diff --git a/warehouse/query-core/src/main/java/datawave/query/planner/rules/EvaluationOnlyPushdownRule.java b/warehouse/query-core/src/main/java/datawave/query/planner/rules/EvaluationOnlyPushdownRule.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e909aa293f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/warehouse/query-core/src/main/java/datawave/query/planner/rules/EvaluationOnlyPushdownRule.java
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package datawave.query.planner.rules;
+
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import org.apache.commons.jexl3.parser.ASTERNode;
+import org.apache.commons.jexl3.parser.JexlNode;
+
+import datawave.query.config.ShardQueryConfiguration;
+import datawave.query.jexl.JexlASTHelper;
+import datawave.query.jexl.nodes.QueryPropertyMarker;
+import datawave.query.jexl.visitors.RebuildingVisitor;
+import datawave.query.util.MetadataHelper;
+
+/**
+ * Push certain regex terms down to evaluation, thus skipping index expansion and field index execution
+ * <p>
+ * Note: cannot configure index only fields
+ */
+public class EvaluationOnlyPushdownRule implements NodeTransformRule {
+
+    private final Set<FieldPattern> fieldPatterns = new HashSet<>();
+
+    @Override
+    public JexlNode apply(JexlNode node, ShardQueryConfiguration config, MetadataHelper helper) {
+        if (node instanceof ASTERNode) {
+            String field = JexlASTHelper.getIdentifier(node);
+            String pattern = String.valueOf(JexlASTHelper.getLiteralValue(node));
+            if (fieldPatterns.contains(new FieldPattern(field, pattern))) {
+                JexlNode copy = RebuildingVisitor.copy(node);
+                return QueryPropertyMarker.create(copy, QueryPropertyMarker.MarkerType.EVALUATION_ONLY);
+            }
+        }
+        return node;
+    }
+
+    public Set<FieldPattern> getFieldPatterns() {
+        return fieldPatterns;
+    }
+
+    public void setFieldPatterns(Set<FieldPattern> fieldPatterns) {
+        this.fieldPatterns.addAll(fieldPatterns);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/warehouse/query-core/src/main/java/datawave/query/planner/rules/FieldPattern.java b/warehouse/query-core/src/main/java/datawave/query/planner/rules/FieldPattern.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d73e9c07583
--- /dev/null
+++ b/warehouse/query-core/src/main/java/datawave/query/planner/rules/FieldPattern.java
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+package datawave.query.planner.rules;
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.builder.EqualsBuilder;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.builder.HashCodeBuilder;
+
+public class FieldPattern {
+    private String field;
+    private String pattern;
+
+    public FieldPattern() {
+        // empty constructor
+    }
+
+    public FieldPattern(String field, String pattern) {
+        this.field = field;
+        this.pattern = pattern;
+    }
+
+    public String getField() {
+        return field;
+    }
+
+    public void setField(String field) {
+        this.field = field;
+    }
+
+    public String getPattern() {
+        return pattern;
+    }
+
+    public void setPattern(String pattern) {
+        this.pattern = pattern;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object o) {
+        if (this == o)
+            return true;
+
+        if (o == null || getClass() != o.getClass())
+            return false;
+
+        FieldPattern that = (FieldPattern) o;
+
+        return new EqualsBuilder().append(field, that.field).append(pattern, that.pattern).isEquals();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+        return new HashCodeBuilder(17, 37).append(field).append(pattern).toHashCode();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/warehouse/query-core/src/test/java/datawave/query/planner/rules/EvaluationOnlyPushdownRuleTest.java b/warehouse/query-core/src/test/java/datawave/query/planner/rules/EvaluationOnlyPushdownRuleTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..98aac1ea61f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/warehouse/query-core/src/test/java/datawave/query/planner/rules/EvaluationOnlyPushdownRuleTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+package datawave.query.planner.rules;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.fail;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import org.apache.commons.jexl3.parser.ASTJexlScript;
+import org.apache.commons.jexl3.parser.JexlNode;
+import org.apache.commons.jexl3.parser.ParseException;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import datawave.query.jexl.JexlASTHelper;
+import datawave.query.jexl.visitors.JexlStringBuildingVisitor;
+
+public class EvaluationOnlyPushdownRuleTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void testPushdown() {
+        test("FIELD_A =~ 'abc.*'", "((_Eval_ = true) && (FIELD_A =~ 'abc.*'))");
+        test("FIELD_B =~ 'xyz.*'", "((_Eval_ = true) && (FIELD_B =~ 'xyz.*'))");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testNoPushdown() {
+        // field does not match, regex does, rule not applied
+        test("FIELD_D =~ 'abc.*'");
+        test("FIELD_E =~ 'xyz.*'");
+
+        // field matches, regex does not, rule not applied
+        test("FIELD_A =~ '123.*'");
+        test("FIELD_B =~ '456.*'");
+    }
+
+    private void test(String query) {
+        test(query, query);
+    }
+
+    private void test(String query, String expected) {
+        ASTJexlScript script = parse(query);
+        NodeTransformVisitor visitor = getVisitor();
+
+        JexlNode visited = (JexlNode) script.jjtAccept(visitor, null);
+
+        String result = JexlStringBuildingVisitor.buildQuery(visited);
+        assertEquals(expected, result);
+    }
+
+    private ASTJexlScript parse(String query) {
+        try {
+            return JexlASTHelper.parseAndFlattenJexlQuery(query);
+        } catch (ParseException e) {
+            fail("Failed to parse query: " + query, e);
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private NodeTransformVisitor getVisitor() {
+        Set<FieldPattern> fieldPatterns = new HashSet<>();
+        fieldPatterns.add(new FieldPattern("FIELD_A", "abc.*"));
+        fieldPatterns.add(new FieldPattern("FIELD_B", "xyz.*"));
+
+        EvaluationOnlyPushdownRule rule = new EvaluationOnlyPushdownRule();
+        rule.setFieldPatterns(fieldPatterns);
+
+        List<NodeTransformRule> rules = new ArrayList<>();
+        rules.add(rule);
+
+        return new NodeTransformVisitor(null, null, rules);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/warehouse/query-core/src/test/resources/datawave/query/QueryLogicFactory.xml b/warehouse/query-core/src/test/resources/datawave/query/QueryLogicFactory.xml
index 7c043448b9e..c97bfeef532 100644
--- a/warehouse/query-core/src/test/resources/datawave/query/QueryLogicFactory.xml
+++ b/warehouse/query-core/src/test/resources/datawave/query/QueryLogicFactory.xml
@@ -361,10 +361,26 @@
         <value>[0-9a-zA-Z]{0,2}[.?*]+</value>
     </util:list>
 
+    <util:set id="evalOnlyFieldPatterns" value-type="datawave.query.planner.rules.FieldPattern">
+        <bean class="datawave.query.planner.rules.FieldPattern">
+            <property name="field" value="FIELD_A"/>
+            <property name="pattern" value="abc.*"/>
+        </bean>
+        <bean class="datawave.query.planner.rules.FieldPattern">
+            <property name="field" value="FIELD_B"/>
+            <property name="pattern" value="xyz.*"/>
+        </bean>
+    </util:set>
+
     <util:list id="transformRuleList" value-type="datawave.query.planner.rules.NodeTransformRule">
+        <bean scope="prototype" class="datawave.query.planner.rules.RegexSimplifierTransformRule"/>
+        <bean scope="prototype" class="datawave.query.planner.rules.RegexDotallTransformRule" />
         <bean scope="prototype" class="datawave.query.planner.rules.RegexPushdownTransformRule">
             <property name="regexPatterns" ref="pushdownRegexPatterns"/>
         </bean>
+        <bean scope="prototype" class="datawave.query.planner.rules.EvaluationOnlyPushdownRule">
+            <property name="fieldPatterns" ref="evalOnlyFieldPatterns"/>
+        </bean>
     </util:list>
 
     <bean id="DefaultQueryPlanner" scope="prototype" class="datawave.query.planner.DefaultQueryPlanner" >