diff --git a/ql/ql/src/codeql_ql/ast/Yaml.qll b/ql/ql/src/codeql_ql/ast/Yaml.qll
index 142820226a41..d5e80365ff4a 100644
--- a/ql/ql/src/codeql_ql/ast/Yaml.qll
+++ b/ql/ql/src/codeql_ql/ast/Yaml.qll
@@ -64,4 +64,15 @@ class QlRefDocument extends YamlDocument {
       value = n.lookup("postprocess").(YamlSequence).getElement(_)
     )
   }
+
+  predicate isPrintAst() {
+    this.getFile().getStem() = "PrintAst"
+    or
+    exists(YamlMapping n, YamlScalar value |
+      n.getDocument() = this and
+      value.getValue().matches("%PrintAst%")
+    |
+      value = n.lookup("query")
+    )
+  }
 }
diff --git a/ql/ql/src/queries/style/QlRefInlineExpectations.ql b/ql/ql/src/queries/style/QlRefInlineExpectations.ql
index 870dd0f437c9..66c139f683f6 100644
--- a/ql/ql/src/queries/style/QlRefInlineExpectations.ql
+++ b/ql/ql/src/queries/style/QlRefInlineExpectations.ql
@@ -11,5 +11,7 @@ import ql
 import codeql_ql.ast.Yaml
 
 from QlRefDocument f
-where not f.usesInlineExpectations()
+where
+  not f.usesInlineExpectations() and
+  not f.isPrintAst()
 select f, "Query test does not use inline test expectations."
diff --git a/ql/ql/test/queries/style/QlRefInlineExpectations/PrintAst.expected b/ql/ql/test/queries/style/QlRefInlineExpectations/PrintAst.expected
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..14a5f4f77197
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ql/ql/test/queries/style/QlRefInlineExpectations/PrintAst.expected
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+|  |
diff --git a/ql/ql/test/queries/style/QlRefInlineExpectations/PrintAst.qlref b/ql/ql/test/queries/style/QlRefInlineExpectations/PrintAst.qlref
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b6fe7e93204a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ql/ql/test/queries/style/QlRefInlineExpectations/PrintAst.qlref
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+dummy/PrintAst.ql
diff --git a/ql/ql/test/queries/style/QlRefInlineExpectations/Test4.expected b/ql/ql/test/queries/style/QlRefInlineExpectations/Test4.expected
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..14a5f4f77197
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ql/ql/test/queries/style/QlRefInlineExpectations/Test4.expected
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+|  |
diff --git a/ql/ql/test/queries/style/QlRefInlineExpectations/Test4.qlref b/ql/ql/test/queries/style/QlRefInlineExpectations/Test4.qlref
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..43dd92b5c777
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ql/ql/test/queries/style/QlRefInlineExpectations/Test4.qlref
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+query: dummy/PrintAst.ql
diff --git a/ql/ql/test/queries/style/QlRefInlineExpectations/dummy/PrintAst.expected b/ql/ql/test/queries/style/QlRefInlineExpectations/dummy/PrintAst.expected
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..14a5f4f77197
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ql/ql/test/queries/style/QlRefInlineExpectations/dummy/PrintAst.expected
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+|  |
diff --git a/ql/ql/test/queries/style/QlRefInlineExpectations/dummy/PrintAst.ql b/ql/ql/test/queries/style/QlRefInlineExpectations/dummy/PrintAst.ql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..205315977441
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ql/ql/test/queries/style/QlRefInlineExpectations/dummy/PrintAst.ql
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+select ""