diff --git a/frontend/common/services/useWarehouseConnection.ts b/frontend/common/services/useWarehouseConnection.ts
index 18eb6028bb44..5dcce7b64bea 100644
--- a/frontend/common/services/useWarehouseConnection.ts
+++ b/frontend/common/services/useWarehouseConnection.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,15 @@ export const warehouseConnectionService = service
           url: `environments/${environmentId}/warehouse-connections/${id}/`,
         }),
       }),
+      getWarehouseConnectionEvents: builder.query<
+        Res['warehouseConnectionEvents'],
+        Req['getWarehouseConnectionEvents']
+      >({
+        providesTags: [{ id: 'EVENTS', type: 'WarehouseConnection' }],
+        query: ({ environmentId, id }) => ({
+          url: `environments/${environmentId}/warehouse-connections/${id}/events/`,
+        }),
+      }),
       getWarehouseConnections: builder.query<
         Res['warehouseConnections'],
         Req['getWarehouseConnections']
@@ -75,6 +84,7 @@ export const warehouseConnectionService = service
 export const {
   useCreateWarehouseConnectionMutation,
   useDeleteWarehouseConnectionMutation,
+  useGetWarehouseConnectionEventsQuery,
   useGetWarehouseConnectionsQuery,
   useTestWarehouseConnectionConfigMutation,
   useTestWarehouseConnectionMutation,
diff --git a/frontend/common/types/requests.ts b/frontend/common/types/requests.ts
index ffa081e350b8..0f91cc478657 100644
--- a/frontend/common/types/requests.ts
+++ b/frontend/common/types/requests.ts
@@ -1030,6 +1030,7 @@ export type Req = {
     environmentId: string
     exclude_event_stats?: boolean
   }
+  getWarehouseConnectionEvents: { environmentId: string; id: number }
   createWarehouseConnection: {
     environmentId: string
     warehouse_type: string
diff --git a/frontend/common/types/responses.ts b/frontend/common/types/responses.ts
index 6461b095aa9e..0d8a5ba0096b 100644
--- a/frontend/common/types/responses.ts
+++ b/frontend/common/types/responses.ts
@@ -1279,6 +1279,11 @@ export type WarehouseConnectionTestResult = {
   status_detail: string | null
 }
 
+export type WarehouseConnectionEvents = {
+  events: string[]
+  is_truncated: boolean
+}
+
 export type WarehouseConnection = {
   id: number
   warehouse_type: WarehouseType
@@ -1523,6 +1528,7 @@ export type Res = {
   gitlabIssues: PagedResponse<GitLabIssue>
   gitlabMergeRequests: PagedResponse<GitLabMergeRequest>
   warehouseConnections: WarehouseConnection[]
+  warehouseConnectionEvents: WarehouseConnectionEvents
   warehouseConnectionTestResult: WarehouseConnectionTestResult
   experiments: PagedResponse<Experiment> & {
     currentPage: number
diff --git a/frontend/web/components/experiments/CreateMetricForm/CreateMetricForm.tsx b/frontend/web/components/experiments/CreateMetricForm/CreateMetricForm.tsx
index afeaca52b6de..4be92bdb09b2 100644
--- a/frontend/web/components/experiments/CreateMetricForm/CreateMetricForm.tsx
+++ b/frontend/web/components/experiments/CreateMetricForm/CreateMetricForm.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import React, { FC, useState } from 'react'
 import Button from 'components/base/forms/Button'
 import Input from 'components/base/forms/Input'
+import EventNameSelect from 'components/experiments/EventNameSelect'
 import {
   canSubmitMetric,
   DEFAULT_METRIC_FORM_STATE,
@@ -149,13 +150,9 @@ const CreateMetricForm: FC<CreateMetricFormProps> = ({
             >
               Event name
             </label>
-            <Input
-              id='metric-event'
+            <EventNameSelect
               value={state.event}
-              onChange={(e: React.ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>) =>
-                update({ event: e.target.value })
-              }
-              placeholder='e.g. checkout_completed'
+              onChange={(event) => update({ event })}
             />
           </div>
         </div>
diff --git a/frontend/web/components/experiments/EventNameSelect/EventNameSelect.scss b/frontend/web/components/experiments/EventNameSelect/EventNameSelect.scss
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..95ce422d2e0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/web/components/experiments/EventNameSelect/EventNameSelect.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+.event-name-select {
+  position: relative;
+
+  .react-select__menu {
+    position: absolute;
+    left: 0;
+    right: 0;
+    z-index: 3;
+  }
+
+  .react-select .react-select__menu-list {
+    overflow-y: auto;
+    scrollbar-width: auto;
+
+    &::-webkit-scrollbar {
+      display: block;
+      width: 8px;
+    }
+
+    &::-webkit-scrollbar-track {
+      background: transparent;
+    }
+
+    &::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb {
+      background-color: var(--color-border-strong);
+      border-radius: 4px;
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/frontend/web/components/experiments/EventNameSelect/EventNameSelect.tsx b/frontend/web/components/experiments/EventNameSelect/EventNameSelect.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5e960bf5c0be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/web/components/experiments/EventNameSelect/EventNameSelect.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+import { FC, useMemo } from 'react'
+import CreatableSelect from 'react-select/creatable'
+import {
+  useGetWarehouseConnectionEventsQuery,
+  useGetWarehouseConnectionsQuery,
+} from 'common/services/useWarehouseConnection'
+import { WarehouseType } from 'common/types/responses'
+import { useRouteContext } from 'components/providers/RouteContext'
+import Icon from 'components/icons/Icon'
+import { buildEventOptions, EventOption, isUnknownEvent } from './utils'
+import './EventNameSelect.scss'
+
+type EventNameSelectProps = {
+  value: string
+  onChange: (value: string) => void
+}
+
+const SUPPORTED_WAREHOUSE_TYPES: WarehouseType[] = ['flagsmith', 'clickhouse']
+
+const EventNameSelect: FC<EventNameSelectProps> = ({ onChange, value }) => {
+  const { environmentId } = useRouteContext()
+  const { data: connections } = useGetWarehouseConnectionsQuery(
+    { environmentId: environmentId ?? '', exclude_event_stats: true },
+    { skip: !environmentId },
+  )
+  const connection = connections?.[0]
+  const canListEvents =
+    !!connection &&
+    SUPPORTED_WAREHOUSE_TYPES.includes(connection.warehouse_type)
+  const { data, isLoading, isSuccess } = useGetWarehouseConnectionEventsQuery(
+    { environmentId: environmentId ?? '', id: connection?.id ?? 0 },
+    { skip: !environmentId || !canListEvents },
+  )
+  const options = useMemo(() => buildEventOptions(data?.events), [data?.events])
+  const showWarning = isSuccess && isUnknownEvent(value, data?.events)
+
+  return (
+    <div className='event-name-select'>
+      <CreatableSelect
+        inputId='metric-event'
+        className='react-select'
+        classNamePrefix='react-select'
+        isClearable
+        isLoading={isLoading}
+        maxMenuHeight={200}
+        menuPlacement='auto'
+        options={options}
+        value={value ? { label: value, value } : null}
+        onChange={(option: EventOption | null) => onChange(option?.value ?? '')}
+        placeholder='e.g. checkout_completed'
+        formatCreateLabel={(input: string) => `Use "${input}"`}
+        noOptionsMessage={() => 'Type to add a new event'}
+      />
+      {showWarning && (
+        <span className='d-flex align-items-center gap-1 text-warning fs-small mt-1'>
+          <Icon name='warning' width={14} className='text-warning' />
+          This event hasn&apos;t been received by your warehouse yet.
+        </span>
+      )}
+    </div>
+  )
+}
+
+EventNameSelect.displayName = 'EventNameSelect'
+export default EventNameSelect
diff --git a/frontend/web/components/experiments/EventNameSelect/__tests__/utils.test.ts b/frontend/web/components/experiments/EventNameSelect/__tests__/utils.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..254c210eb9d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/web/components/experiments/EventNameSelect/__tests__/utils.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import {
+  buildEventOptions,
+  isUnknownEvent,
+} from 'components/experiments/EventNameSelect/utils'
+
+describe('buildEventOptions', () => {
+  it.each([
+    ['undefined', undefined, []],
+    ['empty list', [], []],
+    [
+      'events',
+      ['checkout_completed', 'page_view'],
+      [
+        { label: 'checkout_completed', value: 'checkout_completed' },
+        { label: 'page_view', value: 'page_view' },
+      ],
+    ],
+  ])('%s → options', (_, events, expected) => {
+    expect(buildEventOptions(events)).toEqual(expected)
+  })
+})
+
+describe('isUnknownEvent', () => {
+  it.each([
+    ['empty value', '', ['page_view'], false],
+    ['known value', 'page_view', ['page_view'], false],
+    ['unknown value', 'checkout', ['page_view'], true],
+    ['no fetched list', 'checkout', undefined, false],
+    ['empty fetched list', 'checkout', [], true],
+  ])('%s', (_, value, events, expected) => {
+    expect(isUnknownEvent(value, events)).toBe(expected)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/frontend/web/components/experiments/EventNameSelect/index.ts b/frontend/web/components/experiments/EventNameSelect/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..13381a37b957
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/web/components/experiments/EventNameSelect/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export { default } from './EventNameSelect'
diff --git a/frontend/web/components/experiments/EventNameSelect/utils.ts b/frontend/web/components/experiments/EventNameSelect/utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0dab8fe29d61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/web/components/experiments/EventNameSelect/utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+export type EventOption = { label: string; value: string }
+
+export const buildEventOptions = (events?: string[]): EventOption[] =>
+  (events ?? []).map((event) => ({ label: event, value: event }))
+
+export const isUnknownEvent = (value: string, events?: string[]): boolean =>
+  !!value && Array.isArray(events) && !events.includes(value)