diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/inspect/InspectJsonTab.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/inspect/InspectJsonTab.tsx
index 1e7cafed357..0b3d2ac23c2 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/inspect/InspectJsonTab.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/inspect/InspectJsonTab.tsx
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ export class InspectJsonTab extends SceneObjectBase<InspectJsonTabState> {
       panel_type_changed: panel.state.pluginId !== panelModel.type,
       panel_id_changed: getPanelIdForVizPanel(panel) !== panelModel.id,
       panel_grid_pos_changed: hasGridPosChanged(panel.parent.state, newState),
-      panel_targets_changed: hasQueriesChanged(getQueryRunnerFor(panel), getQueryRunnerFor(gridItem.state.body)),
+      panel_targets_changed: hasQueriesChanged(getQueryRunnerFor(panel), getQueryRunnerFor(newState.$data)),
     });
   };
 
@@ -218,7 +218,6 @@ function getJsonText(show: ShowContent, panel: VizPanel): string {
 
     case 'data-frames': {
       reportPanelInspectInteraction(InspectTab.JSON, 'dataFrame');
-
       const dataProvider = sceneGraph.getData(panel);
 
       if (dataProvider.state.data) {
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/inspect/InspectQueryTab.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/inspect/InspectQueryTab.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2099a9ba9f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/inspect/InspectQueryTab.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import React from 'react';
+
+import {
+  SceneComponentProps,
+  sceneGraph,
+  SceneObjectBase,
+  SceneObjectState,
+  SceneObjectRef,
+  VizPanel,
+} from '@grafana/scenes';
+import { t } from 'app/core/internationalization';
+import { QueryInspector } from 'app/features/inspector/QueryInspector';
+import { InspectTab } from 'app/features/inspector/types';
+
+import { getQueryRunnerFor } from '../utils/utils';
+
+export interface InspectQueryTabState extends SceneObjectState {
+  panelRef: SceneObjectRef<VizPanel>;
+}
+
+export class InspectQueryTab extends SceneObjectBase<InspectQueryTabState> {
+  public getTabLabel() {
+    return t('dashboard.inspect.query-tab', 'Query');
+  }
+
+  public getTabValue() {
+    return InspectTab.Query;
+  }
+
+  public onRefreshQuery = () => {
+    const queryRunner = getQueryRunnerFor(this.state.panelRef.resolve());
+
+    if (queryRunner) {
+      queryRunner.runQueries();
+    }
+  };
+
+  static Component = ({ model }: SceneComponentProps<InspectQueryTab>) => {
+    const data = sceneGraph.getData(model.state.panelRef.resolve()).useState();
+
+    if (!data.data) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    return <QueryInspector data={data.data} onRefreshQuery={model.onRefreshQuery} />;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/inspect/PanelInspectDrawer.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/inspect/PanelInspectDrawer.tsx
index 7eae1deb559..e3e5119254f 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/inspect/PanelInspectDrawer.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/inspect/PanelInspectDrawer.tsx
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import { supportsDataQuery } from 'app/features/dashboard/components/PanelEditor
 
 import { InspectDataTab } from './InspectDataTab';
 import { InspectJsonTab } from './InspectJsonTab';
+import { InspectQueryTab } from './InspectQueryTab';
 import { InspectStatsTab } from './InspectStatsTab';
 import { SceneInspectTab } from './types';
 
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ export class PanelInspectDrawer extends SceneObjectBase<PanelInspectDrawerState>
     if (supportsDataQuery(plugin)) {
       tabs.push(new InspectDataTab({ panelRef }));
       tabs.push(new InspectStatsTab({ panelRef }));
+      tabs.push(new InspectQueryTab({ panelRef }));
     }
 
     tabs.push(new InspectJsonTab({ panelRef, onClose: this.onClose }));
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/components/Inspector/InspectContent.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard/components/Inspector/InspectContent.tsx
index b4ac829fce8..4bd881c62ad 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/components/Inspector/InspectContent.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/components/Inspector/InspectContent.tsx
@@ -109,9 +109,7 @@ export const InspectContent = ({
       )}
       {activeTab === InspectTab.Error && <InspectErrorTab errors={errors} />}
       {data && activeTab === InspectTab.Stats && <InspectStatsTab data={data} timeZone={dashboard.getTimezone()} />}
-      {data && activeTab === InspectTab.Query && (
-        <QueryInspector panel={panel} data={data.series} onRefreshQuery={() => panel.refresh()} />
-      )}
+      {data && activeTab === InspectTab.Query && <QueryInspector data={data} onRefreshQuery={() => panel.refresh()} />}
     </Drawer>
   );
 };
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/components/Inspector/PanelInspector.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard/components/Inspector/PanelInspector.tsx
index 92b23720cfb..9aa2309e02d 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/components/Inspector/PanelInspector.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/components/Inspector/PanelInspector.tsx
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ const PanelInspectorUnconnected = ({ panel, dashboard, plugin }: Props) => {
   });
 
   const location = useLocation();
-  const { data, isLoading, error } = usePanelLatestData(panel, dataOptions, true);
+  const { data, isLoading, error } = usePanelLatestData(panel, dataOptions, false);
   const metaDs = useDatasourceMetadata(data);
   const tabs = useInspectTabs(panel, dashboard, plugin, error, metaDs);
   const defaultTab = new URLSearchParams(location.search).get('inspectTab') as InspectTab;
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/components/PanelEditor/usePanelLatestData.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard/components/PanelEditor/usePanelLatestData.ts
index e3d24cae356..5d2f455de61 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/components/PanelEditor/usePanelLatestData.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/components/PanelEditor/usePanelLatestData.ts
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ export const usePanelLatestData = (
   return {
     data: latestData,
     error: latestData && latestData.error,
-    isLoading: latestData ? latestData.state === LoadingState.Loading : true,
+    isLoading: latestData?.state === LoadingState.Loading,
     hasSeries: latestData ? !!latestData.series : false,
   };
 };
diff --git a/public/app/features/explore/ExploreQueryInspector.test.tsx b/public/app/features/explore/ExploreQueryInspector.test.tsx
index 950905a4d46..23f3f227c0a 100644
--- a/public/app/features/explore/ExploreQueryInspector.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/explore/ExploreQueryInspector.test.tsx
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ jest.mock('@grafana/runtime', () => ({
 
 const setup = (propOverrides = {}) => {
   const props: ExploreQueryInspectorProps = {
-    loading: false,
     width: 100,
     exploreId: 'left',
     onClose: jest.fn(),
diff --git a/public/app/features/explore/ExploreQueryInspector.tsx b/public/app/features/explore/ExploreQueryInspector.tsx
index 9b7e93f2870..83e0a8f257f 100644
--- a/public/app/features/explore/ExploreQueryInspector.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/explore/ExploreQueryInspector.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import React, { useEffect } from 'react';
 import { connect, ConnectedProps } from 'react-redux';
 
-import { CoreApp, TimeZone } from '@grafana/data';
+import { CoreApp, LoadingState, TimeZone } from '@grafana/data';
 import { reportInteraction } from '@grafana/runtime/src';
 import { TabbedContainer, TabConfig } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { ExploreDrawer } from 'app/features/explore/ExploreDrawer';
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { InspectStatsTab } from 'app/features/inspector/InspectStatsTab';
 import { QueryInspector } from 'app/features/inspector/QueryInspector';
 import { StoreState, ExploreItemState } from 'app/types';
 
-import { runQueries, selectIsWaitingForData } from './state/query';
+import { runQueries } from './state/query';
 
 interface DispatchProps {
   width: number;
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ interface DispatchProps {
 type Props = DispatchProps & ConnectedProps<typeof connector>;
 
 export function ExploreQueryInspector(props: Props) {
-  const { loading, width, onClose, queryResponse, timeZone } = props;
+  const { width, onClose, queryResponse, timeZone } = props;
   const dataFrames = queryResponse?.series || [];
   let errors = queryResponse?.errors;
   if (!errors?.length && queryResponse?.error) {
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ export function ExploreQueryInspector(props: Props) {
       <InspectDataTab
         data={dataFrames}
         dataName={'Explore'}
-        isLoading={loading}
+        isLoading={queryResponse.state === LoadingState.Loading}
         options={{ withTransforms: false, withFieldConfig: false }}
         timeZone={timeZone}
         app={CoreApp.Explore}
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ export function ExploreQueryInspector(props: Props) {
     value: 'query',
     icon: 'info-circle',
     content: (
-      <QueryInspector data={dataFrames} onRefreshQuery={() => props.runQueries({ exploreId: props.exploreId })} />
+      <QueryInspector data={queryResponse} onRefreshQuery={() => props.runQueries({ exploreId: props.exploreId })} />
     ),
   };
 
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ function mapStateToProps(state: StoreState, { exploreId }: { exploreId: string }
   const { queryResponse } = item;
 
   return {
-    loading: selectIsWaitingForData(exploreId)(state),
     queryResponse,
   };
 }
diff --git a/public/app/features/inspector/QueryInspector.tsx b/public/app/features/inspector/QueryInspector.tsx
index 4d3981ce890..024b487d90e 100644
--- a/public/app/features/inspector/QueryInspector.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/inspector/QueryInspector.tsx
@@ -2,22 +2,15 @@ import { css } from '@emotion/css';
 import React, { PureComponent } from 'react';
 import { Subscription } from 'rxjs';
 
-import { DataFrame } from '@grafana/data';
+import { LoadingState, PanelData } from '@grafana/data';
 import { selectors } from '@grafana/e2e-selectors';
 import { Stack } from '@grafana/experimental';
-import { config, RefreshEvent } from '@grafana/runtime';
+import { config } from '@grafana/runtime';
 import { Button, ClipboardButton, JSONFormatter, LoadingPlaceholder } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { backendSrv } from 'app/core/services/backend_srv';
-import { supportsDataQuery } from 'app/features/dashboard/components/PanelEditor/utils';
-import { PanelModel } from 'app/features/dashboard/state';
 
 import { getPanelInspectorStyles } from './styles';
 
-interface DsQuery {
-  isLoading: boolean;
-  response: {};
-}
-
 interface ExecutedQueryInfo {
   refId: string;
   query: string;
@@ -26,16 +19,15 @@ interface ExecutedQueryInfo {
 }
 
 interface Props {
-  data: DataFrame[];
+  data: PanelData;
   onRefreshQuery: () => void;
-  panel?: PanelModel;
 }
 
 interface State {
   allNodesExpanded: boolean | null;
   isMocking: boolean;
   mockedResponse: string;
-  dsQuery: DsQuery;
+  response: {};
   executedQueries: ExecutedQueryInfo[];
 }
 
@@ -50,26 +42,16 @@ export class QueryInspector extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
       allNodesExpanded: null,
       isMocking: false,
       mockedResponse: '',
-      dsQuery: {
-        isLoading: false,
-        response: {},
-      },
+      response: {},
     };
   }
 
   componentDidMount() {
-    const { panel } = this.props;
-
     this.subs.add(
       backendSrv.getInspectorStream().subscribe({
         next: (response) => this.onDataSourceResponse(response),
       })
     );
-
-    if (panel) {
-      this.subs.add(panel.events.subscribe(RefreshEvent, this.onPanelRefresh));
-      this.updateQueryList();
-    }
   }
 
   componentDidUpdate(oldProps: Props) {
@@ -83,12 +65,13 @@ export class QueryInspector extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
    */
   updateQueryList() {
     const { data } = this.props;
+    const frames = data.series;
     const executedQueries: ExecutedQueryInfo[] = [];
 
-    if (data?.length) {
+    if (frames?.length) {
       let last: ExecutedQueryInfo | undefined = undefined;
 
-      data.forEach((frame, idx) => {
+      frames.forEach((frame, idx) => {
         const query = frame.meta?.executedQueryString;
 
         if (query) {
@@ -117,16 +100,6 @@ export class QueryInspector extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
     this.subs.unsubscribe();
   }
 
-  onPanelRefresh = () => {
-    this.setState((prevState) => ({
-      ...prevState,
-      dsQuery: {
-        isLoading: true,
-        response: {},
-      },
-    }));
-  };
-
   onDataSourceResponse(response: any) {
     // ignore silent requests
     if (response.config?.hideFromInspector) {
@@ -168,13 +141,9 @@ export class QueryInspector extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
       delete response.$$config;
     }
 
-    this.setState((prevState) => ({
-      ...prevState,
-      dsQuery: {
-        isLoading: false,
-        response: response,
-      },
-    }));
+    this.setState({
+      response: response,
+    });
   }
 
   setFormattedJson = (formattedJson: any) => {
@@ -240,16 +209,12 @@ export class QueryInspector extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
   }
 
   render() {
-    const { allNodesExpanded, executedQueries } = this.state;
-    const { panel, onRefreshQuery } = this.props;
-    const { response, isLoading } = this.state.dsQuery;
+    const { allNodesExpanded, executedQueries, response } = this.state;
+    const { onRefreshQuery, data } = this.props;
     const openNodes = this.getNrOfOpenNodes();
     const styles = getPanelInspectorStyles();
     const haveData = Object.keys(response).length > 0;
-
-    if (panel && !supportsDataQuery(panel.plugin)) {
-      return null;
-    }
+    const isLoading = data.state === LoadingState.Loading;
 
     return (
       <div className={styles.wrap}>