diff --git a/pkg/hubtest/parser_assert.go b/pkg/hubtest/parser_assert.go
index e13cdb4a2..0f0eaedcc 100644
--- a/pkg/hubtest/parser_assert.go
+++ b/pkg/hubtest/parser_assert.go
@@ -348,6 +348,7 @@ func DumpTree(parser_results ParserResults, bucket_pour BucketPourInfo, opts Dum
 	yellow := color.New(color.FgYellow).SprintFunc()
 	red := color.New(color.FgRed).SprintFunc()
 	green := color.New(color.FgGreen).SprintFunc()
+	whitelistReason := ""
 	//get each line
 	for tstamp, rawstr := range assoc {
 		if opts.SkipOk {
@@ -407,6 +408,9 @@ func DumpTree(parser_results ParserResults, bucket_pour BucketPourInfo, opts Dum
 							detailsDisplay += fmt.Sprintf("\t%s\t\t%s %s evt.%s : %s -> %s\n", presep, sep, change.Type, strings.Join(change.Path, "."), change.From, yellow(change.To))
 							if change.Path[0] == "Whitelisted" && change.To == true {
 								whitelisted = true
+								if whitelistReason == "" {
+									whitelistReason = parsers[parser].Evt.WhitelistReason
+								}
 							}
 							updated++
 						case "delete":
@@ -459,6 +463,8 @@ func DumpTree(parser_results ParserResults, bucket_pour BucketPourInfo, opts Dum
 		//did the event enter the bucket pour phase ?
 		if _, ok := state[tstamp]["buckets"]["OK"]; ok {
 			fmt.Printf("\t%s-------- parser success %s\n", sep, emoji.GreenCircle)
+		} else if whitelistReason != "" {
+			fmt.Printf("\t%s-------- parser success, ignored by whitelist (%s) %s\n", sep, whitelistReason, emoji.GreenCircle)
 		} else {
 			fmt.Printf("\t%s-------- parser failure %s\n", sep, emoji.RedCircle)
 		}