diff --git a/python/obitools3/commands/ngsfilter.pyx b/python/obitools3/commands/ngsfilter.pyx
index 7f4598f..89371e0 100644
--- a/python/obitools3/commands/ngsfilter.pyx
+++ b/python/obitools3/commands/ngsfilter.pyx
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ def addOptions(parser):
                      metavar="<URI>",
                      type=str,
                      default=None,
-                     help="URI to the view used to store the sequences unassigned to any sample")
+                     help="URI to the view used to store the sequences unassigned to any sample. Those sequences are untrimmed.")
 
     group.add_argument('--no-tags',
                      action="store_true", dest="ngsfilter:notags",
@@ -646,7 +646,13 @@ def run(config):
                 o_view[g].set(oseq.id, oseq.seq, definition=oseq.definition, quality=oseq.quality, tags=oseq)
                 g+=1
             elif unidentified is not None:
-                unidentified[u].set(oseq.id, oseq.seq, definition=oseq.definition, quality=oseq.quality, tags=oseq)
+                # Untrim sequences (put original back)
+                if len(modseq) > 1:
+                    oseq[REVERSE_SEQUENCE_COLUMN] = reverse[i].seq
+                    oseq[REVERSE_QUALITY_COLUMN] = reverse[i].quality
+                    unidentified[u].set(oseq.id, forward[i].seq, definition=oseq.definition, quality=forward[i].quality, tags=oseq)
+                else:
+                    unidentified[u].set(oseq.id, entries[i].seq, definition=oseq.definition, quality=entries[i].quality, tags=oseq)
                 u+=1
     except Exception, e:
         if unidentified is not None: