diff --git a/alerting/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/alerting/resthandler/RestGetAlertsAction.kt b/alerting/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/alerting/resthandler/RestGetAlertsAction.kt
index cf83cec8c..aabcf8d6c 100644
--- a/alerting/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/alerting/resthandler/RestGetAlertsAction.kt
+++ b/alerting/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/alerting/resthandler/RestGetAlertsAction.kt
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ class RestGetAlertsAction : BaseRestHandler() {
         val workflowIds = mutableListOf<String>()
         if (workflowId.isNullOrEmpty() == false) {
             workflowIds.add(workflowId)
+        } else {
+            workflowIds.add("")
         }
         val table = Table(
             sortOrder,
diff --git a/alerting/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/alerting/transport/TransportGetAlertsAction.kt b/alerting/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/alerting/transport/TransportGetAlertsAction.kt
index d765ce4d5..604c130fc 100644
--- a/alerting/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/alerting/transport/TransportGetAlertsAction.kt
+++ b/alerting/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/alerting/transport/TransportGetAlertsAction.kt
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import org.opensearch.core.action.ActionListener
 import org.opensearch.core.xcontent.NamedXContentRegistry
 import org.opensearch.core.xcontent.XContentParser
 import org.opensearch.core.xcontent.XContentParserUtils
+import org.opensearch.index.query.BoolQueryBuilder
 import org.opensearch.index.query.Operator
 import org.opensearch.index.query.QueryBuilders
 import org.opensearch.search.builder.SearchSourceBuilder
@@ -114,22 +115,15 @@ class TransportGetAlertsAction @Inject constructor(
 
         if (getAlertsRequest.monitorId != null) {
             queryBuilder.filter(QueryBuilders.termQuery("monitor_id", getAlertsRequest.monitorId))
-            if (getAlertsRequest.workflowIds.isNullOrEmpty()) {
-                val noWorkflowIdQuery = QueryBuilders.boolQuery()
-                    .should(QueryBuilders.boolQuery().mustNot(QueryBuilders.existsQuery(Alert.WORKFLOW_ID_FIELD)))
-                    .should(QueryBuilders.termsQuery(Alert.WORKFLOW_ID_FIELD, ""))
-                queryBuilder.must(noWorkflowIdQuery)
-            }
+            addWorkflowIdNullOrEmptyCheck(getAlertsRequest, queryBuilder)
         } else if (getAlertsRequest.monitorIds.isNullOrEmpty() == false) {
             queryBuilder.filter(QueryBuilders.termsQuery("monitor_id", getAlertsRequest.monitorIds))
-            if (getAlertsRequest.workflowIds.isNullOrEmpty()) {
-                val noWorkflowIdQuery = QueryBuilders.boolQuery()
-                    .should(QueryBuilders.boolQuery().mustNot(QueryBuilders.existsQuery(Alert.WORKFLOW_ID_FIELD)))
-                    .should(QueryBuilders.termsQuery(Alert.WORKFLOW_ID_FIELD, ""))
-                queryBuilder.must(noWorkflowIdQuery)
-            }
+            addWorkflowIdNullOrEmptyCheck(getAlertsRequest, queryBuilder)
         }
-        if (getAlertsRequest.workflowIds.isNullOrEmpty() == false) {
+        if (
+            getAlertsRequest.workflowIds.isNullOrEmpty() == false &&
+            !(getAlertsRequest.workflowIds!!.size == 1 && getAlertsRequest.workflowIds!![0] == "")
+        ) {
             queryBuilder.must(QueryBuilders.termsQuery("workflow_id", getAlertsRequest.workflowIds))
         }
         if (!tableProp.searchString.isNullOrBlank()) {
@@ -167,6 +161,21 @@ class TransportGetAlertsAction @Inject constructor(
         }
     }
 
+    // we add this check when we want to fetch alerts for monitors not generated as part of a workflow i.e. non-delegate monitor alerts
+    private fun addWorkflowIdNullOrEmptyCheck(
+        getAlertsRequest: GetAlertsRequest,
+        queryBuilder: BoolQueryBuilder,
+    ) {
+        if (
+            getAlertsRequest.workflowIds != null && getAlertsRequest.workflowIds!!.size == 1 && getAlertsRequest.workflowIds!![0] == ""
+        ) {
+            val noWorkflowIdQuery = QueryBuilders.boolQuery()
+                .should(QueryBuilders.boolQuery().mustNot(QueryBuilders.existsQuery(Alert.WORKFLOW_ID_FIELD)))
+                .should(QueryBuilders.termsQuery(Alert.WORKFLOW_ID_FIELD, ""))
+            queryBuilder.must(noWorkflowIdQuery)
+        }
+    }
+
     /** Precedence order for resolving alert index to be queried:
      1. alertIndex param.
      2. alert index mentioned in monitor data sources.