diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/commons/alerting/model/Monitor.kt b/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/commons/alerting/model/Monitor.kt
index bccfccfe..3f341e37 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/commons/alerting/model/Monitor.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/commons/alerting/model/Monitor.kt
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ data class Monitor(
     val uiMetadata: Map<String, Any>,
     val dataSources: DataSources = DataSources(),
     val deleteQueryIndexInEveryRun: Boolean? = false,
+    val ignoreFindingsAndAlerts: Boolean? = false,
     val owner: String? = "alerting"
 ) : ScheduledJob {
 
@@ -112,6 +113,7 @@ data class Monitor(
             DataSources()
         },
         deleteQueryIndexInEveryRun = sin.readOptionalBoolean(),
+        ignoreFindingsAndAlerts = sin.readOptionalBoolean(),
         owner = sin.readOptionalString()
     )
 
@@ -172,6 +174,7 @@ data class Monitor(
         if (uiMetadata.isNotEmpty()) builder.field(UI_METADATA_FIELD, uiMetadata)
         builder.field(DATA_SOURCES_FIELD, dataSources)
         builder.field(DELETE_QUERY_INDEX_IN_EVERY_RUN_FIELD, deleteQueryIndexInEveryRun)
+        builder.field(IGNORE_FINDINGS_AND_ALERTS_FIELD, ignoreFindingsAndAlerts)
         builder.field(OWNER_FIELD, owner)
         if (params.paramAsBoolean("with_type", false)) builder.endObject()
         return builder.endObject()
@@ -224,6 +227,7 @@ data class Monitor(
         out.writeBoolean(dataSources != null) // for backward compatibility with pre-existing monitors which don't have datasources field
         dataSources.writeTo(out)
         out.writeOptionalBoolean(deleteQueryIndexInEveryRun)
+        out.writeOptionalBoolean(ignoreFindingsAndAlerts)
         out.writeOptionalString(owner)
     }
 
@@ -245,6 +249,7 @@ data class Monitor(
         const val DATA_SOURCES_FIELD = "data_sources"
         const val ENABLED_TIME_FIELD = "enabled_time"
         const val DELETE_QUERY_INDEX_IN_EVERY_RUN_FIELD = "delete_query_index_in_every_run"
+        const val IGNORE_FINDINGS_AND_ALERTS_FIELD = "ignore_findings_and_alerts"
         const val OWNER_FIELD = "owner"
         val MONITOR_TYPE_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("[a-zA-Z0-9_]{5,25}")
 
@@ -274,6 +279,7 @@ data class Monitor(
             val inputs: MutableList<Input> = mutableListOf()
             var dataSources = DataSources()
             var deleteQueryIndexInEveryRun = false
+            var delegateMonitor = false
             var owner = "alerting"
 
             XContentParserUtils.ensureExpectedToken(XContentParser.Token.START_OBJECT, xcp.currentToken(), xcp)
@@ -332,6 +338,11 @@ data class Monitor(
                     } else {
                         xcp.booleanValue()
                     }
+                    IGNORE_FINDINGS_AND_ALERTS_FIELD -> delegateMonitor = if (xcp.currentToken() == XContentParser.Token.VALUE_NULL) {
+                        delegateMonitor
+                    } else {
+                        xcp.booleanValue()
+                    }
                     OWNER_FIELD -> owner = if (xcp.currentToken() == XContentParser.Token.VALUE_NULL) owner else xcp.text()
                     else -> {
                         xcp.skipChildren()
@@ -360,6 +371,7 @@ data class Monitor(
                 uiMetadata,
                 dataSources,
                 deleteQueryIndexInEveryRun,
+                delegateMonitor,
                 owner
             )
         }