Hibernate version:3

I have a Hibernate object that contains other objects. When the Hibernate object is loaded it is causing an update to the database to occur which is causing some other problems. When the hibernate object is loaded one of the objects may or not be allowed to be viewed by the user. This is determined by another query. We null this object and based on the query will load the allowed data. I believe this reloading is causing an update to occur. This causes problems because of a database trigger that is fired during an update. Unfortunately we are migrating a legacy system so a lot of things are happening that we are not sure of the reasoning and the legacy system must continue to operate while we gradually roll out new migrated portions of the system.

Is there a way to prevent this behavior of undesired updates?