diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/event/view.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/event/view.ts
index 8eace9600..c6b6eb6ce 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/event/view.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/event/view.ts
@@ -378,17 +378,19 @@ function issueForms(tokens: readonly string[]): IssueInput | null {
     prefix === undefined || prefix.includes("/") ? prefix : `${prefix}/`;
 
   if (second === undefined) {
-    const issue = issueFromEventId(id, target);
-    if (issue || !(prefix && looksLikeIssueShortId(prefix))) {
-      return issue;
-    }
     // `<issue-short-id>/<event-id>`: the event of an issue. Short IDs are
-    // uppercase, and project slugs never are.
-    return {
-      eventId: ID_KINDS.event.validate(id),
-      targetArg: undefined,
-      issueShortId: prefix,
-    };
+    // uppercase, and project slugs never are. `<org>/<issue-short-id>` and
+    // `<org>/<numeric-issue-id>` take precedence, but not over an event ID.
+    const afterShortId =
+      prefix && looksLikeIssueShortId(prefix) && !looksLikeIssueShortId(id);
+    if (afterShortId && (ID_KINDS.event.isId(id) || !isAllDigits(id))) {
+      return {
+        eventId: ID_KINDS.event.validate(id),
+        targetArg: undefined,
+        issueShortId: prefix,
+      };
+    }
+    return issueFromEventId(id, target);
   }
   // `[<target>/]<issue-short-id> <event-id>`: the event of an issue. A
   // second argument with a slash is a target: the arguments are reversed.
diff --git a/packages/cli/test/commands/event/view.test.ts b/packages/cli/test/commands/event/view.test.ts
index 949c2ad68..7d3af40a7 100644
--- a/packages/cli/test/commands/event/view.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/test/commands/event/view.test.ts
@@ -248,6 +248,14 @@ describe("parseEventViewInput", () => {
       expect(result.targetArg).toBe("my-org/frontend");
     });
 
+    test("reads an all-digit event ID after <short-id>/ as the issue's event", () => {
+      const eventId = "12345678901234567890123456789012";
+      const result = parseEventViewInput([`CAM-82X/${eventId}`]);
+      expect(result.eventId).toBe(eventId);
+      expect(result.issueShortId).toBe("CAM-82X");
+      expect(result.issueId).toBeUndefined();
+    });
+
     test("rejects an incomplete event ID after <short-id>/", () => {
       // Not project `CAM-82X` with a partial event ID to recover
       expect(() => parseEventViewInput(["CAM-82X/95fd7f5a"])).toThrow(