diff --git a/pandas/core/frame.py b/pandas/core/frame.py
index 051ebfff47f83..ae5d6b3c17423 100644
--- a/pandas/core/frame.py
+++ b/pandas/core/frame.py
@@ -4596,7 +4596,15 @@ def eval(self, expr: str, *, inplace: bool = False, **kwargs) -> Any | None:
             kwargs["target"] = self
         kwargs["resolvers"] = tuple(kwargs.get("resolvers", ())) + resolvers
 
-        return _eval(expr, inplace=inplace, **kwargs)
+        result = _eval(expr, inplace=inplace, **kwargs)
+
+        # Extract the engine from kwargs or use the default value "numexpr"
+        engine = kwargs.get("engine")
+
+        if engine == "numexpr" and inplace is False:
+            return result.__finalize__(self, method="eval")
+        else:
+            return result
 
     def select_dtypes(self, include=None, exclude=None) -> Self:
         """
diff --git a/pandas/tests/generic/test_finalize.py b/pandas/tests/generic/test_finalize.py
index 3c4ea5bd1fb2c..9703d2ced15f3 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/generic/test_finalize.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/generic/test_finalize.py
@@ -460,7 +460,6 @@ def test_finalize_called(ndframe_method):
     assert result.attrs == {"a": 1}
 
 
-@not_implemented_mark
 def test_finalize_called_eval_numexpr():
     pytest.importorskip("numexpr")
     df = pd.DataFrame({"A": [1, 2]})