I have a view that uses an argument taken from a referring path thus: "href="example.com/path/argument"

This view in turn contains exposed filters to be used as a search. I want the original argument to persist, but what actually happens is that the argument no longer exists when the Views page itself becomes the calling URL. How can I make the argument persist?

the client work flow looks like this:

client starts at original page

---clicks link to Views path---> sees Views page, with argument applied, showing exposed filters

---applies exposed filters---> same Views page but argument no longer in the calling URL

In other words I have a two stage search: the original href argument (defined in the HTML code) plus any additional exposed filters that are applied by the client.