index 4a0c60da48d..da8450ac301 100644
--- a/src/Parsers/parseQuery.cpp
+++ b/src/Parsers/parseQuery.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <Interpreters/OpenTelemetrySpanLog.h>
 #include <Parsers/ParserQuery.h>
 #include <Parsers/ASTInsertQuery.h>
+#include <Parsers/ASTExplainQuery.h>
 #include <Parsers/Lexer.h>
 #include <Parsers/TokenIterator.h>
 #include <Common/StringUtils/StringUtils.h>
@@ -263,7 +264,19 @@ ASTPtr tryParseQuery(
 
     ASTInsertQuery * insert = nullptr;
     if (parse_res)
-        insert = res->as<ASTInsertQuery>();
+    {
+        if (auto * explain = res->as<ASTExplainQuery>())
+        {
+            if (auto explained_query = explain->getExplainedQuery())
+            {
+                insert = explained_query->as<ASTInsertQuery>();
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            insert = res->as<ASTInsertQuery>();
+        }
+    }
 
     // If parsed query ends at data for insertion. Data for insertion could be
     // in any format and not necessary be lexical correct, so we can't perform
diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/02504_explain_ast_insert.reference b/tests/queries/0_stateless/02504_explain_ast_insert.reference
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1c149a0f2f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/queries/0_stateless/02504_explain_ast_insert.reference
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+InsertQuery   (children 1)
+ Identifier test
+InsertQuery   (children 1)
+ Identifier test
diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/02504_explain_ast_insert.sql b/tests/queries/0_stateless/02504_explain_ast_insert.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fc50feebaa4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/queries/0_stateless/02504_explain_ast_insert.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+explain ast insert into test values balabala;
+explain ast insert into test format TabSeparated balabala;
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