diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/aiops/public/application/utils/query_utils.ts b/x-pack/plugins/aiops/public/application/utils/query_utils.ts
index 85ad3d236a98e..1779b434df508 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/aiops/public/application/utils/query_utils.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/aiops/public/application/utils/query_utils.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import type * as estypes from '@elastic/elasticsearch/lib/api/typesWithBodyKey';
 import { Query } from '@kbn/es-query';
 import { isPopulatedObject } from '@kbn/ml-is-populated-object';
 import type { ChangePoint } from '@kbn/ml-agg-utils';
+import type { GroupTableItem } from '../../components/spike_analysis_table/spike_analysis_table_groups';
 
 /*
  * Contains utility functions for building and processing queries.
@@ -29,7 +30,8 @@ export function buildBaseFilterCriteria(
   latestMs?: number,
   query?: Query['query'],
   selectedChangePoint?: ChangePoint,
-  includeSelectedChangePoint = true
+  includeSelectedChangePoint = true,
+  selectedGroup?: GroupTableItem | null
 ): estypes.QueryDslQueryContainer[] {
   const filterCriteria = [];
   if (timeFieldName && earliestMs && latestMs) {
@@ -48,10 +50,24 @@ export function buildBaseFilterCriteria(
     filterCriteria.push(query);
   }
 
-  if (selectedChangePoint && includeSelectedChangePoint) {
-    filterCriteria.push({
-      term: { [selectedChangePoint.fieldName]: selectedChangePoint.fieldValue },
-    });
+  const groupFilter = [];
+  if (selectedGroup) {
+    const allItems = { ...selectedGroup.group, ...selectedGroup.repeatedValues };
+    for (const fieldName in allItems) {
+      if (allItems.hasOwnProperty(fieldName)) {
+        groupFilter.push({ term: { [fieldName]: allItems[fieldName] } });
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (includeSelectedChangePoint) {
+    if (selectedChangePoint) {
+      filterCriteria.push({
+        term: { [selectedChangePoint.fieldName]: selectedChangePoint.fieldValue },
+      });
+    } else if (selectedGroup) {
+      filterCriteria.push(...groupFilter);
+    }
   } else if (selectedChangePoint && !includeSelectedChangePoint) {
     filterCriteria.push({
       bool: {
@@ -62,6 +78,18 @@ export function buildBaseFilterCriteria(
         ],
       },
     });
+  } else if (selectedGroup && !includeSelectedChangePoint) {
+    filterCriteria.push({
+      bool: {
+        must_not: [
+          {
+            bool: {
+              filter: [...groupFilter],
+            },
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+    });
   }
 
   return filterCriteria;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/aiops/public/components/explain_log_rate_spikes/explain_log_rate_spikes_analysis.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/aiops/public/components/explain_log_rate_spikes/explain_log_rate_spikes_analysis.tsx
index b317ac6f2fed8..a0fb825ee4064 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/aiops/public/components/explain_log_rate_spikes/explain_log_rate_spikes_analysis.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/aiops/public/components/explain_log_rate_spikes/explain_log_rate_spikes_analysis.tsx
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import type { ApiExplainLogRateSpikes } from '../../../common/api';
 
 import { SpikeAnalysisGroupsTable } from '../spike_analysis_table';
 import { SpikeAnalysisTable } from '../spike_analysis_table';
+import { GroupTableItem } from '../spike_analysis_table/spike_analysis_table_groups';
 
 const groupResultsMessage = i18n.translate(
   'xpack.aiops.spikeAnalysisTable.groupedSwitchLabel.groupResults',
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ interface ExplainLogRateSpikesAnalysisProps {
   onPinnedChangePoint?: (changePoint: ChangePoint | null) => void;
   onSelectedChangePoint?: (changePoint: ChangePoint | null) => void;
   selectedChangePoint?: ChangePoint;
+  onSelectedGroup?: (group: GroupTableItem | null) => void;
 }
 
 export const ExplainLogRateSpikesAnalysis: FC<ExplainLogRateSpikesAnalysisProps> = ({
@@ -67,6 +69,7 @@ export const ExplainLogRateSpikesAnalysis: FC<ExplainLogRateSpikesAnalysisProps>
   onPinnedChangePoint,
   onSelectedChangePoint,
   selectedChangePoint,
+  onSelectedGroup,
 }) => {
   const { http } = useAiopsAppContext();
   const basePath = http.basePath.get() ?? '';
@@ -249,6 +252,7 @@ export const ExplainLogRateSpikesAnalysis: FC<ExplainLogRateSpikesAnalysisProps>
           onPinnedChangePoint={onPinnedChangePoint}
           onSelectedChangePoint={onSelectedChangePoint}
           selectedChangePoint={selectedChangePoint}
+          onSelectedGroup={onSelectedGroup}
           dataViewId={dataView.id}
         />
       ) : null}
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/aiops/public/components/explain_log_rate_spikes/explain_log_rate_spikes_page.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/aiops/public/components/explain_log_rate_spikes/explain_log_rate_spikes_page.tsx
index bdc91175c2913..feff4f2e8211f 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/aiops/public/components/explain_log_rate_spikes/explain_log_rate_spikes_page.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/aiops/public/components/explain_log_rate_spikes/explain_log_rate_spikes_page.tsx
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import { SearchPanel } from '../search_panel';
 
 import { restorableDefaults } from './explain_log_rate_spikes_app_state';
 import { ExplainLogRateSpikesAnalysis } from './explain_log_rate_spikes_analysis';
+import type { GroupTableItem } from '../spike_analysis_table/spike_analysis_table_groups';
 
 // TODO port to `@emotion/react` once `useEuiBreakpoint` is available https://github.com/elastic/eui/pull/6057
 import './explain_log_rate_spikes_page.scss';
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ export const ExplainLogRateSpikesPage: FC<ExplainLogRateSpikesPageProps> = ({
 
   const [pinnedChangePoint, setPinnedChangePoint] = useState<ChangePoint | null>(null);
   const [selectedChangePoint, setSelectedChangePoint] = useState<ChangePoint | null>(null);
+  const [selectedGroup, setSelectedGroup] = useState<GroupTableItem | null>(null);
 
   // If a row is pinned, still overrule with a potentially hovered row.
   const currentSelectedChangePoint = useMemo(() => {
@@ -116,7 +118,9 @@ export const ExplainLogRateSpikesPage: FC<ExplainLogRateSpikesPageProps> = ({
     { currentDataView: dataView, currentSavedSearch },
     aiopsListState,
     setGlobalState,
-    currentSelectedChangePoint
+    currentSelectedChangePoint,
+    undefined,
+    selectedGroup
   );
 
   const { totalCount, documentCountStats, documentCountStatsCompare } = documentStats;
@@ -167,6 +171,7 @@ export const ExplainLogRateSpikesPage: FC<ExplainLogRateSpikesPageProps> = ({
     setWindowParameters(undefined);
     setPinnedChangePoint(null);
     setSelectedChangePoint(null);
+    setSelectedGroup(null);
   }
 
   return (
@@ -225,7 +230,9 @@ export const ExplainLogRateSpikesPage: FC<ExplainLogRateSpikesPageProps> = ({
                   clearSelectionHandler={clearSelection}
                   documentCountStats={documentCountStats}
                   documentCountStatsSplit={
-                    currentSelectedChangePoint ? documentCountStatsCompare : undefined
+                    currentSelectedChangePoint || selectedGroup
+                      ? documentCountStatsCompare
+                      : undefined
                   }
                   totalCount={totalCount}
                   changePoint={currentSelectedChangePoint}
@@ -246,6 +253,7 @@ export const ExplainLogRateSpikesPage: FC<ExplainLogRateSpikesPageProps> = ({
                   onPinnedChangePoint={setPinnedChangePoint}
                   onSelectedChangePoint={setSelectedChangePoint}
                   selectedChangePoint={currentSelectedChangePoint}
+                  onSelectedGroup={setSelectedGroup}
                 />
               )}
               {windowParameters === undefined && (
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/aiops/public/components/spike_analysis_table/spike_analysis_table_groups.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/aiops/public/components/spike_analysis_table/spike_analysis_table_groups.tsx
index c8f8410a56448..a7503e7d49111 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/aiops/public/components/spike_analysis_table/spike_analysis_table_groups.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/aiops/public/components/spike_analysis_table/spike_analysis_table_groups.tsx
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ const viewInDiscoverMessage = i18n.translate(
   }
 );
 
-interface GroupTableItem {
+export interface GroupTableItem {
   id: string;
   docCount: number;
   pValue: number | null;
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ interface SpikeAnalysisTableProps {
   onPinnedChangePoint?: (changePoint: ChangePoint | null) => void;
   onSelectedChangePoint?: (changePoint: ChangePoint | null) => void;
   selectedChangePoint?: ChangePoint;
+  onSelectedGroup?: (group: GroupTableItem | null) => void;
 }
 
 export const SpikeAnalysisGroupsTable: FC<SpikeAnalysisTableProps> = ({
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ export const SpikeAnalysisGroupsTable: FC<SpikeAnalysisTableProps> = ({
   onPinnedChangePoint,
   onSelectedChangePoint,
   selectedChangePoint,
+  onSelectedGroup,
 }) => {
   const [pageIndex, setPageIndex] = useState(0);
   const [pageSize, setPageSize] = useState(10);
@@ -316,6 +318,7 @@ export const SpikeAnalysisGroupsTable: FC<SpikeAnalysisTableProps> = ({
         />
       ),
       sortable: false,
+      valign: 'top',
     },
     {
       'data-test-subj': 'aiopsSpikeAnalysisGroupsTableColumnDocCount',
@@ -470,6 +473,16 @@ export const SpikeAnalysisGroupsTable: FC<SpikeAnalysisTableProps> = ({
       rowProps={(group) => {
         return {
           'data-test-subj': `aiopsSpikeAnalysisGroupsTableRow row-${group.id}`,
+          onMouseEnter: () => {
+            if (onSelectedGroup) {
+              onSelectedGroup(group);
+            }
+          },
+          onMouseLeave: () => {
+            if (onSelectedGroup) {
+              onSelectedGroup(null);
+            }
+          },
         };
       }}
     />
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/aiops/public/get_document_stats.ts b/x-pack/plugins/aiops/public/get_document_stats.ts
index 1df4e4bd57ae8..07324b5f10605 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/aiops/public/get_document_stats.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/aiops/public/get_document_stats.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import type { ChangePoint } from '@kbn/ml-agg-utils';
 import type { Query } from '@kbn/es-query';
 
 import { buildBaseFilterCriteria } from './application/utils/query_utils';
+import { GroupTableItem } from './components/spike_analysis_table/spike_analysis_table_groups';
 
 export interface DocumentCountStats {
   interval?: number;
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ export interface DocumentStatsSearchStrategyParams {
   fieldsToFetch?: string[];
   selectedChangePoint?: ChangePoint;
   includeSelectedChangePoint?: boolean;
+  selectedGroup?: GroupTableItem | null;
 }
 
 export const getDocumentCountStatsRequest = (params: DocumentStatsSearchStrategyParams) => {
@@ -48,6 +50,7 @@ export const getDocumentCountStatsRequest = (params: DocumentStatsSearchStrategy
     fieldsToFetch,
     selectedChangePoint,
     includeSelectedChangePoint,
+    selectedGroup,
   } = params;
 
   const size = 0;
@@ -57,7 +60,8 @@ export const getDocumentCountStatsRequest = (params: DocumentStatsSearchStrategy
     latestMs,
     searchQuery,
     selectedChangePoint,
-    includeSelectedChangePoint
+    includeSelectedChangePoint,
+    selectedGroup
   );
 
   // Don't use the sampler aggregation as this can lead to some potentially
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/aiops/public/hooks/use_data.ts b/x-pack/plugins/aiops/public/hooks/use_data.ts
index 9ea8f9bd2335b..05736fe00e4fc 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/aiops/public/hooks/use_data.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/aiops/public/hooks/use_data.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import {
 import { useTimefilter } from './use_time_filter';
 import { useDocumentCountStats } from './use_document_count_stats';
 import type { Dictionary } from './use_url_state';
+import type { GroupTableItem } from '../components/spike_analysis_table/spike_analysis_table_groups';
 
 const DEFAULT_BAR_TARGET = 75;
 
@@ -39,7 +40,8 @@ export const useData = (
   aiopsListState: AiOpsIndexBasedAppState,
   onUpdate: (params: Dictionary<unknown>) => void,
   selectedChangePoint?: ChangePoint,
-  barTarget: number = DEFAULT_BAR_TARGET
+  barTarget: number = DEFAULT_BAR_TARGET,
+  selectedGroup?: GroupTableItem | null
 ) => {
   const {
     uiSettings,
@@ -109,15 +111,25 @@ export const useData = (
 
   const overallStatsRequest = useMemo(() => {
     return fieldStatsRequest
-      ? { ...fieldStatsRequest, selectedChangePoint, includeSelectedChangePoint: false }
+      ? {
+          ...fieldStatsRequest,
+          selectedChangePoint,
+          selectedGroup,
+          includeSelectedChangePoint: false,
+        }
       : undefined;
-  }, [fieldStatsRequest, selectedChangePoint]);
+  }, [fieldStatsRequest, selectedChangePoint, selectedGroup]);
 
   const selectedChangePointStatsRequest = useMemo(() => {
-    return fieldStatsRequest && selectedChangePoint
-      ? { ...fieldStatsRequest, selectedChangePoint, includeSelectedChangePoint: true }
+    return fieldStatsRequest && (selectedChangePoint || selectedGroup)
+      ? {
+          ...fieldStatsRequest,
+          selectedChangePoint,
+          selectedGroup,
+          includeSelectedChangePoint: true,
+        }
       : undefined;
-  }, [fieldStatsRequest, selectedChangePoint]);
+  }, [fieldStatsRequest, selectedChangePoint, selectedGroup]);
 
   const documentStats = useDocumentCountStats(
     overallStatsRequest,