diff --git a/openbb_platform/core/openbb_core/api/exception_handlers.py b/openbb_platform/core/openbb_core/api/exception_handlers.py
index 85abf39d9da6..55b4a11f3930 100644
--- a/openbb_platform/core/openbb_core/api/exception_handlers.py
+++ b/openbb_platform/core/openbb_core/api/exception_handlers.py
@@ -91,16 +91,27 @@ async def validation(
             )
         except Exception:
             errors = error.errors if hasattr(error, "errors") else error
-        all_in_query = all(
-            loc in query_params
-            for err in errors  # ty: ignore[not-iterable]
-            for loc in err.get("loc", ())
-        )
-        if "QueryParams" in error.title and all_in_query:
+        if "QueryParams" in error.title:
             detail = [
                 {
                     **{k: v for k, v in err.items() if k != "ctx"},
-                    "loc": ("query",) + err.get("loc", ()),
+                    "loc": (
+                        ("query",) + err.get("loc", ())
+                        if (
+                            # Fetcher QueryParams validation reports absent
+                            # fields without a transport source. Preserve an
+                            # explicit source such as "body".
+                            (
+                                err.get("type") == "missing"
+                                and len(err.get("loc", ())) == 1
+                            )
+                            or all(
+                                loc in query_params
+                                for loc in err.get("loc", ())
+                            )
+                        )
+                        else err.get("loc", ())
+                    ),
                 }
                 for err in errors  # ty: ignore[not-iterable]
             ]
diff --git a/openbb_platform/core/tests/api/test_exception_handlers.py b/openbb_platform/core/tests/api/test_exception_handlers.py
index 813f48929e0d..f0cf85ee4d11 100644
--- a/openbb_platform/core/tests/api/test_exception_handlers.py
+++ b/openbb_platform/core/tests/api/test_exception_handlers.py
@@ -184,3 +184,41 @@ async def test_unauthorized_handler(monkeypatch):
     err = UnauthorizedError("nope")
     resp = await ExceptionHandlers.unauthorized(_make_request(), err)
     assert resp.status_code == 502
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_validation_handler_missing_fetcher_param_is_routed_to_query(monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        "openbb_core.api.exception_handlers.Env", type("E", (), {"DEBUG_MODE": False})
+    )
+
+    class FetcherQueryParams(BaseModel):
+        category: str
+
+    try:
+        FetcherQueryParams()  # type: ignore[call-arg]
+    except ValidationError as error:
+        response = await ExceptionHandlers.validation(_make_request(), error)
+    else:
+        raise AssertionError("FetcherQueryParams should require category")
+
+    assert response.status_code == 422
+    assert json.loads(response.body)["detail"][0]["loc"] == ["query", "category"]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_validation_handler_preserves_explicit_body_location(monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        "openbb_core.api.exception_handlers.Env", type("E", (), {"DEBUG_MODE": False})
+    )
+
+    class QueryParamsError(Exception):
+        title = "QueryParams"
+
+        def errors(self, include_url=False):
+            return [{"type": "missing", "loc": ("body", "category"), "msg": "Field required"}]
+
+    response = await ExceptionHandlers.validation(_make_request(), QueryParamsError("bad"))  # type: ignore[arg-type]
+
+    assert response.status_code == 422
+    assert json.loads(response.body)["detail"][0]["loc"] == ["body", "category"]