diff --git a/commands/audit/audit.go b/commands/audit/audit.go
index 531f18e4..136d8849 100644
--- a/commands/audit/audit.go
+++ b/commands/audit/audit.go
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ func (auditCmd *AuditCommand) Run() (err error) {
 	}
 	if err = utils.NewResultsWriter(auditResults).
 		SetIsMultipleRootProject(auditResults.IsMultipleProject()).
+		SetHasViolationContext(auditCmd.HasViolationContext()).
 		SetIncludeVulnerabilities(auditCmd.IncludeVulnerabilities).
 		SetIncludeLicenses(auditCmd.IncludeLicenses).
 		SetOutputFormat(auditCmd.OutputFormat()).
@@ -160,6 +161,10 @@ func (auditCmd *AuditCommand) CommandName() string {
 	return "generic_audit"
 }
 
+func (auditCmd *AuditCommand) HasViolationContext() bool {
+	return len(auditCmd.watches) > 0 || auditCmd.projectKey != "" || auditCmd.targetRepoPath != ""
+}
+
 // Runs an audit scan based on the provided auditParams.
 // Returns an audit Results object containing all the scan results.
 // If the current server is entitled for JAS, the advanced security results will be included in the scan results.
diff --git a/commands/scan/buildscan.go b/commands/scan/buildscan.go
index 40149491..f85cf2d0 100644
--- a/commands/scan/buildscan.go
+++ b/commands/scan/buildscan.go
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ func (bsc *BuildScanCommand) runBuildScanAndPrintResults(xrayManager *xray.XrayS
 
 	resultsPrinter := utils.NewResultsWriter(scanResults).
 		SetOutputFormat(bsc.outputFormat).
+		SetHasViolationContext(bsc.hasViolationContext()).
 		SetIncludeVulnerabilities(bsc.includeVulnerabilities).
 		SetIncludeLicenses(false).
 		SetIsMultipleRootProject(true).
@@ -187,7 +188,7 @@ func (bsc *BuildScanCommand) runBuildScanAndPrintResults(xrayManager *xray.XrayS
 		scanResults,
 		bsc.serverDetails,
 		bsc.includeVulnerabilities,
-		bsc.buildConfiguration.GetProject() != "",
+		bsc.hasViolationContext(),
 		params.BuildName, params.BuildNumber,
 	))
 	return
@@ -197,6 +198,10 @@ func (bsc *BuildScanCommand) CommandName() string {
 	return "xr_build_scan"
 }
 
+func (bsc *BuildScanCommand) hasViolationContext() bool {
+	return bsc.buildConfiguration.GetProject() != ""
+}
+
 // There are two cases. when serverDetails.Url is configured and when serverDetails.XrayUrl and serverDetails.ArtifactoryUrl are configured
 // The function will return the Url if configured and will trim xray if serverDetails.Url is not configured
 func getActualUrl(serverDetails config.ServerDetails) (string, error) {
diff --git a/commands/scan/dockerscan.go b/commands/scan/dockerscan.go
index 1ba036e4..7d260f24 100644
--- a/commands/scan/dockerscan.go
+++ b/commands/scan/dockerscan.go
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ func (dsc *DockerScanCommand) Run() (err error) {
 			scanResults,
 			dsc.ScanCommand.serverDetails,
 			dsc.ScanCommand.includeVulnerabilities,
-			hasViolationContext(dsc.ScanCommand.watches, dsc.ScanCommand.projectKey),
+			dsc.ScanCommand.hasViolationContext(),
 			dsc.imageTag,
 		))
 	})
diff --git a/commands/scan/scan.go b/commands/scan/scan.go
index 6f0ba747..f51a1e39 100644
--- a/commands/scan/scan.go
+++ b/commands/scan/scan.go
@@ -161,6 +161,10 @@ func (scanCmd *ScanCommand) SetAnalyticsMetricsService(analyticsMetricsService *
 	return scanCmd
 }
 
+func (scanCmd *ScanCommand) hasViolationContext() bool {
+	return len(scanCmd.watches) > 0 || scanCmd.projectKey != ""
+}
+
 func (scanCmd *ScanCommand) indexFile(filePath string) (*xrayUtils.BinaryGraphNode, error) {
 	var indexerResults xrayUtils.BinaryGraphNode
 	indexerCmd := exec.Command(scanCmd.indexerPath, indexingCommand, filePath, "--temp-dir", scanCmd.indexerTempDir)
@@ -195,15 +199,11 @@ func (scanCmd *ScanCommand) Run() (err error) {
 			scanResults,
 			scanCmd.serverDetails,
 			scanCmd.includeVulnerabilities,
-			hasViolationContext(scanCmd.watches, scanCmd.projectKey),
+			scanCmd.hasViolationContext(),
 		))
 	})
 }
 
-func hasViolationContext(watches []string, projectKey string) bool {
-	return len(watches) > 0 || projectKey != ""
-}
-
 func (scanCmd *ScanCommand) RunAndRecordResults(recordResFunc func(scanResults *utils.Results) error) (err error) {
 	defer func() {
 		if err != nil {
@@ -318,6 +318,7 @@ func (scanCmd *ScanCommand) RunAndRecordResults(recordResFunc func(scanResults *
 
 	if err = utils.NewResultsWriter(scanResults).
 		SetOutputFormat(scanCmd.outputFormat).
+		SetHasViolationContext(scanCmd.hasViolationContext()).
 		SetIncludeVulnerabilities(scanCmd.includeVulnerabilities).
 		SetIncludeLicenses(scanCmd.includeLicenses).
 		SetPrintExtendedTable(scanCmd.printExtendedTable).
diff --git a/utils/resultwriter.go b/utils/resultwriter.go
index 53a21d62..cad4a751 100644
--- a/utils/resultwriter.go
+++ b/utils/resultwriter.go
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ type ResultsWriter struct {
 	format format.OutputFormat
 	// IncludeVulnerabilities  If true, include all vulnerabilities as part of the output. Else, include violations only.
 	includeVulnerabilities bool
+	// 
+	hasViolationContext bool
 	// IncludeLicenses  If true, also include license violations as part of the output.
 	includeLicenses bool
 	// IsMultipleRoots  multipleRoots is set to true, in case the given results array contains (or may contain) results of several projects (like in binary scan).
@@ -65,6 +67,11 @@ func GetScaScanFileName(r *Results) string {
 	return ""
 }
 
+func (rw *ResultsWriter) SetHasViolationContext(hasViolationContext bool) *ResultsWriter {
+	rw.hasViolationContext = hasViolationContext
+	return rw
+}
+
 func (rw *ResultsWriter) SetOutputFormat(f format.OutputFormat) *ResultsWriter {
 	rw.format = f
 	return rw
@@ -142,13 +149,15 @@ func (rw *ResultsWriter) printScanResultsTables() (err error) {
 	}
 	log.Output()
 	if shouldPrintTable(rw.subScansPreformed, ScaScan, rw.scanType) {
-		if rw.includeVulnerabilities {
-			err = PrintVulnerabilitiesTable(vulnerabilities, rw.results, rw.isMultipleRoots, rw.printExtended, rw.scanType)
-		} else {
-			err = PrintViolationsTable(violations, rw.results, rw.isMultipleRoots, rw.printExtended, rw.scanType)
+		if rw.hasViolationContext {
+			if err = PrintViolationsTable(violations, rw.results, rw.isMultipleRoots, rw.printExtended, rw.scanType); err != nil {
+				return
+			}
 		}
-		if err != nil {
-			return
+		if rw.includeVulnerabilities {
+			if err = PrintVulnerabilitiesTable(vulnerabilities, rw.results, rw.isMultipleRoots, rw.printExtended, rw.scanType); err != nil {
+				return
+			}
 		}
 		if rw.includeLicenses {
 			if err = PrintLicensesTable(licenses, rw.printExtended, rw.scanType); err != nil {