diff --git a/PWGLF/Tasks/Strangeness/hStrangeCorrelation.cxx b/PWGLF/Tasks/Strangeness/hStrangeCorrelation.cxx
index b380f50d286..58862e78bbc 100644
--- a/PWGLF/Tasks/Strangeness/hStrangeCorrelation.cxx
+++ b/PWGLF/Tasks/Strangeness/hStrangeCorrelation.cxx
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ struct HStrangeCorrelation {
     Configurable<float> maxPeakNSigma{"maxPeakNSigma", 5, "Peak region edge definition (in sigma)"};
     Configurable<float> minBgNSigma{"minBgNSigma", 5, "Bg region edge closest to peak (in sigma)"};
     Configurable<float> maxBgNSigma{"maxBgNSigma", 10, "Bg region edge furthest to peak (in sigma)"};
+    Configurable<float> nSigmaNearXiMassCenter{"nSigmaNearXiMassCenter", 1.5, "for Oemga analysis only, to check if candidate mass is around Xi"};
   } massWindowConfigurations; // allows for gap between peak and bg in case someone wants to
 
   // Implementation of on-the-spot efficiency correction
@@ -1490,10 +1491,6 @@ struct HStrangeCorrelation {
         histos.add(fmt::format("GeneratedWithPV/h{}_MidYVsMult", kParticlenames[i]).c_str(), "", kTH2F, {axesConfigurations.axisPtQA, axesConfigurations.axisMult});
         histos.add(fmt::format("GeneratedWithPV/h{}_MidYVsMult_TwoPVsOrMore", kParticlenames[i]).c_str(), "", kTH2F, {axesConfigurations.axisPtQA, axesConfigurations.axisMult});
       }
-      histos.add("GeneratedWithPV/hLambdaFromXiZero", "", kTH2F, {axesConfigurations.axisPtQA, axesConfigurations.axisEta});
-      histos.add("GeneratedWithPV/hLambdaFromXiMinus", "", kTH2F, {axesConfigurations.axisPtQA, axesConfigurations.axisEta});
-      histos.add("GeneratedWithPV/hAntiLambdaFromXiZero", "", kTH2F, {axesConfigurations.axisPtQA, axesConfigurations.axisEta});
-      histos.add("GeneratedWithPV/hAntiLambdaFromXiPlus", "", kTH2F, {axesConfigurations.axisPtQA, axesConfigurations.axisEta});
     }
     if (doprocessClosureTest) {
       for (int i = 0; i < 9; i++) {
@@ -1515,6 +1512,10 @@ struct HStrangeCorrelation {
       histos.add("hLambdaFromXiZeroEtaVsPtVsPhi", "hLambdaFromXiZeroEtaVsPtVsPhi", kTH3F, {axesConfigurations.axisPtQA, axesConfigurations.axisEta, axesConfigurations.axisPhi});
       histos.add("hAntiLambdaFromXiPlusEtaVsPtVsPhi", "hAntiLambdaFromXiPlusEtaVsPtVsPhi", kTH3F, {axesConfigurations.axisPtQA, axesConfigurations.axisEta, axesConfigurations.axisPhi});
       histos.add("hAntiLambdaFromXiZeroEtaVsPtVsPhi", "hAntiLambdaFromXiZeroEtaVsPtVsPhi", kTH3F, {axesConfigurations.axisPtQA, axesConfigurations.axisEta, axesConfigurations.axisPhi});
+      histos.add("GeneratedWithPV/hLambdaFromXiZero", "", kTH2F, {axesConfigurations.axisPtQA, axesConfigurations.axisEta});
+      histos.add("GeneratedWithPV/hLambdaFromXiMinus", "", kTH2F, {axesConfigurations.axisPtQA, axesConfigurations.axisEta});
+      histos.add("GeneratedWithPV/hAntiLambdaFromXiZero", "", kTH2F, {axesConfigurations.axisPtQA, axesConfigurations.axisEta});
+      histos.add("GeneratedWithPV/hAntiLambdaFromXiPlus", "", kTH2F, {axesConfigurations.axisPtQA, axesConfigurations.axisEta});
     }
 
     // visual inspection of sizes
@@ -1936,6 +1937,9 @@ struct HStrangeCorrelation {
 
       static_for<0, 3>([&](auto i) {
         constexpr int Index = i.value;
+        if ((Index == 2 || Index == 3) && casc.compatible(Index, systCuts.dEdxCompatibility) && std::abs(casc.invMassNSigma(Index - 2)) < massWindowConfigurations.nSigmaNearXiMassCenter) {
+          return;
+        }
         float efficiency = 1.0f;
         if (efficiencyFlags.applyEfficiencyCorrection) {
           efficiency = hEfficiencyCascade[Index]->Interpolate(cascData.pt(), cascData.eta());