diff --git a/homeassistant/components/assist_pipeline/pipeline.py b/homeassistant/components/assist_pipeline/pipeline.py
index 93e857f4b2b..a1b6ea53445 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/assist_pipeline/pipeline.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/assist_pipeline/pipeline.py
@@ -1119,6 +1119,7 @@ class PipelineRun:
                 ) is not None:
                     # Sentence trigger matched
                     agent_id = "sentence_trigger"
+                    processed_locally = True
                     intent_response = intent.IntentResponse(
                         self.pipeline.conversation_language
                     )
diff --git a/tests/components/assist_pipeline/test_pipeline.py b/tests/components/assist_pipeline/test_pipeline.py
index 9ea3802d9f6..1302925dab9 100644
--- a/tests/components/assist_pipeline/test_pipeline.py
+++ b/tests/components/assist_pipeline/test_pipeline.py
@@ -1110,6 +1110,7 @@ async def test_sentence_trigger_overrides_conversation_agent(
             None,
         )
         assert (intent_end_event is not None) and intent_end_event.data
+        assert intent_end_event.data["processed_locally"] is True
         assert (
             intent_end_event.data["intent_output"]["response"]["speech"]["plain"][
                 "speech"
@@ -1192,6 +1193,7 @@ async def test_prefer_local_intents(
             None,
         )
         assert (intent_end_event is not None) and intent_end_event.data
+        assert intent_end_event.data["processed_locally"] is True
         assert (
             intent_end_event.data["intent_output"]["response"]["speech"]["plain"][
                 "speech"