diff --git a/cmd/mdatagen/metrics.tmpl b/cmd/mdatagen/metrics.tmpl
index 6f953b64c5d..eb4bd220fe2 100644
--- a/cmd/mdatagen/metrics.tmpl
+++ b/cmd/mdatagen/metrics.tmpl
@@ -27,20 +27,30 @@ const Type configmodels.Type = "{{ .Name }}"
 type metricIntf interface {
 	Name() string
 	New() pdata.Metric
+	Init(metric pdata.Metric)
 }
 
 // Intentionally not exposing this so that it is opaque and can change freely.
 type metricImpl struct {
 	name string
-	newFunc func() pdata.Metric
+	initFunc func(pdata.Metric)
 }
 
+// Name returns the metric name.
 func (m *metricImpl) Name() string {
 	return m.name
 }
 
+// New creates a metric object preinitialized.
 func (m *metricImpl) New() pdata.Metric {
-	return m.newFunc()
+	metric := pdata.NewMetric()
+	m.Init(metric)
+	return metric
+}
+
+// Init initializes the provided metric object.
+func (m *metricImpl) Init(metric pdata.Metric) {
+	m.initFunc(metric)
 }
 
 type metricStruct struct {
@@ -84,8 +94,7 @@ var Metrics = &metricStruct{
 	{{- range $name, $metric := .Metrics }}
 	&metricImpl{
 		"{{ $name }}",
-		func() pdata.Metric {
-			metric := pdata.NewMetric()
+		func(metric pdata.Metric) {
 			metric.SetName("{{ $name }}")
 			metric.SetDescription("{{ $metric.Description }}")
 			metric.SetUnit("{{ $metric.Unit }}")
@@ -96,8 +105,6 @@ var Metrics = &metricStruct{
 			{{- if $metric.Data.HasAggregated }}
 			metric.{{ $metric.Data.Type }}().SetAggregationTemporality({{ $metric.Data.Aggregated.Type }})
 			{{- end }}
-
-			return metric
 		},
 	},
 	{{- end }}
diff --git a/internal/tools/go.sum b/internal/tools/go.sum
index 58e3a8fdee8..b2b29fed383 100644
--- a/internal/tools/go.sum
+++ b/internal/tools/go.sum
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ github.com/google/uuid v1.1.1 h1:Gkbcsh/GbpXz7lPftLA3P6TYMwjCLYm83jiFQZF/3gY=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.1.1/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
 github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.0.4/go.mod h1:0Wqv26UfaUD9n4G6kQubkQ+KchISgw+vpHVxEJEs9eg=
 github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.0.5/go.mod h1:DWXyrwAJ9X0FpwwEdw+IPEYBICEFu5mhpdKc/us6bOk=
+github.com/gookit/color v1.3.1 h1:PPD/C7sf8u2L8XQPdPgsWRoAiLQGZEZOzU3cf5IYYUk=
 github.com/gookit/color v1.3.1/go.mod h1:R3ogXq2B9rTbXoSHJ1HyUVAZ3poOJHpd9nQmyGZsfvQ=
 github.com/gopherjs/gopherjs v0.0.0-20181017120253-0766667cb4d1 h1:EGx4pi6eqNxGaHF6qqu48+N2wcFQ5qg5FXgOdqsJ5d8=
 github.com/gopherjs/gopherjs v0.0.0-20181017120253-0766667cb4d1/go.mod h1:wJfORRmW1u3UXTncJ5qlYoELFm8eSnnEO6hX4iZ3EWY=
diff --git a/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_metrics.go b/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_metrics.go
index 0462614b1a8..9364cded682 100644
--- a/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_metrics.go
+++ b/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_metrics.go
@@ -27,20 +27,30 @@ const Type configmodels.Type = "hostmetricsreceiver"
 type metricIntf interface {
 	Name() string
 	New() pdata.Metric
+	Init(metric pdata.Metric)
 }
 
 // Intentionally not exposing this so that it is opaque and can change freely.
 type metricImpl struct {
-	name    string
-	newFunc func() pdata.Metric
+	name     string
+	initFunc func(pdata.Metric)
 }
 
+// Name returns the metric name.
 func (m *metricImpl) Name() string {
 	return m.name
 }
 
+// New creates a metric object preinitialized.
 func (m *metricImpl) New() pdata.Metric {
-	return m.newFunc()
+	metric := pdata.NewMetric()
+	m.Init(metric)
+	return metric
+}
+
+// Init initializes the provided metric object.
+func (m *metricImpl) Init(metric pdata.Metric) {
+	m.initFunc(metric)
 }
 
 type metricStruct struct {
@@ -77,30 +87,24 @@ func (m *metricStruct) FactoriesByName() map[string]func() pdata.Metric {
 var Metrics = &metricStruct{
 	&metricImpl{
 		"system.cpu.time",
-		func() pdata.Metric {
-			metric := pdata.NewMetric()
+		func(metric pdata.Metric) {
 			metric.SetName("system.cpu.time")
 			metric.SetDescription("Total CPU seconds broken down by different states.")
 			metric.SetUnit("s")
 			metric.SetDataType(pdata.MetricDataTypeDoubleSum)
 			metric.DoubleSum().SetIsMonotonic(true)
 			metric.DoubleSum().SetAggregationTemporality(pdata.AggregationTemporalityCumulative)
-
-			return metric
 		},
 	},
 	&metricImpl{
 		"system.memory.usage",
-		func() pdata.Metric {
-			metric := pdata.NewMetric()
+		func(metric pdata.Metric) {
 			metric.SetName("system.memory.usage")
 			metric.SetDescription("Bytes of memory in use.")
 			metric.SetUnit("By")
 			metric.SetDataType(pdata.MetricDataTypeIntSum)
 			metric.IntSum().SetIsMonotonic(false)
 			metric.IntSum().SetAggregationTemporality(pdata.AggregationTemporalityCumulative)
-
-			return metric
 		},
 	},
 }
diff --git a/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/cpuscraper/cpu_scraper.go b/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/cpuscraper/cpu_scraper.go
index 1884b65a648..4f559ba5e32 100644
--- a/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/cpuscraper/cpu_scraper.go
+++ b/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/cpuscraper/cpu_scraper.go
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ func (s *scraper) scrape(_ context.Context) (pdata.MetricSlice, error) {
 }
 
 func initializeCPUTimeMetric(metric pdata.Metric, startTime, now pdata.TimestampUnixNano, cpuTimes []cpu.TimesStat) {
-	metadata.Metrics.SystemCPUTime.New().CopyTo(metric)
+	metadata.Metrics.SystemCPUTime.Init(metric)
 
 	ddps := metric.DoubleSum().DataPoints()
 	ddps.Resize(len(cpuTimes) * cpuStatesLen)
diff --git a/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/memoryscraper/memory_scraper.go b/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/memoryscraper/memory_scraper.go
index 16b49dc725c..218e2492fa6 100644
--- a/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/memoryscraper/memory_scraper.go
+++ b/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/memoryscraper/memory_scraper.go
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func (s *scraper) Scrape(_ context.Context) (pdata.MetricSlice, error) {
 }
 
 func initializeMemoryUsageMetric(metric pdata.Metric, now pdata.TimestampUnixNano, memInfo *mem.VirtualMemoryStat) {
-	metadata.Metrics.SystemMemoryUsage.New().CopyTo(metric)
+	metadata.Metrics.SystemMemoryUsage.Init(metric)
 
 	idps := metric.IntSum().DataPoints()
 	idps.Resize(memStatesLen)