diff --git a/pkg/engine/secrets/inspector.go b/pkg/engine/secrets/inspector.go
index be847870a6a..abc005877c6 100644
--- a/pkg/engine/secrets/inspector.go
+++ b/pkg/engine/secrets/inspector.go
@@ -449,9 +449,20 @@ func (c *Inspector) secretsDetectLine(query *RegexQuery, file *model.FileMetadat
 	return lineVulneInfoSlice
 }
 
-func (c *Inspector) checkLineByLine(wg *sync.WaitGroup, query *RegexQuery,
-	basePaths []string, file *model.FileMetadata, lineNumber int, currentLine string) {
+func (c *Inspector) checkLines(wg *sync.WaitGroup, query *RegexQuery,
+	basePaths []string, file *model.FileMetadata, lines *[]string,
+	startLine, endLine int) {
 	defer wg.Done()
+	for lineNumber, currentLine := range *lines {
+		if lineNumber+startLine >= endLine {
+			return
+		}
+		c.checkLineByLine(query, basePaths, file, startLine+lineNumber, currentLine)
+	}
+}
+
+func (c *Inspector) checkLineByLine(query *RegexQuery,
+	basePaths []string, file *model.FileMetadata, lineNumber int, currentLine string) {
 	isSecret, groups := c.isSecret(currentLine, query)
 	if !isSecret {
 		return
@@ -608,15 +619,30 @@ func validateCustomSecretsQueriesID(allRegexQueries []RegexQuery) error {
 func (c *Inspector) checkContent(i, idx int, basePaths []string, files model.FileMetadatas) {
 	// lines ignore can have the lines from the resolved files
 	// since inspector secrets only looks to original data, the lines ignore should be replaced
+	numRoutines := 30
 	files[idx].LinesIgnore = model.GetIgnoreLines(&files[idx])
 
 	wg := &sync.WaitGroup{}
 	// check file content line by line
 	if !c.regexQueries[i].Multiline {
 		lines := (&files[idx]).LinesOriginalData
-		for lineNumber, currentLine := range *lines {
+		startLine := 0
+		totalLineNum := len(*lines)
+		numLinesPerRoutine := totalLineNum / numRoutines
+		if numLinesPerRoutine == 0 {
 			wg.Add(1)
-			go c.checkLineByLine(wg, &c.regexQueries[i], basePaths, &files[idx], lineNumber, currentLine)
+			go c.checkLines(wg, &c.regexQueries[i], basePaths, &files[idx], lines, startLine, totalLineNum)
+		} else {
+			for startLine < totalLineNum {
+				endLine := startLine + numLinesPerRoutine
+				if endLine > totalLineNum {
+					endLine = totalLineNum
+				}
+				routineLines := (*lines)[startLine:]
+				wg.Add(1)
+				go c.checkLines(wg, &c.regexQueries[i], basePaths, &files[idx], &routineLines, startLine, endLine)
+				startLine = endLine
+			}
 		}
 		wg.Wait()
 		return
diff --git a/pkg/engine/secrets/inspector_test.go b/pkg/engine/secrets/inspector_test.go
index 357d6a25a8d..7c60d42dcd2 100644
--- a/pkg/engine/secrets/inspector_test.go
+++ b/pkg/engine/secrets/inspector_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package secrets
 import (
 	"context"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"regexp"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -546,6 +547,122 @@ var testNewInspectorInputs = []struct {
 	},
 }
 
+var testHideSecretVulnLines = [][]model.CodeLine{
+	{
+		{
+			Line:     "    environment:",
+			Position: 18,
+		},
+		{
+			Line:     "      - POSTGRES_USER=postgres",
+			Position: 19,
+		},
+		{
+			Line:     "      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=postgres",
+			Position: 20,
+		},
+	},
+	{
+		{
+			Line:     "\tbody      = <<EOF",
+			Position: 4,
+		},
+		{
+			Line:     "\"PuTTY-User-Key-File-2: ssh-rsa",
+			Position: 5,
+		},
+		{
+			Line:     "Encryption: none",
+			Position: 6,
+		},
+	},
+}
+
+var testHideSecret = []struct {
+	linesVuln    *model.VulnerabilityLines
+	matchContent string
+	query        *RegexQuery
+}{
+	{
+		linesVuln: &model.VulnerabilityLines{
+			Line:                  20,
+			ResolvedFile:          "../../assets/queries/common/passwords_and_secrets/test/positive46.yaml",
+			VulnLines:             &testHideSecretVulnLines[0],
+			LineWithVulnerability: "",
+		},
+		matchContent: "      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=postgres",
+		query: &RegexQuery{
+			ID:        "487f4be7-3fd9-4506-a07a-eae252180c08",
+			Name:      "Generic Password",
+			Multiline: false,
+			RegexStr:  "(?i)['\"]?password['\"]?\\s*[:=]\\s*['\"]?([A-Za-z0-9/~^_!@&%()=?*+-. ]{4,})['\"]?",
+			AllowRules: []AllowRule{
+				{
+					Description: "Avoiding TF resource access",
+					RegexStr:    "(?i)['\"]?password['\"]?\\s*=\\s*(([a-zA-z_]+(.))?[a-zA-z_]+\\s*(.)\\s*[a-zA-z_]+(.)[a-zA-z_]+)?(\\s*:\\s*null|null)$",
+					Regex:       regexp.MustCompile("(?i)['\"]?password['\"]?\\s*=\\s*(([a-zA-z_]+(.))?[a-zA-z_]+\\s*(.)\\s*[a-zA-z_]+(.)[a-zA-z_]+)?(\\s*:\\s*null|null)$"),
+				},
+				{
+					Description: "Avoiding CF AllowUsersToChangePassword",
+					RegexStr:    "['\"]?AllowUsersToChangePassword['\"]?\\s*[:=]\\s*['\"]?([A-Za-z0-9/~^_!@&%()=?*+-.]{4,})['\"]?",
+					Regex:       regexp.MustCompile("['\"]?AllowUsersToChangePassword['\"]?\\s*[:=]\\s*['\"]?([A-Za-z0-9/~^_!@&%()=?*+-.]{4,})['\"]?"),
+				},
+			},
+			Regex:       regexp.MustCompile("(?i)['\"]?password['\"]?\\s*[:=]\\s*['\"]?([A-Za-z0-9/~^_!@&%()=?*+-. ]{4,})['\"]?"),
+			GroupToMask: 1,
+		},
+	},
+	{
+		linesVuln: &model.VulnerabilityLines{
+			Line:                  5,
+			ResolvedFile:          "../../assets/queries/common/passwords_and_secrets/test/positive36.tf",
+			VulnLines:             &testHideSecretVulnLines[1],
+			LineWithVulnerability: "",
+		},
+		matchContent: "\"PuTTY-User-Key-File-2: ssh-rsa\nEncryption: none\nComment: rsa-key-20200108\nPublic-Lines: 6\nAAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABJQAAAQEAqAqCgv1dG+bcrnuqj39WYgCCGT8lYNe31Ak1\nnIyZ38Nocz4YRQ6dRizmr4SSO7J1+py1aOLttCI50gZjtqXl2ZhItkihETdWW4Sw\n8WirLI1s8RdycWu4pwidUabiOEiOfP5Bh+1kwWXrC/BX0Fxjl0RNSKTTT4jJZLDy\nio5INi8NXmrTTc3rzy90uQrip3nVBSwuQtCJSAr8yrXSf5hJ9plKUt2iC5TCKXdS\n1nnF4DddNM5wjTX24NXsF1JFsI1qpXYoGSF7mHDzreNS70Vn75sOk3HwQ7MtZWyy\n+kR2ZewwtUaODj4xLNGawERjpwbOtdaJdHtmh0sP6MCdopd3RQ==\nPrivate-Lines: 14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\n7nPANzK0ZdsZELEVR9kSB/Z690LV2IKovh9bAbmhveEcMLQ=\nPrivate-MAC: 8d9cbf92b0e8f23309a9ebea525aae27d4fdbbdd\"",
+		query: &RegexQuery{
+			ID:          "a007a85e-a2a7-4a81-803a-7a2ca0c65abb",
+			Name:        "Putty User Key File Content",
+			Multiline:   true,
+			RegexStr:    "['\"]?PuTTY-User-Key-File-\\d: ([\\w\\d-:\\n\\s+/=]+Private-MAC: [\\d\\w\"]+)['\"]?",
+			AllowRules:  []AllowRule{},
+			Regex:       regexp.MustCompile("['\"]?PuTTY-User-Key-File-\\d: ([\\w\\d-:\\n\\s+/=]+Private-MAC: [\\d\\w\"]+)['\"]?"),
+			GroupToMask: 1,
+		},
+	},
+}
+
+var testHideSecretExpected = [][]model.CodeLine{
+	{
+		{
+			Line:     "    environment:",
+			Position: 18,
+		},
+		{
+			Line:     "      - POSTGRES_USER=postgres",
+			Position: 19,
+		},
+		{
+			Line:     "      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=<SECRET-MASKED-ON-PURPOSE>",
+			Position: 20,
+		},
+	},
+	{
+		{
+			Line:     "\tbody      = <<EOF",
+			Position: 4,
+		},
+		{
+			Line:     "\"PuTTY-User-Key-File-2: <SECRET-MASKED-ON-PURPOSE>",
+			Position: 5,
+		},
+		{
+			Line:     "<SECRET-MASKED-ON-PURPOSE>",
+			Position: 6,
+		},
+	},
+}
+
 func TestEntropyInterval(t *testing.T) {
 	inputs := []struct {
 		name    string
@@ -764,3 +881,13 @@ func TestInspect(t *testing.T) {
 		}()
 	}
 }
+
+func Test_HideSecret(t *testing.T) {
+	emptySecretTracker := []SecretTracker{}
+	for testIndex, testData := range testHideSecret {
+		codelines := hideSecret(testData.linesVuln, testData.matchContent, testData.query, &emptySecretTracker)
+		for index, codeline := range *codelines {
+			require.Equal(t, testHideSecretExpected[testIndex][index].Line, codeline.Line, "test[%d] HideSecret() should return line %s", testIndex, testHideSecretExpected[testIndex][index].Line)
+		}
+	}
+}