diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index d823def2..fef6aad1 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -17,5 +17,13 @@
     // This is better handled by Regal's selection ranges implementation
     "editor.smartSelect.selectLeadingAndTrailingWhitespace": false,
     "editor.smartSelect.selectSubwords": false
-  }
+  },
+  // Enable to have values displayed inline during debugging
+  // The default value is "auto", which consults the language extension on whethher
+  // to have this enabled or not. And since the extension currently doesn't do anything
+  // on its own to support this, we need to explicitly enable it here if we want this.
+  // Long term, the extension + Regal should provide support for this, as it'll also
+  // result in a better experience when we can be more selective about what to show,
+  // and how.
+  "debug.inlineValues": "on"
 }
diff --git a/internal/io/io.go b/internal/io/io.go
index 8b3e1e91..3d891583 100644
--- a/internal/io/io.go
+++ b/internal/io/io.go
@@ -169,8 +169,8 @@ func WithCreateRecursive(path string, fn func(f *os.File) error) error {
 	return fn(file)
 }
 
-// FindInputPath consults the filesystem and returns the input.json or input.yaml closes to the
-// file provided as arguments.
+// FindInputPath consults the filesystem and returns the location of the input.json
+// or input.yaml closest to the file provided.
 func FindInputPath(file string, workspacePath string) string {
 	relative := strings.TrimPrefix(file, workspacePath)
 	components := strings.Split(filepath.Dir(relative), string(os.PathSeparator))
diff --git a/internal/lsp/eval_test.go b/internal/lsp/eval_test.go
index f25597ea..caec8e1f 100644
--- a/internal/lsp/eval_test.go
+++ b/internal/lsp/eval_test.go
@@ -106,16 +106,19 @@ func TestFindInputPath(t *testing.T) {
 				t.Fatalf("did not expect to find input.%s", tc.fileExt)
 			}
 
-			createWithContent(t, tmpDir+"/workspace/foo/bar/input."+tc.fileExt, tc.fileContent)
+			inputPath := filepath.Join(workspacePath, "foo", "bar", "input."+tc.fileExt)
+			createWithContent(t, inputPath, tc.fileContent)
 
-			if path, exp := rio.FindInputPath(file, workspacePath), workspacePath+"/foo/bar/input."+tc.fileExt; path != exp {
+			if path, exp := rio.FindInputPath(file, workspacePath), inputPath; path != exp {
 				t.Errorf(`expected input at %s, got %s`, exp, path)
 			}
 
-			testutil.MustRemove(t, tmpDir+"/workspace/foo/bar/input."+tc.fileExt)
-			createWithContent(t, tmpDir+"/workspace/input."+tc.fileExt, tc.fileContent)
+			testutil.MustRemove(t, inputPath)
 
-			if path, exp := rio.FindInputPath(file, workspacePath), workspacePath+"/input."+tc.fileExt; path != exp {
+			workspaceInputPath := filepath.Join(workspacePath, "input."+tc.fileExt)
+			createWithContent(t, workspaceInputPath, tc.fileContent)
+
+			if path, exp := rio.FindInputPath(file, workspacePath), workspaceInputPath; path != exp {
 				t.Errorf(`expected input at %s, got %s`, exp, path)
 			}
 		})
@@ -141,18 +144,30 @@ func TestFindInput(t *testing.T) {
 				t.Fatalf("did not expect to find input.%s", tc.fileType)
 			}
 
-			createWithContent(t, tmpDir+"/workspace/foo/bar/input."+tc.fileType, tc.fileContent)
+			inputPath := filepath.Join(workspacePath, "foo", "bar", "input."+tc.fileType)
+
+			createWithContent(t, inputPath, tc.fileContent)
 
 			path, content := rio.FindInput(file, workspacePath)
-			if path != workspacePath+"/foo/bar/input."+tc.fileType || !maps.Equal(content, map[string]any{"x": true}) {
-				t.Errorf(`expected input {"x": true} at, got %s`, content)
+			if path != inputPath {
+				t.Errorf(`expected input at %s, got %s`, inputPath, path)
+			}
+
+			if !maps.Equal(content, map[string]any{"x": true}) {
+				t.Errorf(`expected input {"x": true}, got %s`, content)
 			}
 
-			testutil.MustRemove(t, tmpDir+"/workspace/foo/bar/input."+tc.fileType)
-			createWithContent(t, tmpDir+"/workspace/input."+tc.fileType, tc.fileContent)
+			testutil.MustRemove(t, inputPath)
+
+			workspaceInputPath := filepath.Join(workspacePath, "input."+tc.fileType)
+			createWithContent(t, workspaceInputPath, tc.fileContent)
 
 			path, content = rio.FindInput(file, workspacePath)
-			if path != workspacePath+"/input."+tc.fileType || !maps.Equal(content, map[string]any{"x": true}) {
+			if path != workspaceInputPath {
+				t.Errorf(`expected input at %s, got %s`, workspaceInputPath, path)
+			}
+
+			if !maps.Equal(content, map[string]any{"x": true}) {
 				t.Errorf(`expected input {"x": true} at, got %s`, content)
 			}
 		})
diff --git a/pkg/linter/linter.go b/pkg/linter/linter.go
index 3add293a..9d33e5ac 100644
--- a/pkg/linter/linter.go
+++ b/pkg/linter/linter.go
@@ -869,27 +869,22 @@ func (l Linter) lintWithAggregateRules(
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
 	defer cancel()
 
-	input := map[string]any{
-		// This will be replaced by the routing policy to provide each
-		// aggregate rule only the aggregated data from the same rule
-		"aggregates_internal": aggregates,
-		// There is no file provided in input here, but we'll provide *something* for
-		// consistency, and to avoid silently failing with undefined should someone
-		// refer to input.regal in an aggregate_report rule
-		"ignore_directives": ignoreDirectives,
-		"regal": map[string]any{
-			"operations": []string{"aggregate"},
-			"file": map[string]any{
-				"name":  "__aggregate_report__",
-				"lines": []string{},
-			},
-		},
-	}
+	regal := ast.ObjectTerm(
+		ast.Item(ast.InternedTerm("operations"), ast.ArrayTerm(ast.InternedTerm("aggregate"))),
+		ast.Item(ast.InternedTerm("file"), ast.ObjectTerm(
+			ast.Item(ast.InternedTerm("name"), ast.InternedTerm("__aggregate_report__")),
+			ast.Item(ast.InternedTerm("lines"), ast.InternedEmptyArray),
+		)),
+	)
 
-	inputValue, err := transform.ToOPAInputValue(input)
-	if err != nil {
-		return report.Report{}, fmt.Errorf("failed to transform input value: %w", err)
-	}
+	aggParsed, _ := transform.ToOPAInputValue(aggregates)
+	dirParsed, _ := transform.ToOPAInputValue(ignoreDirectives)
+
+	inputValue := ast.NewObject(
+		ast.Item(ast.InternedTerm("aggregates_internal"), ast.NewTerm(aggParsed)),
+		ast.Item(ast.InternedTerm("ignore_directives"), ast.NewTerm(dirParsed)),
+		ast.Item(ast.InternedTerm("regal"), regal),
+	)
 
 	evalArgs := []rego.EvalOption{
 		rego.EvalParsedInput(inputValue),
diff --git a/pkg/linter/linter_test.go b/pkg/linter/linter_test.go
index 53015c24..89b46dc8 100644
--- a/pkg/linter/linter_test.go
+++ b/pkg/linter/linter_test.go
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ func TestLintWithPrintHook(t *testing.T) {
 func TestLintWithAggregateRule(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
-	policies := make(map[string]string)
+	policies := make(map[string]string, 2)
 	policies["foo.rego"] = `package foo
 		import data.bar