diff --git a/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/lineage/parser.py b/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/lineage/parser.py
index 6bd4386ee0a1..5b74bfba2d70 100644
--- a/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/lineage/parser.py
+++ b/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/lineage/parser.py
@@ -98,24 +98,30 @@ def intermediate_tables(self) -> List[Table]:
         """
         Get a list of intermediate tables
         """
-        # These are @lazy_property, not properly being picked up by IDEs. Ignore the warning
-        return self.retrieve_tables(self.parser.intermediate_tables)
+        if self.parser:
+            # These are @lazy_property, not properly being picked up by IDEs. Ignore the warning
+            return self.retrieve_tables(self.parser.intermediate_tables)
+        return []
 
     @cached_property
     def source_tables(self) -> List[Table]:
         """
         Get a list of source tables
         """
-        # These are @lazy_property, not properly being picked up by IDEs. Ignore the warning
-        return self.retrieve_tables(self.parser.source_tables)
+        if self.parser:
+            # These are @lazy_property, not properly being picked up by IDEs. Ignore the warning
+            return self.retrieve_tables(self.parser.source_tables)
+        return []
 
     @cached_property
     def target_tables(self) -> List[Table]:
         """
         Get a list of target tables
         """
-        # These are @lazy_property, not properly being picked up by IDEs. Ignore the warning
-        return self.retrieve_tables(self.parser.target_tables)
+        if self.parser:
+            # These are @lazy_property, not properly being picked up by IDEs. Ignore the warning
+            return self.retrieve_tables(self.parser.target_tables)
+        return []
 
     # pylint: disable=protected-access
     @cached_property
@@ -124,6 +130,8 @@ def column_lineage(self) -> List[Tuple[Column, Column]]:
         Get a list of tuples of column lineage
         """
         column_lineage = []
+        if self.parser is None:
+            return []
         try:
             if self.parser._dialect == SQLPARSE_DIALECT:
                 return self.parser.get_column_lineage()
@@ -331,6 +339,8 @@ def table_joins(self) -> Dict[str, List[TableColumnJoin]]:
         :return: for each table name, list all joins against other tables
         """
         join_data = defaultdict(list)
+        if self.parser is None:
+            return join_data
         # These are @lazy_property, not properly being picked up by IDEs. Ignore the warning
         for statement in self.parser.statements():
             self.stateful_add_joins_from_statement(join_data, sql_statement=statement)
@@ -378,7 +388,11 @@ def clean_raw_query(cls, raw_query: str) -> Optional[str]:
     @staticmethod
     def _evaluate_best_parser(
         query: str, dialect: Dialect, timeout_seconds: int
-    ) -> LineageRunner:
+    ) -> Optional[LineageRunner]:
+
+        if query is None:
+            return None
+
         @timeout(seconds=timeout_seconds)
         def get_sqlfluff_lineage_runner(qry: str, dlct: str) -> LineageRunner:
             lr_dialect = LineageRunner(qry, dialect=dlct)
diff --git a/ingestion/tests/unit/test_query_parser.py b/ingestion/tests/unit/test_query_parser.py
index 4b2baa617963..12fdc806b640 100644
--- a/ingestion/tests/unit/test_query_parser.py
+++ b/ingestion/tests/unit/test_query_parser.py
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ def test_ctes_column_lineage(self):
         """
         Validate we obtain information from Comon Table Expressions
         """
-        query = """CREATE TABLE TESTDB.PUBLIC.TARGET AS 
+        query = """CREATE TABLE TESTDB.PUBLIC.TARGET AS
          WITH cte_table AS (
            SELECT
              USERS.ID,
@@ -226,7 +226,6 @@ def test_ctes_column_lineage(self):
         ;
         """
 
-        expected_tables = {"testdb.public.users"}
         expected_lineage = [
             (
                 Column("testdb.public.users.id"),
@@ -258,7 +257,7 @@ def test_table_with_single_comment(self):
         """
         Validate we obtain information from Comon Table Expressions
         """
-        query = """CREATE TABLE TESTDB.PUBLIC.TARGET AS 
+        query = """CREATE TABLE TESTDB.PUBLIC.TARGET AS
         SELECT
             ID,
             -- A comment here
@@ -295,7 +294,7 @@ def test_table_with_aliases(self):
         """
         Validate we obtain information from Comon Table Expressions
         """
-        query = """CREATE TABLE TESTDB.PUBLIC.TARGET AS 
+        query = """CREATE TABLE TESTDB.PUBLIC.TARGET AS
         SELECT
             ID AS new_identifier,
             NAME new_name
@@ -329,3 +328,31 @@ def test_table_with_aliases(self):
             parser.column_lineage,
             expected_lineage,
         )
+
+    def test_copy_query(self):
+        """
+        Validate Copy query is skipped appropriately without any errors
+        """
+        query = """COPY MY_TABLE col1,col2,col3
+        FROM 's3://bucket/schema/table.csv'
+        WITH CREDENTIALS ''
+        REGION 'US-east-2'
+        """
+        expected_lineage = []
+        expected_tables = set()
+
+        parser = LineageParser(query)
+        tables = {str(table) for table in parser.involved_tables}
+        self.assertEqual(tables, expected_tables)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            parser.column_lineage,
+            expected_lineage,
+        )
+
+        parser = LineageParser(query, Dialect.MYSQL)
+        tables = {str(table) for table in parser.involved_tables}
+        self.assertEqual(tables, expected_tables)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            parser.column_lineage,
+            expected_lineage,
+        )