diff --git a/src/Traits/DetectsChanges.php b/src/Traits/DetectsChanges.php
index 75e7cfa6..2ed8436e 100644
--- a/src/Traits/DetectsChanges.php
+++ b/src/Traits/DetectsChanges.php
@@ -91,9 +91,13 @@ public function attributeValuesToBeLogged(string $processingEvent): array
         }
 
         $properties['attributes'] = static::logChanges(
-            $this->exists
-                ? $this->fresh() ?? $this
-                : $this
+            $processingEvent == 'retrieved'
+                ? $this
+                : (
+                    $this->exists
+                        ? $this->fresh() ?? $this
+                        : $this
+                )
         );
 
         if (static::eventsToBeRecorded()->contains('updated') && $processingEvent == 'updated') {
diff --git a/tests/LogsActivityTest.php b/tests/LogsActivityTest.php
index b6100c1e..41847936 100644
--- a/tests/LogsActivityTest.php
+++ b/tests/LogsActivityTest.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
 use Spatie\Activitylog\Models\Activity;
 use Spatie\Activitylog\Test\Models\Article;
+use Spatie\Activitylog\Test\Models\Issue733;
 use Spatie\Activitylog\Test\Models\User;
 use Spatie\Activitylog\Traits\LogsActivity;
 
@@ -423,6 +424,21 @@ public function it_will_submit_a_log_with_json_changes()
         $this->assertSame($expectedChanges, $changes);
     }
 
+    /** @test */
+    public function it_will_log_the_retrieval_of_the_model()
+    {
+        $article = Issue733::create(['name' => 'my name']);
+
+        $retrieved = Issue733::whereKey($article->getKey())->first();
+        $this->assertTrue($article->is($retrieved));
+
+        $activity = $this->getLastActivity();
+
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(get_class($article), $activity->subject);
+        $this->assertTrue($article->is($activity->subject));
+        $this->assertEquals('retrieved', $activity->description);
+    }
+
     public function loginWithFakeUser()
     {
         $user = new $this->user();
diff --git a/tests/Models/Issue733.php b/tests/Models/Issue733.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e2cab372
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Models/Issue733.php
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Spatie\Activitylog\Test\Models;
+
+use Spatie\Activitylog\Traits\LogsActivity;
+
+class Issue733 extends Article
+{
+    use LogsActivity;
+
+    protected static $recordEvents = [
+        'retrieved',
+    ];
+
+    protected static $submitEmptyLogs = false;
+    protected static $logAttributes = ['name'];
+    public static $logOnlyDirty = false;
+}