diff --git a/sentry_sdk/utils.py b/sentry_sdk/utils.py
index fa9ae15be9..5c43fa3cc6 100644
--- a/sentry_sdk/utils.py
+++ b/sentry_sdk/utils.py
@@ -1353,8 +1353,8 @@ def from_base64(base64_string):
 Components = namedtuple("Components", ["scheme", "netloc", "path", "query", "fragment"])
 
 
-def sanitize_url(url, remove_authority=True, remove_query_values=True):
-    # type: (str, bool, bool) -> str
+def sanitize_url(url, remove_authority=True, remove_query_values=True, split=False):
+    # type: (str, bool, bool, bool) -> Union[str, Components]
     """
     Removes the authority and query parameter values from a given URL.
     """
@@ -1383,17 +1383,18 @@ def sanitize_url(url, remove_authority=True, remove_query_values=True):
     else:
         query_string = parsed_url.query
 
-    safe_url = urlunsplit(
-        Components(
-            scheme=parsed_url.scheme,
-            netloc=netloc,
-            query=query_string,
-            path=parsed_url.path,
-            fragment=parsed_url.fragment,
-        )
+    components = Components(
+        scheme=parsed_url.scheme,
+        netloc=netloc,
+        query=query_string,
+        path=parsed_url.path,
+        fragment=parsed_url.fragment,
     )
 
-    return safe_url
+    if split:
+        return components
+    else:
+        return urlunsplit(components)
 
 
 ParsedUrl = namedtuple("ParsedUrl", ["url", "query", "fragment"])
@@ -1406,20 +1407,25 @@ def parse_url(url, sanitize=True):
     parameters will be sanitized to remove sensitive data. The autority (username and password)
     in the URL will always be removed.
     """
-    url = sanitize_url(url, remove_authority=True, remove_query_values=sanitize)
+    parsed_url = sanitize_url(
+        url, remove_authority=True, remove_query_values=sanitize, split=True
+    )
 
-    parsed_url = urlsplit(url)
     base_url = urlunsplit(
         Components(
-            scheme=parsed_url.scheme,
-            netloc=parsed_url.netloc,
+            scheme=parsed_url.scheme,  # type: ignore
+            netloc=parsed_url.netloc,  # type: ignore
             query="",
-            path=parsed_url.path,
+            path=parsed_url.path,  # type: ignore
             fragment="",
         )
     )
 
-    return ParsedUrl(url=base_url, query=parsed_url.query, fragment=parsed_url.fragment)
+    return ParsedUrl(
+        url=base_url,
+        query=parsed_url.query,  # type: ignore
+        fragment=parsed_url.fragment,  # type: ignore
+    )
 
 
 def is_valid_sample_rate(rate, source):
diff --git a/tests/test_utils.py b/tests/test_utils.py
index 53e3025b98..4a028d70b3 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -69,6 +69,24 @@ def test_sanitize_url(url, expected_result):
     assert parts == expected_parts
 
 
+def test_sanitize_url_and_split():
+    parts = sanitize_url(
+        "https://username:password@example.com?token=abc&sessionid=123&save=true",
+        split=True,
+    )
+
+    expected_query = sorted(
+        "token=[Filtered]&sessionid=[Filtered]&save=[Filtered]".split("&")
+    )
+    query = sorted(parts.query.split("&"))
+
+    assert parts.scheme == "https"
+    assert parts.netloc == "[Filtered]:[Filtered]@example.com"
+    assert query == expected_query
+    assert parts.path == ""
+    assert parts.fragment == ""
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     ("url", "sanitize", "expected_url", "expected_query", "expected_fragment"),
     [